2010 Great Lakes Film Fest Call
For Entries
Printable Entry Form
Film Submission Fees, Deadlines and Rules
Script Submission Fees, Deadlines and Rules
Considered among
the top 100 most popular film festivals in the
world and a 501c(3) non-profit organization, the 9th annual Great Lakes
International
Film Festival has officially opened its Call
for Entries and will accept submissions
internationally of independently produced
feature length and short length films and
scripts in the genres of documentary, horror,
experimental, Religious/Spiritual, animation,
and all genre of music videos and Gay/Lesbian
for the 2010 festival, September 22nd. Thru
September 29th. 2010.
Our film festival has reached a global echelon
launching our festival interactively online
allowing independent filmmakers and fans world
wide to not only enjoy the films, but
communicate with each other in real time as
though they were together in the same room via
online chat and web cams.
Much like most other festivals, ours was
limited by time in how many films we could
screen at the fest. Simply put, if a film is
good, it will be accepted and screened without
time constraints. Films will not be available
for download, but shall be presented in a
video on demand system that will allow users
to watch the films. The VOD system will
be secured and can be viewed from any
computer.
Unlike other festivals streaming films online,
films in this festival cannot be downloaded,
the films HAVE NO EMBEDDING CODE and our
HTML code if copied and pasted, the films will
not play, therefore they CANNOT be placed on
other websites.
The only time and place they can be viewed is
in our festival. In short, we have gone
to great lengths to set this system up to
protect the safety and security of each
filmmaker's film always keeping the filmmaker
in mind. Basically, it is just as secure as a
brick and mortar theater screening, only much
better.
We made the decision to screen films
exclusively online because of two reasons,
first we understand that filmmakers around the
world pour not only all of their time and
heart into their work but also most of their
money. Because of financial and time
constraints independent filmmakers most times
find it difficult to attend the screenings of
their film. Now not only can the filmmaker
attend, but all of their friends and family
members can as well. In addition, the number
of attendees to the festival is literally
limitless giving the filmmaker much more
exposure for their work.
In
addition,
you hear so much about the environment and
global warming it got us thinking. When you
realize how much power is used during the film
fest – electricity for the building, natural
gas for heat and the gasoline the people use
to get to the fest it left one hell of a
carbon footprint. By doing the whole festival
on line it actually helps cut down on
greenhouse gases.
We shall accept all ranges of music videos,
along with entries of short and feature length
screenplays, stage plays, and teleplays of all
genres and niches.
The 2010 Great Lakes
International
Film Festival
will accept all forms of religious, Christian,
and spiritual films including African, African
American, Gay/Lesbian, Black, Hispanic,
Islamic, Latino, Native/Aboriginal and student
films from the United States and around the
world.
The Great Lakes
International
Film Festival
horror categories for scripts and films will
include Horror, Thrillers, Science Fiction,
Suspense, Grindhouse Horror, Horror
Documentary, Horror Animation, and student
films and scripts.
The Great Lakes Film Festival Scriptwriting
Competition has achieved such great success in
past years that we now are able to offer a
$5,000.00 cash award to our first place
winner of the 2010 competition among other
prizes. The winning script will be forwarded
to agents and industry professionals for
consideration.
The annual screenwriting competition is a way
for new and veteran scriptwriters to possibly
get the break they need.
If there is anything as universal as the
ageless storytelling of motion pictures, it’s
the music that makes up life’s soundtrack.
The 2010 Great Lakes
International
Film Festival
shall accept music videos from around the
world of cross-continent and cross-genre
productions. We shall accept music videos of
all ranges from pop, punk, rock, alt-country,
country-western, folk, reggae, hip-hop to electronica, jazz, blues, Zydeco, industrial,
gothic, karaoke, avant-garde, world music, and
experimental.
Printable
Entry Form
Film Submission Fees, Deadlines and Rules
Script Submission Fees, Deadlines and Rules
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