The Ojai Short Fest - bringing together Film, Art and Music all in one weekend in beautiful and magical Ojai!
Come join us and experience an eclectic selection of short films and web-series episodes along with some live groovy music sounds by local and visiting artists. Our inaugural year, 2018, was a grand success with two official selections, “Weekends” and “Period. End Of Sentence” being nominated for the Oscars and “Period. End Of Sentence” winning Best Documentary Short! We are now all geared for 2019 to be a bigger blockbuster season!
Ojai Short Film Fests 2019 addition is accepting the following categories -
1. Narrative and documentary shorts and web-series episodes of any genre, live-action and animation, from all over the world and must tell a unique story with a compelling message. diversity, human interest, sustainable, and conscious lifestyles.
2. Branded content
3. Introducing the Pilot Short Series Pitch Fest! - Accepting short series pilot submissions to be a art of our first-ever pitch fest!
- pilot episode should be 25 minutes or under
- Any genre
- Global and local stories that are diverse, inclusive, compelling, and have the potential to break barriers and set future trends.
SPOTLIGHT: Starting this year, we are introducing the SPOTLIGHT initiative. We will be showcasing select films that tell thought-provoking, innovative and creative storytelling by filmmakers from one particular region in the world. This year our SPOTLIGHT is South Asia.
About:
FUSEMM is a digital interface that will be streaming short form content, both scripted and unscripted. Launched in 2018, the vision is to provide an alternative viewing experience for the ever expanding digital mobile universe.
Audience Choice Award - Film
Audience Choice Award - Web-Series
Best Screenplay Award - Pilot Short Series