Hollywood New Directors

Los Angeles, CA, United States, North America

Category

Feature, Short

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Hollywood New Directors

Los Angeles, CA, United States, North America

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General Information

edition

4th

Contact details

811 6th St Los Angeles, CA 90013 United States

90013

hollywoodnewdirectors@gmail.com

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About the festival

At Hollywood New Directors, we celebrate filmmakers who challenge the conventional way of filmmaking and aim to discover new talents whose works are bold, daring, and reinvent and push the frontier of cinema. 

Hollywood New Directors focuses on films made by new directors of all backgrounds, with unique vision and fresh voices. The mission of the festival is to create exposure for bold and daring creative works that might otherwise go unnoticed, and bring them onto the big screen in Hollywood.

Hollywood New Directors specializes in new ideas and original creative contents from local, national and international aspiring filmmakers. The festival showcases new shorts, features, documentaries, animations, video art and experimental films that reinvent and push the frontier of cinema from emerging talented individuals. Our international juries are looking for films made with passion, obsession and drive, films that go beyond expectations. A strong sense of authorship is a must.

* Jury Award
* Audience Award
* Official Selections
* Honorable Mentions
* Best Film of Individual Categories
* Hollywood New Director Award “Best Picture”

About

At Hollywood New Directors, we celebrate filmmakers who challenge the conventional way of filmmaking and aim to discover new talents whose works are bold, daring, and reinvent and push the frontier of cinema. 

Hollywood New Directors focuses on films made by new directors of all backgrounds, with unique vision and fresh voices. The mission of the festival is to create exposure for bold and daring creative works that might otherwise go unnoticed, and bring them onto the big screen in Hollywood.

Hollywood New Directors specializes in new ideas and original creative contents from local, national and international aspiring filmmakers. The festival showcases new shorts, features, documentaries, animations, video art and experimental films that reinvent and push the frontier of cinema from emerging talented individuals. Our international juries are looking for films made with passion, obsession and drive, films that go beyond expectations. A strong sense of authorship is a must.

* Jury Award
* Audience Award
* Official Selections
* Honorable Mentions
* Best Film of Individual Categories
* Hollywood New Director Award “Best Picture”

Awards & Winners

There are no winners yet for this festival

Terms and rules

Hollywood New Directors is now accepting entries for its 2021 edition festival. We are open to all kinds of films including fiction, documentary, narrative, experimental, animation, video art and other genres in any language, from around the world.

You may submit more than one project. Films entered in multiple categories may win multiple awards!

Works-in-progress will be considered, provided they will be completed prior to the Festival.

We recommend that non-English language films be subtitled in English.

Hollywood New Directors reserves the right to use small portions and stills of accepted films for publicity and promotion of the festival event.

By submitting, the filmmaker declares that they are the rightful owner of their film.

I have read and agree to the Festival submission and general rule requirements and certify that I am authorized to submit this film to the Hollywood New Directors. Once an entry payment has been processed, a refund cannot be provided. If a payment is disputed, the account holder may be subject to any fees. I understand that Hollywood New Directors is hereby granted the right to utilize an excerpt of any film submitted for a showcase and accepted for exhibition at the Festival for promotional purposes. The individual or corporation submitting the film hereby warrants that it is authorized to commit the film for screening, and understands and accepts these requirements and regulations. The undersigned shall indemnify and hold harmless Hollywood New Directors from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees and costs of the court) which may be incurred by reason of any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity, screening, and loss of or damage to the screening videos entered.

Hollywood New Directors is hereby granted the rights to utilize an excerpt from any film submitted for promotional purposes of the festival. The individual or corporation submitting the film hereby warrants that it is authorized to commit the film for screening, and understands and accepts these requirements, rules and regulations.

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Festival website

Ratings & Reviews

Categories and fees

Narrative Short
Early Bird (6th August, 2020) $28
Regular (28th October, 2020) $34
Late (28th January, 2021) $40

film running time of 45 minutes or less

Narrative Feature
Early Bird (6th August, 2020) $30
Regular (28th October, 2020) $36
Late (28th January, 2021) $42

film running time over 45 minutes in length

Documentary Short
Early Bird (6th August, 2020) $28
Regular (28th October, 2020) $34
Late (28th January, 2021) $40

film running time of 45 minutes or less

Documentary Feature
Early Bird (6th August, 2020) $30
Regular (28th October, 2020) $36
Late (28th January, 2021) $42

film running time over 45 minutes in length

Experimental Short
Early Bird (6th August, 2020) $28
Regular (28th October, 2020) $34
Late (28th January, 2021) $40

film running time of 45 minutes or less

Experimental Feature
Early Bird (6th August, 2020) $30
Regular (28th October, 2020) $36
Late (28th January, 2021) $42

film running time over 45 minutes in length

Animation Short
Early Bird (6th August, 2020) $28
Regular (28th October, 2020) $34
Late (28th January, 2021) $40

film running time of 45 minutes or less

Foreign Short Film
Early Bird (6th August, 2020) $28
Regular (28th October, 2020) $34
Late (28th January, 2021) $40

film running time of 45 minutes or less

Foreign Feature Film
Early Bird (6th August, 2020) $30
Regular (28th October, 2020) $36
Late (28th January, 2021) $42

film running time over 45 minutes in length

First Short
Early Bird (6th August, 2020) $28
Regular (28th October, 2020) $34
Late (28th January, 2021) $40

film running time of 45 minutes or less

First Feature
Early Bird (6th August, 2020) $30
Regular (28th October, 2020) $36
Late (28th January, 2021) $42

film running time over 45 minutes in length

Student Short
Early Bird (6th August, 2020) $28
Regular (28th October, 2020) $34
Late (28th January, 2021) $40

film running time of 45 minutes or less

Student Feature
Early Bird (6th August, 2020) $30
Regular (28th October, 2020) $36
Late (28th January, 2021) $41

film running time over 45 minutes in length

Video Art Film
Early Bird (6th August, 2020) $29
Regular (28th October, 2020) $35
Late (28th January, 2021) $41

Any length

Cult Film
Early Bird (6th August, 2020) $29
Regular (28th October, 2020) $35
Late (28th January, 2021) $41

Any length

Erotica Film
Early Bird (6th August, 2020) $29
Regular (28th October, 2020) $35
Late (28th January, 2021) $41

Any length

LGBT Film
Early Bird (6th August, 2020) $29
Regular (28th October, 2020) $35
Late (28th January, 2021) $41

Any length

Arthouse Film
Early Bird (6th August, 2020) $29
Regular (28th October, 2020) $35
Late (28th January, 2021) $41

Any length

Music Video
Early Bird (6th August, 2020) $29
Regular (28th October, 2020) $35
Late (28th January, 2021) $41

1 minute film
Early Bird (6th August, 2020) $28
Regular (28th October, 2020) $34
Late (28th January, 2021) $40

All genres and types may be submitted, but must be 1 minute or less

Trailer/Promo
Early Bird (6th August, 2020) $28
Regular (28th October, 2020) $34
Late (28th January, 2021) $40

All genres and types may be submitted, but must be 3 minutes or less

One Take/One Shot Film
Early Bird (6th August, 2020) $28
Regular (28th October, 2020) $34
Late (28th January, 2021) $40

The rules are simple: make a one shot film or video work. All genres and types may be submitted. Remember: no cuts, no edits, just a single shot!

Slow Film/Slow Cinema
Early Bird (6th August, 2020) $29
Regular (28th October, 2020) $35
Late (28th January, 2021) $41

Indigenous Film
Early Bird (6th August, 2020) $29
Regular (28th October, 2020) $35
Late (28th January, 2021) $41

Films are made by indigenous filmmakers or about indigenous community.

Drama
Early Bird (6th August, 2020) $29
Regular (28th October, 2020) $35
Late (28th January, 2021) $41

Any length

Comedy Film
Early Bird (6th August, 2020) $29
Regular (28th October, 2020) $35
Late (28th January, 2021) $41

Any length

Thriller Film
Early Bird (6th August, 2020) $29
Regular (28th October, 2020) $35
Late (28th January, 2021) $41

Any length

Horror Film
Early Bird (6th August, 2020) $29
Regular (28th October, 2020) $35
Late (28th January, 2021) $41

Any length

Sci-fi Film
Early Bird (6th August, 2020) $29
Regular (28th October, 2020) $35
Late (28th January, 2021) $41

Any length

Fantasy Film
Early Bird (6th August, 2020) $29
Regular (28th October, 2020) $35
Late (28th January, 2021) $41

Any length

Dance Film
Early Bird (6th August, 2020) $29
Regular (28th October, 2020) $35
Late (28th January, 2021) $41

Any length

Action Film
Early Bird (6th August, 2020) $29
Regular (28th October, 2020) $35
Late (28th January, 2021) $41

Any length

Screenplay
Early Bird (6th August, 2020) $29
Regular (28th October, 2020) $35
Late (28th January, 2021) $41

New Media/Web Series
Early Bird (6th August, 2020) $29
Regular (28th October, 2020) $35
Late (28th January, 2021) $41

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