GeekFest Film Fest- Year 8

13 - 14 Feb, 2021

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GeekFest Film Fest- Year 8

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About the festival

YEAR 8 Call for Entries OPEN
Early Deadline Sept 31

Named ONE of the TOP Genre FILM FESTS on FilmFreeway!
Submit your Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Action and Fan Films NOW and tour North America in 2021!

The World's Only Film Festival that programs in Comic Conventions across North America for ONE ENTRY FEE!

In our first 7 years, we've programmed at over 50 comic cons across North America, over 5 million con goers have seen the GeekFest Film Fest brand on the Exhibition Floor, tens of Thousands have attended GeekFest Screenings and Panels.

Distribution and Licensing opportunities for horror and science fiction content in all short categories!

GeekFest Film Fests is the First, Largest and BEST traveling Geek Genre Film Festival, programming high concept genre films into Comic Conventions around the country!

GeekFest Film Fests travels across North America, screening the best in Indie Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Action, Superhero, Pop Culture, Fan Films, and Fandom Related themed films. Live Action and Animation Accepted

Be part of the World's FIRST and BEST Traveling Comic Convention Film Festival!

In 2021 we plan for more conventions, larger attendance, bigger prizes and more opportunities to be seen by millions of Comic Con attendees across the nation, plus year long social media...for ONE ENTRY FEE!

All Official Selections receive complimentary passes to the Comic Cons they are screening, filmmaker panels, and booth space for your swag and marketing materials!

It's the only Film Festival on Earth that awards its winners with multiple screenings across North America at pop culture conventions for an entire year!

GeekFest Film Fests accepts Features, Documentaries, Short Documentaries, Shorts, Web Series, Trailers, Fan Films and Music Videos. Live Action and Animation!

Most short selections of GeekFest will be programmed multiple times, and are offered opportunities unlike any film festival in the world.

What makes GeekFest Film Fest different from any other Comic Con Film Festival in the World?

One Entry Fee. Multiple conventions over the 2021 con circuit.

Filmmakers in Year 6 received Comic Con passes valued at over $1000.00
GeekFest Booth on the Exhibition Floor at some conventions!
Filmmakers are invited to market and promote on the Con Floor. Yr 6 value over $10,000.00

Exposure- Over 6 million comic con attendees combined in our past 7 year of touring!
Year long social media exposure on multiple social media platforms including Twitter, Facebook and Youtube with over 6 million views!

Celebrity Geek Judges watch your film and help GeekFest decide the selections.
Judges are from TV/Film and the Comic Con and Pop Culture industries, including Lloyd Kaufman, Bo Svenson, Jeff Wadlow, Jackis Dallas, Emma Caulfield, Amy Jo Johnson, Keahu Kahuanui, Gigi Edgely, Erin Cahill, Jessica Cameron, Scott Mantz, Sterling Gates and Chloe Dykstra...just to name a few!

Year 8 Tour Stops
Long Beach Comic Expo – Long Beach, California
MegaCon Orlando- Orlando Florida
Comic Con Revolution- Ontario California
Fan Expo Canada- Toronto Canada
Long Beach Comic Con – Long Beach, California
Rose City Comic Con - Portland Oregon
Los Angeles Comic Con- Los Angeles, California
Rhode Island Comic Con- Providence, Rhode Island
And a Standalone GeekFest Film Fest at the end of 2020!
...Plus more comic cons to be announced!!

Potential 2021 Tour Stops
Keystone Comic Con
Comic Con Honolulu
AwesomeCon
Big Easy Con
and more coming soon...

In our first 7 years we've programmed across North America in some of the largest conventions including Fan Expo Canada, MegaCon, Rhode Island Comic Con, Los Angeles Comic Con, New York Comic Con and many more...

Imagine your Geek Film Screening all across the United States for ONE entry fee and year long Social Media on Twitter and Facebook, to our growing fanbase and visibility at every convention we program...plus distribution opportunities!

Come for the Film Fest, Stay for the Convention!

Over $100,000 in prizes have been awarded in our 1st seven years!

Prize Sponsors include Sony Software, Boris FX, Fanbase Press, Beachtek, Graphic Lab Tees, Valiant Comics, Top Cow, Zenescope, Coscards, Boom! Studios, American Tourister, Shot Lister App, Top Cow Productions, Zenescope Entertainment, Geek Eyewear, ConQuest Journals, Truffle Cottage, WOWWEE, Boston Metaphysical Society, Alterna Comics and more!

Each Convention we program a full festival EVENT we award:

* Best Trailer

* Best Web Series

* Best Short

*Best Fan Film

* Best Feature

* Best of Fest (Grand Prize Winner)

Some Cons we may be contracted to produce shorts event- At these conventions we do not program features.

About

YEAR 8 Call for Entries OPEN
Early Deadline Sept 31

Named ONE of the TOP Genre FILM FESTS on FilmFreeway!
Submit your Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Action and Fan Films NOW and tour North America in 2021!

The World's Only Film Festival that programs in Comic Conventions across North America for ONE ENTRY FEE!

In our first 7 years, we've programmed at over 50 comic cons across North America, over 5 million con goers have seen the GeekFest Film Fest brand on the Exhibition Floor, tens of Thousands have attended GeekFest Screenings and Panels.

Distribution and Licensing opportunities for horror and science fiction content in all short categories!

GeekFest Film Fests is the First, Largest and BEST traveling Geek Genre Film Festival, programming high concept genre films into Comic Conventions around the country!

GeekFest Film Fests travels across North America, screening the best in Indie Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Action, Superhero, Pop Culture, Fan Films, and Fandom Related themed films. Live Action and Animation Accepted

Be part of the World's FIRST and BEST Traveling Comic Convention Film Festival!

In 2021 we plan for more conventions, larger attendance, bigger prizes and more opportunities to be seen by millions of Comic Con attendees across the nation, plus year long social media...for ONE ENTRY FEE!

All Official Selections receive complimentary passes to the Comic Cons they are screening, filmmaker panels, and booth space for your swag and marketing materials!

It's the only Film Festival on Earth that awards its winners with multiple screenings across North America at pop culture conventions for an entire year!

GeekFest Film Fests accepts Features, Documentaries, Short Documentaries, Shorts, Web Series, Trailers, Fan Films and Music Videos. Live Action and Animation!

Most short selections of GeekFest will be programmed multiple times, and are offered opportunities unlike any film festival in the world.

What makes GeekFest Film Fest different from any other Comic Con Film Festival in the World?

One Entry Fee. Multiple conventions over the 2021 con circuit.

Filmmakers in Year 6 received Comic Con passes valued at over $1000.00
GeekFest Booth on the Exhibition Floor at some conventions!
Filmmakers are invited to market and promote on the Con Floor. Yr 6 value over $10,000.00

Exposure- Over 6 million comic con attendees combined in our past 7 year of touring!
Year long social media exposure on multiple social media platforms including Twitter, Facebook and Youtube with over 6 million views!

Celebrity Geek Judges watch your film and help GeekFest decide the selections.
Judges are from TV/Film and the Comic Con and Pop Culture industries, including Lloyd Kaufman, Bo Svenson, Jeff Wadlow, Jackis Dallas, Emma Caulfield, Amy Jo Johnson, Keahu Kahuanui, Gigi Edgely, Erin Cahill, Jessica Cameron, Scott Mantz, Sterling Gates and Chloe Dykstra...just to name a few!

Year 8 Tour Stops
Long Beach Comic Expo – Long Beach, California
MegaCon Orlando- Orlando Florida
Comic Con Revolution- Ontario California
Fan Expo Canada- Toronto Canada
Long Beach Comic Con – Long Beach, California
Rose City Comic Con - Portland Oregon
Los Angeles Comic Con- Los Angeles, California
Rhode Island Comic Con- Providence, Rhode Island
And a Standalone GeekFest Film Fest at the end of 2020!
...Plus more comic cons to be announced!!

Potential 2021 Tour Stops
Keystone Comic Con
Comic Con Honolulu
AwesomeCon
Big Easy Con
and more coming soon...

In our first 7 years we've programmed across North America in some of the largest conventions including Fan Expo Canada, MegaCon, Rhode Island Comic Con, Los Angeles Comic Con, New York Comic Con and many more...

Imagine your Geek Film Screening all across the United States for ONE entry fee and year long Social Media on Twitter and Facebook, to our growing fanbase and visibility at every convention we program...plus distribution opportunities!

Come for the Film Fest, Stay for the Convention!

Over $100,000 in prizes have been awarded in our 1st seven years!

Prize Sponsors include Sony Software, Boris FX, Fanbase Press, Beachtek, Graphic Lab Tees, Valiant Comics, Top Cow, Zenescope, Coscards, Boom! Studios, American Tourister, Shot Lister App, Top Cow Productions, Zenescope Entertainment, Geek Eyewear, ConQuest Journals, Truffle Cottage, WOWWEE, Boston Metaphysical Society, Alterna Comics and more!

Each Convention we program a full festival EVENT we award:

* Best Trailer

* Best Web Series

* Best Short

*Best Fan Film

* Best Feature

* Best of Fest (Grand Prize Winner)

Some Cons we may be contracted to produce shorts event- At these conventions we do not program features.

Awards & Winners

There are no winners yet for this festival

Terms and rules

All official selections will be notified of acceptance by E-mail. (Make sure your email address is current) Accepted projects cannot be publicly exhibited within a 90 mile radius of the convention area at any time within a one-month period of the event start date either at a film festival or pop culture convention. If this occurs, GeekFest has the right to refuse exhibition at that specific con. After acceptance of projects, the entrant is free to publicize his/her work to any and all media she/he deems necessary. Please notify GeekFest of any media support you receive. The undersigned entrant shall release, discharge, indemnify and hold harmless FirstGlance Films, GeekFest and its agents, respective officers, directors, employees, representatives, contractors, partners, sponsors, and volunteers from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, costs and expenses (including, without limitations, attorneys' fees). The undersigned entrant authorizes GeekFest to promote the entry in part for any marketing or publicity purpose prior to, during, and after the competition. You agree to be bound by these guidelines and the decisions of the judges, which are final and binding in all respects and to waive any right to claim ambiguity in the contest or the rules. The signature of applicant constitutes that the entrants information is true and correct and agrees to all competition rules and guidelines.

Official Selections- A DVD or BluRay screener will be required to be screened at venues. Must be NTSC format and check your DVD before sending to guarantee playability.
No menus, no watermarks, Auto-Play.

All Official Selections will be screened multiple times per tour year. Some call for entries during the year will be for specific conventions and will be noted as Special Edition.

Due to the nature of comic conventions we are not responsible for convention cancellations or last minute changes or events beyond our control that may lead to the cancellation of the event.

We have no control over comic con scheduling and events, some comic cons change schedules, programming at the last minute. We do our best to negotiate with the conventions ahead of time, so we're able to announce the GeekFest Scheduling earlier on our site, it may not show up on the conventions websites until a couple weeks prior to their events. We also guarantee every film in the GeekFest Lineup will get at least one screening during the tour. Many shorts will screen multiple times over the 2021 season.

Due to the nature of the festival and the touring nature of the event, we do not offer or grant waivers.

Disclaimer: At the Festivals Discretion, if any categories submissions do not receive high judge votes needed to warrant an Official Selection, a festival category may be suspended for the duration of the tour year.

Ratings & Reviews

Categories and fees

Feature Films
Early Bird (31st August, 2020) $55
Regular (30th September, 2020) $65
Late (31st October, 2020) $75

Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Action, Thriller, Video Gaming, Cosplay, Pop Culture Related Live Action or Animated If a Comic Con audience would love it, Submit it HERE

Feature Documentaries
Early Bird (31st August, 2020) $55
Regular (30th September, 2020) $65
Late (31st October, 2020) $75

Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Action, Video Gaming, Cosplay, Pop Culture and Fandom Related Documentary Subjects. If it's Comic Con Related, it's perfect for GeekFest

Documentary Shorts
Early Bird (31st August, 2020) $50
Regular (30th September, 2020) $60
Late (31st October, 2020) $70

Documentaries under 45 minutes Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Action, Thriller, Video Gaming, Cosplay and any Pop Culture or Fandom Related Subjects

Narrative Shorts
Early Bird (31st August, 2020) $50
Regular (30th September, 2020) $60
Late (31st October, 2020) $70

Short Films under 30 mins Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Action, Thriller, and any Pop Culture or Fandom Related themes Live Action or Animated If a Comic Con audience would love it, Submit it HERE

Trailers
Early Bird (31st August, 2020) $45
Regular (30th September, 2020) $55
Late (31st October, 2020) $65

Original Concept Trailers under 5 mins Accepting High Concept Original Trailers Science Fiction, Fantasy, Action, Horror, Thriller and anything Pop Culture or Fandom based themes Live Action or Animated If a Comic Con audience would love it, Submit it HERE

Music Video
Early Bird (31st August, 2020) $45
Regular (30th September, 2020) $55
Late (31st October, 2020) $65

High Concept genre and parody Music Videos under 6 mins Live Action or Animated If a Comic Con audience would love it, Submit it HERE

Fan Films
Early Bird (31st August, 2020) $50
Regular (30th September, 2020) $60
Late (31st October, 2020) $70

Fan Films! Whatever Fandom you are a part of this category is for you! Star Wars, Star Trek, LOTR, Game of Thrones, Power Rangers, Walking Dead, Comic Book Heroes, DC, Marvel, Current or past TV series or Movies Live Action or Animated If a Comic Con audience would love it, Submit it HERE

Web Series Pilots
Early Bird (31st August, 2020) $50
Regular (30th September, 2020) $60
Late (31st October, 2020) $70

High Concept Web Series under 15 mins Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Action, Thriller, Pop Culture and Fandom based! Live Action or Animated If a Comic Con audience would love it, Submit it HERE

Matchmaking

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