NYC Filmmaker's Festival

Take advantage of HALF OFF submission fees for a limited time during the earlier submitter season.
This past year’s festival went better than expected and we are looking to grow it into an even bigger and more useful event!

Submission fees are only $23 and under for a limited time, Although early submissions does not imply an advantage over regular season submissions, if your film receives high enough marks we will have you as an early acceptance. We will announce as many as 3 but as few as 1 early acceptance and promote your film on the website and in our press releases.

As a first year festival, the one relief is that the expectations from the seasoned festival goers is typically low. When asked what the usual turnout for smaller festival is for a showing, a colleague of mine gave an instant reply of “10” and then a hard chuckle. I am very happy to say that none of our showings had that few, and our biggest showing on Saturday night had over 120 viewers. If you were to ask me what my main goal with this festival was, it would be to have proper audiences for all the filmmakers. Audiences: Check.
It was also a joy to have a casting agent from one of the films side up to me and ask to be put in contact with the lead actress in one of the films. I hear there were numerous instances like this going on during the festival and it really makes me happy to hear the the filmmakers are gaining use from each other. Networking: Check.
And finally, we of course had many comments, landslidingly good at that. But the most common comment, which I was not expecting, was that people were confused…. they could have sworn we must have been around for at least 3-4 years. They were amazed that we were a first year festival. To be able to convey an image of a 3-4 year seasoned festival in just the first year is an achievement I am ecstatic to have accomplished. Credibility: Check.

So then the big question everyone has been asking: What about next year? I love this question, because it’s a storage facility full of possibilities. I was able to achieve many things that I wanted to with this first year, but I had many more things I wanted to do which were limited by our budget. But now, armed with our credibility, we already have talks going on with financial sponsors for next year to make this festival truly a top tier tool for the independent filmmakers.

Keep filming, my friends,

Festival Director, Darren Levine

We’re getting very excited here! Every day we are making little improvements to the festival even as submissions roll in. Speaking of submissions, be sure to get your in before May 15th for your best chance to see your film on the big screen! Odds of being accepted are still pretty close to 1 in 2! GREAT odds!

Check out our promos we did in the screening room, yankee stadium, and the mocap room….

http://www.youtube.com/filmfestny