**Monthly and Annual Competitions**
We are excited to invite you to take part in our 4th season and hope you'll continue to be involved for many years to come. We are looking for thought provoking, challenging, and engaging films, web series, and screenplays.
CFIFF runs film and screenplay competitions monthly. The winners of the monthly competitions form our annual nominations. A selection of annual nominations and wildcards will be screened at our annual event in November 2020.
- Please note that there are NO monthly screenings.
** COVID-19 UPDATE **
Please note due to COVID-19 restrictions in NSW and recommendations from NSW Health and our local councils CFIFF 2020 will be moved online.
MONTHLY SEMI-FINALISTS
Monthly Semi-Finalists will receive a digital certificate, laurel, and listing on our website.
MONTHLY FINALISTS
Monthly Finalists will receive a digital certificate, laurel, and listing on our website. Monthly Finalists will progress into our Wildcard Competition pool and be re-watched in October 2020 before our Live Event in November. Nine Finalists will be selected as our Annual Wildcard Nominations and become eligible for Bonus Awards.
MONTHLY WINNERS
Monthly Winners will receive a digital certificate, laurel, and listing on our website. Winning films will progress to our annual competition where they will be eligible for Bonus awards. Monthly Winners will receive the following prizes:
- Monthly Winners will receive a 3 Month subscription to iPitch.tv.
- Monthly Short Screenplay and Feature Screenplay Winners will receive a 6-month ISAConnect membership.
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ANNUAL WINNERS
- All annual film category winners will receive a yearlong subscription to iPITCH.tv.
- Annual Short Screenplay, Feature Screenplay, and Wildcard Screenplay Winners will receive a 12-month ISAConnect membership.
- 3 annual winners will receive Final Draft screenwriting software.
- 3 annual winners will receive an InkTip.
InkTip: Where producers go for scripts and writers. Winners of the Changing Face International Film Festival will receive an InkTip Script Listing to promote themselves and their scripts to InkTip’s entire network of producers, managers, and agents.
Companies who are InkTip members include: ABC, Anonymous Content, APA, CBS Films, HBO Films, ICM, Paradigm, Paramount Pictures, Hallmark Channel, FX, Universal, WME, Echo Lake, Zero Gravity, Bad Robot, 20th Century Fox, and many more.
Producers have made more than 393 films from scripts and writers found through InkTip.
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CATEGORIES:
Best Drama Short
Best Comedy Short
Best Experimental Short
Best Documentary Short
Best Animated Short
Best Horror Short
Best SciFi Short
Best Student Short
Best Web Series
Best Fiction Feature
Best Documentary Feature
Best Short Screenplay
Best Feature Screenplay
Best Trailer
Winning films entered are automatically eligible for Bonus Awards. These laurels will be issued at the end of 2020 as part of our annual competition.
BONUS AWARDS
You do not need to enter these categories separately. Monthly Winners and Wildcards will automatically be consider for these awards.
Best Actor in a Comedy
Best Actor in a Drama
Best Actor in an Experimental Film
Best Actor in a Horror
Best Actor in a SciFi
Best Actor in a Student Short
Best Actor in a Web Series
Best Actor in a Feature
Best Ensemble Cast
Best Cinematography
Best Director
Best Screenwriter
Best Editing
Best Sound Design
Best Original Score
Groundbreaking Documentary
Best Stunt Performer/Team
Best Producer
Best Set Design
Best Costume Design
Emerging Filmmaker
Thank you for your participation in the Changing Face International Film Festival. We look forward to seeing your work!