Central States Indie FanFilmFest

Movie Posters - so cool! We like seeing them, touching them, hanging them up everywhere and we thought there just had to be a category for movie poster artists and their work, so here it is! POSTER submission HOW TO: Create a separate project, selecting “Photography” as the project type. Upload image then submit that “Photography” project as you would a “Film”or “Trailer". Selected posters will be displayed at the festival and one will receive the top prize!

3 minutes or less. TRAILER submission HOW TO: Create a separate "Film" project and upload your Trailer. Now submit that project just as you would (or did) your film project. Selected trailers will be screened at the festival and one will receive the top prize!

Wide open category, any genre or style, 5 minutes or less - including credits **ALL SUBMISSIONS are eligible to be nominated for genre, role and crew categories as determined appropriate by judges (Comedy or Horror, Actor or Actress, and Director or Cinematography, etc.)**

up to 20 minutes - including credits **ALL SUBMISSIONS are eligible to be nominated for genre, role and crew categories as determined appropriate by judges (Comedy or Horror, Actor or Actress, and Director or Cinematography, etc.)** Central States qualifiers - please submit to Central States Short Film category

1 to 20 minutes - including credits. **ALL SUBMISSIONS are eligible to be nominated for genre, role and crew categories as determined appropriate by judges, for example Comedy or Horror, Actor or Actress, and Director or Cinematography** Submission to a Central States category must meet one of these criteria: 1) at least partially filmed in the Central States (see logo map or list) AND comes from a Director OR Producer who resides in one of the Central States, or 2) was filmed in its entirety in the Central States, or 3) a film whose Director and Producer BOTH currently reside in one of the Central States regardless of where it was filmed. Submission to one of these categories makes your film eligible for a Central States Award, Best of Fest, and any other juried categories that we may deem appropriate. If you submit in this category without meeting the necessary criteria, we must disqualify your film from consideration into the festival without a refund.

Over 20 and less than 45 minutes - including credits **ALL SUBMISSIONS are eligible to be nominated for genre, role and crew categories as determined appropriate by judges, for example Comedy or Horror, Actor or Actress, and Director or Cinematography** (Central States qualifiers - please submit to Central States Featurette category)

**ALL SUBMISSIONS are eligible to be nominated for genre, role and crew categories as determined appropriate by judges, for example Comedy or Horror, Actor or Actress, and Director or Cinematography** Over 20 and less than 45 minutes - including credits Submission to a Central States category must meet one of these criteria: 1) at least partially filmed in the Central States (see logo map or list) AND comes from a Director OR Producer who resides in one of the Central States, or 2) was filmed in its entirety in the Central States, or 3) a film whose Director and Producer BOTH currently reside in one of the Central States regardless of where it was filmed. Submission to one of these categories makes your film eligible for a Central States Award, Best of the Fest, and any other juried categories that we may deem appropriate. If you submit in this category without meeting the necessary criteria, we must disqualify your film from consideration into the festival without a refund.

**ALL SUBMISSIONS are eligible to be nominated for genre, role and crew categories as determined appropriate by judges, for example Comedy or Horror, Actor or Actress, and Director or Cinematography** 45 minutes or over - including credits (Southern States qualifiers - please submit to Central States Feature Film category)

**ALL SUBMISSIONS are eligible to be nominated for genre, role and crew categories as determined appropriate by judges, for example Comedy or Horror, Actor or Actress, and Director or Cinematography** 45 minutes or over - including credits Submission to a Central States category must meet one of these criteria: 1) at least partially filmed in the Central States (see logo map or list) AND comes from a Director OR Producer who resides in one of the Central States, or 2) was filmed in its entirety in the Central States, or 3) a film whose Director and Producer BOTH currently reside in one of the Central States regardless of where it was filmed. Submission to one of these categories makes your film eligible for a Central States Award, Best of the Fest, and any other juried categories that we may deem appropriate. If you submit in this category without meeting the necessary criteria, we must disqualify your film from consideration into the festival without a refund.

Less than 45 minutes including credits. Any film genre, any language, wide open competition for films released prior to 2017.

45 minutes or more including credits. Any film genre, any language, wide open competition for films released prior to 2017.

Less than 45 minutes (including credits) **May be divided into subcategories (Music Doc, Historical Doc, Foreign Language Doc, etc.) as the judging panel sees fit** (Central States qualifiers - please submit to Central States Documentary category)

Less than 45 minutes (including credits). A documentary filmed in, and about, a topic in one or more of the Central States, regardless of where the Director or Producer live. **May be divided into subcategories (CS Music Doc, CS Short Doc, CS Historical Doc, etc.) as the judging panel sees fit**

45 minutes or more (including credits) A documentary filmed in, and about, a topic in one or more of the Central States, regardless of where the Director or Producer live. **May be divided into subcategories (Music Doc, Historical Doc, Foreign Language Doc, etc.) as the judging panel sees fit**

45 minutes or more (including credits) **May be divided into subcategories (Music Doc, Historical Doc, Foreign Language Doc, etc.) as the judging panel sees fit** (Central States qualifiers - please submit to Central States Documentary category)

Any length

Any length. An ART film is typically a serious, independent film aimed at a niche market rather than a mass market audience and presented at specialty theaters. EXPERIMENTAL is a mode of film making that rigorously re-evaluates cinematic conventions and explores non-narrative forms and alternatives to traditional narratives or methods of working. SILENT film uses soundtrack elements different from what is being portrayed on the screen and may express concepts or dialogue using title cards.

Any length **ALL SUBMISSIONS are eligible to be nominated for genre, role and crew categories as determined appropriate by judges, for example Comedy or Horror, Actor or Actress, and Director or Cinematography**

Any length, smart phone footage exclusively OR at least 80% smart phone footage combined with not more than 20% stock and/or drone footage. (If you also use any other type of media please submit to the appropriate Film "length" category) **ALL SUBMISSIONS are eligible to be nominated for genre, role and crew categories as determined appropriate by judges, for example Comedy or Horror, Actor or Actress, and Director or Cinematographer**

30 minutes or less (including credits) **ALL SUBMISSIONS are eligible to be nominated for genre, role and crew categories as determined appropriate by judges, for example Comedy or Horror, Actor or Actress, and Director or Cinematography** (Central States qualifiers - please submit to Central States Web Series category)

30 minutes or less (including credits) **ALL SUBMISSIONS are eligible to be nominated for genre, role and crew categories as determined appropriate by judges, for example Comedy or Horror, Actor or Actress, and Director or Cinematography** Submission to a Central States category must meet one of these criteria: 1) at least partially filmed in the Central States (see logo map or list) AND comes from a Director OR Producer who resides in one of the Central States, or 2) was filmed in its entirety in the Central States, or 3) a film whose Director and Producer BOTH currently reside in one of the Central States regardless of where it was filmed. Submission to one of these categories makes your film eligible for a Central States Award, Best of the Fest, and any other juried categories that we may deem appropriate. If you submit in this category without meeting the necessary criteria, we must disqualify your film from consideration into the festival without a refund.

Must be less than 10 minutes

Must be under 10 minutes. Submit as a "Music/Songwriting" project and submit MP3 or WAV file. Song must be original to your film OR you have attained legal permission from the artist or publishing company to use it in your film for festival screenings (festival rights).

Must be under 10 minutes. Submit as a "Music/Songwriting" project and submit MP3 or WAV file. Song must be original to your film OR you have attained legal permission from the artist or publishing company to use it in your film for festival screenings (festival rights).

20 minutes or less (including credits) Please submit the film so we can see it in context, or email Mike at ihmicrekteen@gmail.com to submit just a sound file.

20:01 or more (including credits) Please submit the film so we can see it in context, or email Mike (festival programming) at ihmicrekteen@gmail.com to submit a sound file (mp3)