Red Dirt Film Festival Returns For an Eighth Season!
March 12-14, 2021 marks the eighth annual Red Dirt Film Festival, held in Stillwater, OK, bringing with it a bouquet of cultural flavor in the form of films and live music. Recently named one of FilmFreeway's Top 100 Film Festivals out of the nearly 9,000 worldwide, The Red Dirt International Film Festival is where film goes to have fun. We love movies and a good time. We are pleased to showcase films and screenplays* of many genres. During its 3-day run, we will kick-off our 8th season by featuring a very diverse-selection of films as we equally love a good comedy, horror film, drama, or documentary. We encourage submissions from directors who will be able to attend the entire festival, as we love to meet and network; forming friendships with fellow filmmakers and learning from each other is a key part of our festival!
Red Dirt was formed to bring more inspiration, culture, and entertainment to central Oklahoma, as well as to enliven people of all ages through the united power of the film medium. In addition to films we have parties each evening, workshops, panels, Q&As, live music, networking events and whatever else our creative minds create year-to-year!
Stillwater is the launchpad for a number of other amazing things such as the world-famous Eskimo Joe's restaurant, musicians such as The All-American Rejects, Garth Brooks, Red Dirt Music; Oklahoma State University, and actors such as James Marsden, and Gary Busey.
The daytime film venue is the Best Western Cimarron Plus Hotel and Suites located at 315 N Husband St, Stillwater, OK 74075. Over 50 films will be exhibited, from short films to features, ranging across many different genres. Screenplays will be workshopped with actors and given critiques by industry professionals. In addition there will be several guests on-hand to demonstrate during topical panels, and many filmmakers responsible for the works will be on-hand to provide lively discussion through Q&As, as-well as to network with local audiences, film buffs, and industry professionals alike.
Just as importantly, the live music portion will commence at Eskimo Joe's, 501 W. Elm, Stillwater, OK 74074, on Friday and Saturday nights, featuring a collage of up-and-coming live acts from many varying bands in the region, all under the curation of local music staple, Joe Mack. Featuring roughly four bands each night, the musical fun at Joe's provides fest fans the chance to unwind in a more relaxed atmosphere, within the confines of the legendary food and music joint.
Screenplay award recipients will be rewarded with a free professional listing of their project with InkTip, which facilitates the sale of scripts to more than 4,000 industry professionals, and which has sold scripts for 393 films!
Students with a valid student ID get into the film screenings and music portions for free. Passes for the general public will be available for purchase here as-well as on the festival's website, www.reddirtfilm.com. T-Shirts for this year's event will also be available there. Tickets for individual screening blocks are $5 at the door.
Those wishing to purchase passes for the entire festival weekend can save money and also have access to the VIP Kickoff Party hosted by Backstage Stillwater, 110 E. 7th, Stillwater, OK 74074, Friday evening.
We're also excited to be the one of the first American film festivals to feature the 'F-Rating', a designation to set-apart films written, produced, directed, or starring women filmmakers. This is a cause we champion.
We hope to see you at Red Dirt Film Festival this upcoming year and thank YOU for your submissions; we look forward to having you as part of our festival to celebrate great film and have a lot of fun!
In-person attendees at the awards ceremony will receive The Hardy award (a gorgeous Red Dirt tree statuette), and digital Laurels. Certificates and laurels alike will be mailed out to winners unable to attend.