Wheaton Film Festival

Wheaton, MD, United States, North America

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Wheaton Film Festival

Wheaton, MD, United States, North America

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About the festival

The 6th Annual Wheaton Film Festival, taking place November 14 & 15, 2020, is a great opportunity for filmmakers from across the world to showcase their talent and learn about the industry. Everyone is welcome to submit their films, watch screenings, and/or attend panel discussions over this two-day virtual event.

Categories for submissions include:
• General Submission- for films up to 15 minutes in length from filmmakers located anywhere.
• Student - for those filmmakers who are currently students or were students at the time of making the film.
• Montgomery County - for those films that were produced in or about Montgomery County, MD USA and/or produced by a filmmaker from Montgomery County, MD USA.

This event is supported in part by the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County, Chuck Levin's Music Center, MakeOffices, Arune LLC, DC Filmmakers, Adobe Software, Copyright Counselors, Final Draft Software, FilmConvert, Filmstro, iPitch.tv, Quick Film Budget, Red Giant, Studio Unknown, Write Brothers, and Clairvoyance LLC. This event is produced by Arune LLC. Our promotional partners include Docs In Progress, TIVA, Creative Edge Collaborative, WALA, and DC Media Makers.

"Levin Grand Prize" - Jury Award for Best Film in General category
"Kamen Grand Prize" - Jury Award for Best Student Film
"Wheaton Award" - Jury Award for Best Community Story in Montgomery County category

Prizes provided by sponsors including Adobe Software, Red Giant Software, Write Brothers Software, Arune, etc.

Awards and certificates will also be provided.

About

The 6th Annual Wheaton Film Festival, taking place November 14 & 15, 2020, is a great opportunity for filmmakers from across the world to showcase their talent and learn about the industry. Everyone is welcome to submit their films, watch screenings, and/or attend panel discussions over this two-day virtual event.

Categories for submissions include:
• General Submission- for films up to 15 minutes in length from filmmakers located anywhere.
• Student - for those filmmakers who are currently students or were students at the time of making the film.
• Montgomery County - for those films that were produced in or about Montgomery County, MD USA and/or produced by a filmmaker from Montgomery County, MD USA.

This event is supported in part by the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County, Chuck Levin's Music Center, MakeOffices, Arune LLC, DC Filmmakers, Adobe Software, Copyright Counselors, Final Draft Software, FilmConvert, Filmstro, iPitch.tv, Quick Film Budget, Red Giant, Studio Unknown, Write Brothers, and Clairvoyance LLC. This event is produced by Arune LLC. Our promotional partners include Docs In Progress, TIVA, Creative Edge Collaborative, WALA, and DC Media Makers.

"Levin Grand Prize" - Jury Award for Best Film in General category
"Kamen Grand Prize" - Jury Award for Best Student Film
"Wheaton Award" - Jury Award for Best Community Story in Montgomery County category

Prizes provided by sponsors including Adobe Software, Red Giant Software, Write Brothers Software, Arune, etc.

Awards and certificates will also be provided.

Awards & Winners

There are no winners yet for this festival

Terms and rules

If you are submitting in the Wheaton category, please provide a brief explanation as to how you qualify.

If you are submitting as a Student Filmmaker, please provide the school you are attending (or attended) and your student number.

FILM SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

Filmmakers are welcome to either submit a FilmFreeway online screener or a YouTube/Vimeo Link. No other submission formats are accepted.

You may enter any film produced within the last 5 years that is 15 minutes or less in total duration. If a film is accepted, entrant will be solely responsible for delivering their exhibition video files in advance via shared cloud drive.

After you submit, please check your FilmFreeway online account to see if your film has been received. Please don't contact us to find out if your film has been received. Check online.

All accepted films MUST provide a 60 second or less recorded video introduction by the producer or director that will be shown to the audience in conjunction with the film.

Ratings & Reviews

Categories and fees

General
Early Bird (24th August, 2020) $15
Regular (17th September, 2020) $20
Late (7th October, 2020) $30

Time duration maximum is 15 minutes. The project can be fiction or non-fiction. Films can be submitted by anyone of any age from anywhere in the world.

Student
Early Bird (24th August, 2020) $15
Regular (17th September, 2020) $20
Late (7th October, 2020) $30

Time duration maximum is 15 minutes. The video must be made by filmmakers who are currently enrolled as a student or were enrolled as a student at the time the film was produced..

Montgomery County
Early Bird (24th August, 2020) $15
Regular (17th September, 2020) $20
Late (7th October, 2020) $30

Time duration maximum is 15 minutes. The project can be fiction or non-fiction. Films must be made by filmmakers based in Montgomery County, MD, USA. -or- films must in some way relate to Montgomery County.

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