Discount Code: EIFA2030
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Welcome to Edinburgh Independent Film Awards!
We are an Independent film festival with live screenings, that takes place annually in the Edinburgh.
Welcome to Edinburgh Independent Film Awards. We are hosting our 4th Annual Festival in 2020 at the renowned Dominion Cinema in the heart of Edinburgh, Scotland
Our mission is designed to help create a platform for our filmmakers to be seen, but more importantly, get them the industry exposure to help sustain their craft for many years to come.
The EIFA is extremely excited for its showcase season and plans on becoming one of the biggest Independent film festivals in the UK.
Every filmmaker who submits is automatically eligible for our Production Budget prize. We aim to offer assistance to filmmakers with restricted budgets to allow the opportunity to shoot their film.
The Edinburgh Independent Film Awards attempts to provide spaces for independent filmmakers to create and display their stories without commercial pressure, in order to discover and celebrate extraordinary films and develop independent filmmaking.
Our judging team is looking for potential films and filmmakers for scheduled meetings with executives from the film and television industry.
EIFA will host screening events at the Edinburgh with post-screening Q&A with directors, producers and actors and the opportunity for them to network with industry professionals at our networking events
Award winners will be announced at our festival and receive hard copy certificates at our award ceremony along with engraved 'Edinburgh Independent Film Awards' trophy, winner laurels.
2020 Edinburgh Independent Film Awards Screenplay Competition:
We accept screenplays from across all genres. Please read the following criteria before submitting your Screenplay/Script.
1. The Screenplay has not yet been produced.
2. The Screenplay is under 160 pages.
3. No adaptations must be writer's original work.
4. The Screenplay must be in English.
5. The Screenplay must be a completed draft.
6. Writers must be 18 years of age and over.
7. Unproduced television scripts accepted.
8. Must be completed after 2011.
Please email us at edinburghfilmawards@gmail.com if you require any further information!
A screening committee determines which films shall be exhibited, all submissions are not guaranteed to be shown. All decisions of the committee are final. Except for the audience award, separate juries select festival winners.
The 2020 categories accepting and awarding submissions are:
Best Feature Film
Best Short Film
Best Student Film
Best Feature Documentary
Best Short Documentary
Best LGBT
Best Music Video
Best Experimental
Best Horror
Best Actor/Actress
Best Director
Best Foreign (All genres)
Best Comedy
Best Romance
Best Screenplay/Script
Best Action
Best Drama
Best Film Scotland
After a film has been an official selection, the filmmaker will be notified.
All Critiques will be sent via email to the filmmakers on the notification date.
Winners will have the chance to see their films on the big screen and be presented with their awards during the EIFA Awards Ceremony, which will take place at the Edinburgh Dominion Cinema in October 2020.
Winners will be contacted at the latest a month prior to the event date.
Award winners will be announced at our festival and receive hard copy certificates at our award ceremony along with engraved 'Edinburgh Independent Film Awards' trophy, winner laurels.
Award winners who cannot make the Live screening will be contacted by the Edinburgh Independent Film Awards team to have their certificates and trophies delivered by mail.