Con Nooga Film Festival

Chattanooga, TN, United States, North America

19 - 21 Feb, 2021

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Con Nooga Film Festival

Chattanooga, TN, United States, North America

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General Information

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13th

Contact details

1201 Broad Street Chattanooga, TN 37402 United States

37402

cnfilmfest@gmail.com

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About the festival

Con Nooga is Chattanooga's ONLY multi-fandom convention spanning: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror, Anime/Manga, Paranormal, Literature, Comics, Gaming, Music, Movies, and so much more! For over a decade, Con Nooga has been the premier fandom event in Chattanooga, and Tennessee's largest three-day convention! Every year, we host the Con Nooga Film Festival, showcasing the contributions of independent filmmakers from all over the world, with a strong emphasis on sci-fi/fantasy, horror, comedy, and more with special awards categories for fan films and regionally-produced films across three days of the convention!

Join us for three days of films, fandom, and fun at Con Nooga!

***PLEASE NOTE: the live event for Con Nooga 2021 has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and as such no live screenings will be taking place for 2021. All 2021 awards will be judged and awarded digitally and all award winners will be screened at the rescheduled 2022 event!***

Awards will be given to multiple categories, including (but not limited to):
Best in Show (our grand prize for the best overall film submitted)
Best Fan Film
Best Regional Film (for films from TN, AL, GA, NC, and SC)
and Audience Choice (100% voted on by the attendees of Con Nooga!)

All winners will receive award laurels, with the winners of "Best in Show", and the "Audience Choice Award" also receiving custom engraved trophies and two three-day VIP tickets to the following year's event.

About

Con Nooga is Chattanooga's ONLY multi-fandom convention spanning: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror, Anime/Manga, Paranormal, Literature, Comics, Gaming, Music, Movies, and so much more! For over a decade, Con Nooga has been the premier fandom event in Chattanooga, and Tennessee's largest three-day convention! Every year, we host the Con Nooga Film Festival, showcasing the contributions of independent filmmakers from all over the world, with a strong emphasis on sci-fi/fantasy, horror, comedy, and more with special awards categories for fan films and regionally-produced films across three days of the convention!

Join us for three days of films, fandom, and fun at Con Nooga!

***PLEASE NOTE: the live event for Con Nooga 2021 has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and as such no live screenings will be taking place for 2021. All 2021 awards will be judged and awarded digitally and all award winners will be screened at the rescheduled 2022 event!***

Awards will be given to multiple categories, including (but not limited to):
Best in Show (our grand prize for the best overall film submitted)
Best Fan Film
Best Regional Film (for films from TN, AL, GA, NC, and SC)
and Audience Choice (100% voted on by the attendees of Con Nooga!)

All winners will receive award laurels, with the winners of "Best in Show", and the "Audience Choice Award" also receiving custom engraved trophies and two three-day VIP tickets to the following year's event.

Awards & Winners

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Terms and rules

SHORT FILMS = 21 MIN. OR LESS. / FEATURE FILMS = 22 MIN. OR MORE.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE OR ENGLISH SUBTITLES ONLY.
All films must be in English, or otherwise be fully subtitled in English.

NO FEE WAIVERS. بدون فیلم ایرانی!
We purposely keep our submission fees low so that anyone, on any budget can afford to participate. We do not offer any fee waivers as this is unfair to those who paid the fees. Filmmakers from countries not allowed to send money to the United States need not apply.
**DO NOT e-mail us asking for a fee waiver. You will be blocked and added to the blacklist**

NO REFUNDS. NO RETURNS. NO EXCEPTIONS.
Once a film has been accepted, it cannot be withdrawn from competition. No refunds of any submission fees will be refunded for any reason, and no submitted materials will be returned for any reason. No exceptions.

Submission to the Con Nooga Film Festival will be considered to be an acknowledgement of and agreement to all convention and film festival rules and policies, and grants Con Nooga full authorization to use the submitted film for any/all screening and promotional purposes up to and during the event for the year it was submitted. Con Nooga reserves the right to reject any film for any reason, as well as screen or not screen any submitted film for any reason. Schedule subject to change. Selection and awards are chosen by the convention committee and their decisions are final. Accepted filmmakers MUST provide their own travel/lodging for the event, should they wish to attend. Con Nooga does not provide any travel or lodging accommodations. Con Nooga will not pay any screening fees for any film under any circumstances. Con Nooga reserves the right to remove (or even ban, if necessary) anyone for violations of any rules at any time. Full convention rules/policies can be found on the official Con Nooga website.

Ratings & Reviews

Categories and fees

Short Films
Early Bird (29th February, 2020) $10
Late (1st December, 2020) $30

Short Films (21 minutes or less). All genres accepted. (please specify on your film page to be considered for genre awards)

Feature Films
Early Bird (29th February, 2020) $15
Late (1st December, 2020) $40

Feature Films (22 minutes or more). All genres accepted. (please specify on your film page to be considered for genre awards)

Screenplay Competition
Early Bird (29th February, 2020) $10
Late (1st December, 2020) $20

NEW FOR 2021! Con Nooga is now hosting an official screenplay competition along with our film festival! We accept scripts of ANY LENGTH, and will be awarding the best Short and Feature-Length scripts!

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