AltFest

New York, NY, United States, North America

01 Oct, 2020 - 31 Dec, 2020

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AltFest

New York, NY, United States, North America

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General Information

edition

4th

Contact details

27 East 97 St New York, NY 10029 United States

10029

barney@newfilmmakers.com

212-410-9404

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About the festival

WHILE NEW YORK THEATERS ARE CLOSED, WE WILL BE RUNNING WEEKLY ONLINE SCREENINGS & ONLINE Q&A'S UNTIL THE HEALTH EMERGENCY IS OVER.

FILMS SCREENED ONLINE DURING THIS PERIOD WILL ALSO BE SCHEDULED FOR A LIVE THEATRICAL SCREENING ONCE NEW YORK THEATERS ARE ALLOWED TO OPEN.

AltFest is New York's only locally programmed Gay and Lesbian film festival. We screen special programs quarterly and a NY Pride (month long) festival each year.

We screen at the historic arthouse cinema Anthology Film Archives in the Lower East Side.

We screen in association with NewFilmmakers NY and submissions to that festival are considered to be part of AltFest, Please do not double submit.

We award a AltFest PATHFINDER Award to one person annually who blazed the trail for a younger generation of Gay and Lesbian filmmakers.

We also award AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS as a part of our NewFilmmakers sister fest.

About

WHILE NEW YORK THEATERS ARE CLOSED, WE WILL BE RUNNING WEEKLY ONLINE SCREENINGS & ONLINE Q&A'S UNTIL THE HEALTH EMERGENCY IS OVER.

FILMS SCREENED ONLINE DURING THIS PERIOD WILL ALSO BE SCHEDULED FOR A LIVE THEATRICAL SCREENING ONCE NEW YORK THEATERS ARE ALLOWED TO OPEN.

AltFest is New York's only locally programmed Gay and Lesbian film festival. We screen special programs quarterly and a NY Pride (month long) festival each year.

We screen at the historic arthouse cinema Anthology Film Archives in the Lower East Side.

We screen in association with NewFilmmakers NY and submissions to that festival are considered to be part of AltFest, Please do not double submit.

We award a AltFest PATHFINDER Award to one person annually who blazed the trail for a younger generation of Gay and Lesbian filmmakers.

We also award AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS as a part of our NewFilmmakers sister fest.

Awards & Winners

There are no winners yet for this festival

Terms and rules

NewFilmmakers New York (“AltFest” “YoungFilmmakers” henceforth “sections”) are hereby granted the right to utilize an excerpt from any film submitted and accepted for exhibition at the Festival for promotional purposes. The individual or corporation submitting the film hereby warrants that it is authorized to commit the film for screening, and understands and accepts these requirements and regulations. The undersigned shall indemnify and hold harmless NewFilmmakers New York and its sections from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees, and costs of the court) which may be incurred by reason of any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity, screening, and loss of or damage to the screening videos entered.

By submitting your film to NewFilmmakers NY or its sections you commit to a possible public screening of your film with NewFilmmakers NY. Films submitted may be moved, at the programmer’s discretion, within sections

NewFilmmakers and its sections are not liable for the return of films which have been submitted for screening or adjudication.

NewFilmmakers and its sections do not pay screening fees.

NewFilmmakers and its sections reserve the right to cancel and/or change screening dates without prior contact.

All submission fees to the festival and/or sections are nonrefundable. Filmmaker understands that submitting to multiple sections does not improve their chances of screening.

By being accepted into the NewFilmmakers or one of the section programs you agree to send a Digital screener within the stipulated deadline or forfeit your screening date. NewFilmmakers and its sections are not responsible for rescheduling films which have been pulled from consideration by the submitting party or have not furnished an accompanying digital screener within reasonable time.

NewFilmmakers and its sections are not responsible for the costs of receiving or shipping DCPs and all DCPs must be accompanied by a digital screener.

Web & Social

Festival website

Ratings & Reviews

Categories and fees

Short Films
Early Bird (21st September, 2020) $40
Regular (9th November, 2020) $45
Late (14th December, 2020) $45

Films under 25 minutes

Featurette
Early Bird (21st September, 2020) $45
Regular (9th November, 2020) $50
Late (14th December, 2020) $55

Films between 25 - 60 minutes

Feature Films
Early Bird (21st September, 2020) $50
Regular (9th November, 2020) $55
Late (14th December, 2020) $60

Films 60 minutes +

Documentaries
Early Bird (21st September, 2020) $45
Regular (9th November, 2020) $50
Late (14th December, 2020) $55

Documentaries are nonfiction films.

Webisodes
Early Bird (21st September, 2020) $25
Regular (9th November, 2020) $30
Late (14th December, 2020) $35

LGBT oriented webseries or TV pilots. These are generally shown as 1 or 2 episodes as a part of a larger program.

Art / Erotic
Early Bird (21st September, 2020) $40
Regular (9th November, 2020) $45
Late (14th December, 2020) $50

This category is for films which feature Art / Erotic content. These films may contain more explicit scenes than would generally appear in mainstream films.

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