Bright Ideas Film Festival

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Bright Ideas Film Festival

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General Information

edition

4th

organizer

Tony Alfaro

Festival Director

Contact details

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About the festival

We are excited to be bringing the 4th Annual Bright Ideas Film Festival to life once again. On December 15th, a public showcase of short films created by NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FILMMAKERS (Students and Professionals) will screen in front of a live audience. This year we have moved to Berkeley and will be hosting the event at the amazing Art House Gallery & Cultural Center (2905 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705).

In a culture of home entertainment centers and smartphones, filmmakers often miss out on experiencing their art in front of a live audience. The Bright Ideas Film Festival exists to give filmmakers a place to celebrate their hard work with family, friends, and others who also appreciate the theater experience.

In a continued effort to celebrate the filmmakers, awards will be presented for...

*Best Comedic Performance
*Best Dramatic Performance
*Best Editing
*Best Cinematography
*Best Directing
*Best Writing
*Best Sound Design
*Best in Festival
*Audience Choice Award

About

We are excited to be bringing the 4th Annual Bright Ideas Film Festival to life once again. On December 15th, a public showcase of short films created by NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FILMMAKERS (Students and Professionals) will screen in front of a live audience. This year we have moved to Berkeley and will be hosting the event at the amazing Art House Gallery & Cultural Center (2905 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705).

In a culture of home entertainment centers and smartphones, filmmakers often miss out on experiencing their art in front of a live audience. The Bright Ideas Film Festival exists to give filmmakers a place to celebrate their hard work with family, friends, and others who also appreciate the theater experience.

In a continued effort to celebrate the filmmakers, awards will be presented for...

*Best Comedic Performance
*Best Dramatic Performance
*Best Editing
*Best Cinematography
*Best Directing
*Best Writing
*Best Sound Design
*Best in Festival
*Audience Choice Award

Awards & Winners

There are no winners yet for this festival

Terms and rules

1) Submissions may be no longer than 12 minutes.

2) Any genre will be considered for screening.

3) Submitting a film does not guarantee acceptance into the screening. All submitting filmmakers will be notified of their status by December 8th.

4) Submissions must be suitable for an audience. No extream gore or sexual content.

5) Professional submission fee is $10
Student submission fee is $8

6) To enter as a student, the submission must have been created while attending school (college or high school.) It does not need to have been made for a school assignment. The filmmaker can currently be graduated, as long as the film was created while being a student.

7) Only submissions from Northern California will be accepted.

8) Filmmakers can submit multiple projects, but only one film per director will be selected to screen. Projects can share producers, cast, or other crew.

9) There will be no refunds on submissions fees.

10) The Awards for each category will be voted on by the Judges prior to the event, except for the Audience Choice which will be chosen by the attendants of the festival.

11) Each accepted film will be guaranteed one (1) free ticket to the event. This will be presented to the director, but can be used by anyone

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