NEWS & SCREENINGS
SEATTLE FILM FESTIVAL | May - June 2024
May 25, 2024 - June 12, 2024
DATESOnline Screening - eoFlix
LOCATIONWe look forward to welcoming you to our 9th annual festival, running from June 26 to June 30, 2024, and to the digital festival preceding it, from May 25 to June 12, 2024.
This year, our festival is set to expand with additional film screenings at Seattle's historic Grand Illusion Cinema and Aegis Theater in the Queen Anne district of Seattle. Moreover, we are enhancing the festival experience by including more digital screenings, which will be featured in both our Program and Awards Ceremony.
In addition to filmmaker Q&A sessions, the festival will offer a variety of engaging activities: a networking meet and greet event, interactive conference panels, lively pop-up parties, and the prestigious Getty Images Awards Show Gala.
Seattle Film Festival attendees, official selection nominees and winners have included: Susan Sarandon, Mark Polish, Sean Astin, Bonnie McKee, Ice-T, Paulina Porizkova, Xander Berkeley, Jennifer Beals, Michael Madsen, , Jeffrey Combs, Gary Busey, Kristen Johnston, Krista Allen, Yorick van Wageningen, Maxim Roy, Jeremy Sisto, Kellen Lutz, Amy Gordon, Kenny Hotz, Celine Abrahams, Amber Rose Revah, Kevin Guthrie, Goran Bogdan, Steve Spiers, Margaret Cho, Fabien Caleyere, Michael Gross, Mark Webber, Fedja van HuĂŞt, John Capodice, Mick Fleetwood, Rocky Burnett, Christopher Backus, Michael Ironside, Patrick J. Adams, David Sullivan, Bill Heck and many more.
This year's jury includes:
Bobby LePire - Critic at Film Threat Magazine
John Capodice - Actor, portrayed Aguado in Ace Ventura, Bob in Speed, Jerry in The Doors, Sally Molars in Honeymoon in Vegas.
Elliott J. Brown - Producer of films grossing over $400 million. In 2020 he produced a feature film which grossed $199 million. In addition to producing, Elliott is known as a director, writer and actor.
Francesca De Luca - Actress in theater and award winning films including the 2022 Seattle Film Festival Best Ensemble Award for Storage.
Wilson Louis - Award-winning filmmaker and VFX Producer/ Director
Source: https://filmfreeway.com/SeattleFilmFestival
SO ZOOM IN PODCAST | MARCH '23
MARCH 13, 2023
PUBLICACTION DATESophia Louisa's So Zoom In
AUTHORJoin Sophia Louisa on this episode of So Zoom In as she welcomes special guest, Annette Larson, a passionate filmmaker whose creative vision shines through her work. In late 2022, Sophia had the pleasure of meeting Annette and was captivated by her dedication to storytelling and filmmaking. Tune in as they discuss Annette's journey, her inspiration behind her debut feature film, "The Third Path" produced by Magic Channel Productions, and the unique perspectives she brings to the world of cinema.Â
Watch the full conversation here: [VIDEO]
FILM FESTIVAL NEWS |Â March '23
MARCH 1, 2023
PUBLICACTION DATEPORTLAND FESTIVAL
FILM FESTIVAL
"The Third Path" has been honored with the prestigious Best Inspirational Film award at the esteemed Portland Moviemakers Awards 2023. Annette Larson's directorial debut beautifully captures the essence of human resilience and the power of forging new directions in life. Through compelling storytelling and evocative visuals, "The Third Path" resonates deeply with audiences, inspiring hope and igniting a spirit of possibility. Dive into this cinematic masterpiece and experience its transformative journey firsthand.
VOICES RISING FILM FESTIVAL | OCT. '23
SATURDAY, OCT. 7, 2023
DATEThe Plaza Cinema & Media Arts Center
LOCATIONVoices Rising Film Festival's mission is to help amplify the hard work of Artists who deserve attention.
Equally as important as connecting with industry and moving your project forward we will move the winning Films into consideration with partner Festivals that have live screening events that takes place in New York and Los Angeles and the focus is to help secure four wall Distribution for the winning Feature Film.
The team behind the Festival has a wide range of professional experience which includes every facet of Entertainment. Building an egoless environment with heart centered visions for human rights, LGBTQ, diversity and inclusion, women's empowerment is our mission. Making this not only a memorable event but an important gathering where each artists voice is heard through their choice of expression.
We celebrate and support Independent, new, and Alternative filmmakers; not just during our online competition but throughout the year through Production support, streaming Distribution relationships and marketing.
Source: https://filmfreeway.com/VoicesRisingFestival
THE WOMEN'S INDEPENDENT FILM & TELEVISION FESTIVAL | OCT. '23
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1 2023
DATEFFN Theater and Virtual Experience
LOCATIONThe Women's Independent Film & Television Festival is a chance to share and celebrate greatness in the world of female filmmaking. Our incredible community ranges from directors, to producers, to screenwriters, to actors, to content creators! Whatever the medium: We build this festival to shed light, deliver opportunity and celebrate the achievements of women in the world of filmmaking, storytelling and beyond!
We're going into our 3rd year celebrating The Women's Independent Film & Television Festival and we're so excited for this year's work, partnerships, competitions and more.
Whether a finalist or not, all officially selected filmmakers will be invited to join us at the Women's Independent Film Awards for screenings, networking, resources, collaboration, learning, partnerships and for our official premieres and awards ceremony blocks.
The Women's Independent Film & Television Festival was created to encourage female content creators with unique backgrounds to share their stories/ The festival will promote the work of women filmmakers and recognize them globally for their achievements in film.
Women have to be involved in the creation of ALL submitted films! That can be either as directors, producers, writers, performers, etc. Just as long as they were involved in the creation of the submitted work.
Source: https://filmfreeway.com/TheWomensIndependentFilmFestival
PORTLAND MOVIEMAKERS AWARD | FEB. '23
WINTER 2023
DATEBEST INSPRIATIONAL FILM
CATEGORYPortland New Alternative Voices is a bi-monthly awards event. It is an online event. The world has changed and so have we. We are embracing the virtual future, showing our elite films exclusively and broadly online in a manner that supports each film’s individual path of exposure.
The festival will welcome any independent project from all genres. This is an independent event for all Feature, Shorts, Documentary, Experimental, Commercial, Music Video, Animations, Student Films, Series and TV.
The award ceremony is looking for independent projects from all genres, particularly low or no-budget ones and all countries. Our mission is to promote films, and be another step up in the filmmakers' careers. The selection process has two parts. First, the submitted projects are judged through private screenings by our internal programming team, and they will select the Finalist films of each edition. Then the Festival’s jurors, who are a random team of invited experts mainly from the film industry, will privately review the films and award the best projects. All of the winners will receive the official laurel and an achievement certificate and can request an online screening. Winner’s announcements will be released through our social media to help promote the films.
Source:Â https://filmfreeway.com/PortlandMovieMakersAward
GOLDEN STATE FILM FESTIVAL | FEB. '23
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2023
DATETCL CHINESE THEATRES HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA
LOCATIONThe Golden State Film Festival we take pride in creating a fun relaxed and exciting festival for independent films located in Hollywood, California screening at the TCL Chinese Theatres.
The Festival will feature an opening night panel and party event gala, special events throughout the festival and an awards ceremony at the conclusion of the event.
All Dates are subject to change until official announcement soon!
The festival is programmed and organized by an experienced team of festival organizers located in Hollywood, California. The Golden State Film Festival is designed to be a contending platform for independent filmmakers to promote independent films in California The "Golden State". The festival caters to independent filmmakers of shorts and feature projects looking to promote to distributors and film aficionados in the Los Angeles area and California.
Source:Â https://filmfreeway.com/GoldenStateFilmFestival
NOVEMBER 1 - 29
DATESVIEW TIMES & PASSES
TIME: TBDSEATTLE AWARDSSeattle Movie Awards is an online seasonal festival. The festival’s goal is to introduce the best of short and feature films to the general public.
The “Seattle Movie Awards” is a festival that showcases the best independent films from around the world. Every season we award the best film makers, writers and producers by inviting them to our online competition hosted in Seattle, US. We showcase various genres from non-fiction to fiction films.
Not only do we grant prizes to the winners, but we also connect filmmakers to our network of professionals. Connecting filmmakers with our extensive database of agents, distributors and other industry professionals. Our festival is also globally oriented meaning we not only look for Western films but also films from Africa, Asia, South America and Australia.
Source:Â https://seattlefestival.net/
ETHOS FILM AWARDS | NOV. '22
NOVEMBER 1 - 29, 2022
DATESVIEW TIMES & PASSES
TIMEThe ETHOS Film Awards International Film Festival and the ETHOS Film Institute 501(c)3 are dedicated to educating, empowering, and inspiring purpose-driven filmmakers worldwide who create impactful films with messages for a better future. We value the educational aspect of our work and have partnered with the Santa Monica College Public Policy Institute and their renowned ancillary film program Center for Design and Media to nurture relationships with students and the next generation of filmmakers.
SOURCE: ETHOS Film Awards - FilmFreeway
AWARENESS FILM FESTIVAL | OCT. '22
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
DATE6:00 PM - 8:00 PM PDT
TIMERegal Cinemas LA Live1000 West Olympic BoulevardLos Angeles, CA 90015 United StatesVENUE
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FIRST-TIME FILMMAKER SESSIONS | OCT. '22
September 26 - October 10
DATESFirst-Time Filmmaker Sessions October 2022 - Features
WEBSITEFirst-Time Filmmaker Sessions exists to bring new eyes to the independent film market. For projects created by directors or producers as one of their early credits. Thank you in advance for supporting true, indie cinema!
Once you have enjoyed films from the collection and are ready to place your votes, head to your welcome email (Your Ticket) for the link to the voting form! If you purchased through Vimeo, please email support@liftoff.network for a voting link.
Strictly one set of votes per person. VOTES ARE RESERVED FOR PURCHASERS ONLY. Invalid votes will be removed and films could be disqualified. We want to keep this a fun and fair festival for everyone.
The top three films from the social round will be rated by Lift-Off's Official Judges who will go further in-depth and score the films based on multiple aspects. The film with the highest overall score is invited to the Sessions Features Winners event at Pinewood Studios where their trailers will be screened, they will participate in industry workshops and have hands-on advice and feedback.
Rules: One vote per rental.Voting will end 10pm (GMT) Monday 10th October.
After the festival, these films will be removed from the public domain.
Enjoy and please remember to share this great collection with your friends, family and peers.
Source: https://awarenessfestival.org/
