Nestled in the Mountains of Northern Idaho, there is an active group of filmmakers who love seeing what other filmmakers around the Inland Northwest are creating. Combine that love for local films with a historic theater and we have a recipe for one killer film festival with true small town character! Submit your short film today!
** Please note: Your submission must come from within 400 miles of Sandpoint, Idaho. See map for exact radius: http://sandpointradius.com/map/ **
As an example, the "Radius" includes Seattle, Portland, Bend, Boise, Bozeman, Missoula and Idaho Falls.
If you are outside the "Radius" you can still submit your film. We have an "Out of Bounds" category and award one top prize for this category.
Why another film festival?
With so many "international" film festivals out there, we decided it was high time to have a festival that catered to regional talent, with networking and learning opportunities for filmmakers. This is why we started the Sandpoint Radius Film Festival.
Sandpoint Radius Film Festival is the brain child of a core group of talented filmmakers, producers, directors, artists and actors. Our goal is to create a festival that caters to Inland Northwest filmmakers with ample opportunities for networking, discussions and learning.
We will provide each submitted film with notes from the judges whether or not your film is chosen an official selection. To that end, we promise our judges will watch each film and score them on 9 major points. Judges may also provide optional notes on your film if they so desire.
*** Each film submitted will receive two tickets ($30 value) to attend the 2-day film festival in Sandpoint, Idaho regardless of if your film is chosen as a finalist. ***
As filmmakers, we are interested in networking with other filmmakers and talking about our successes and failures. At most "international" film festivals, talented local filmmakers are competing with large state sponsored big budget films, leaving little room in the schedule for local filmmakers to show and get feedback on their important works.
There will be six total trophies awarded for:
The top three Narrative/Experimental films
The Best Documentary film
The Best Animation film
Out of Bounds Winner
Once we are more established, we hope to have cash prizes as well.