ICAN/HANNA International Film Festival

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States, North America

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ICAN/HANNA International Film Festival

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States, North America

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About the festival

ICAN/HANNA International Independent Film Festival is a filmmaking competition hosted in the beautiful Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Dauphin County, PA)

Hanna is short for Susquehanna the local river which boast some of the most beautiful waterway/mountain sceneries on the eastern seaboard. A filmmaker paradise with historic architecture, open rural landscapes, and dynamic cinema scenery.

We are inviting our global community of friends to join us for a weekend of festivities hosted by our Production Company as a formal introduction and invitation of inclusion into our film creator community.

We intend to debut our new streaming platform and display the great works submitted by our creative community. We will provide 3 full days of activities including workshops, panels, and networking events.

This will be a great opportunity to meet emerging talent for your productions and projects. Calling all creatives to participate and offer your suggestions to better serve the community as a whole.

Each category winner will be presented an ICAN Award and a lifetime membership to our network organization.

Membership includes a massive resource base of opportunities and built-in industry relationships.

About

ICAN/HANNA International Independent Film Festival is a filmmaking competition hosted in the beautiful Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Dauphin County, PA)

Hanna is short for Susquehanna the local river which boast some of the most beautiful waterway/mountain sceneries on the eastern seaboard. A filmmaker paradise with historic architecture, open rural landscapes, and dynamic cinema scenery.

We are inviting our global community of friends to join us for a weekend of festivities hosted by our Production Company as a formal introduction and invitation of inclusion into our film creator community.

We intend to debut our new streaming platform and display the great works submitted by our creative community. We will provide 3 full days of activities including workshops, panels, and networking events.

This will be a great opportunity to meet emerging talent for your productions and projects. Calling all creatives to participate and offer your suggestions to better serve the community as a whole.

Each category winner will be presented an ICAN Award and a lifetime membership to our network organization.

Membership includes a massive resource base of opportunities and built-in industry relationships.

Awards & Winners

There are no winners yet for this festival

Terms and rules

Submission Entry Opening: ICAN/HANNA

Submission Fee: Free until October 31, 2020 at Midnight or until we reach our free limit of 3000 submissions waiver available.

September 01, 2020 12:00 AM (EST) and ends December 31, 2020 at 11:59 PM (EST)

Online submissions only and all materials must be viewable online. Do not make your submission available for download if you do not want your content viewed or promoted on ICAN platforms.

Submitting your film to The ICAN Festival, you agree to allow your film to be screened by the festival during the festival and awards ceremony, for which you are submitting, at no charge to the festival. Our festival is virtual and films will be randomly rotated on our streaming platforms.

By submitting to our film festival you are acknowledging full copyright ownership in it's entirety for all content submitted.​ If for any reason you do not wish to participate in public placement of your content a simple written request to remove will resolve it without dispute.

ICAN reserves the right to disqualify any ENTRANT at any time, if there is any question of ownership, copyright infringement of any sort.

There is no premiere policy for films, they may have screened at other Festivals and/or online at any time.

Films in English are NOT required to have subtitles.

For films in other languages, subtitles are required.

All extra submissions and tickets purchased for festival are to be paid through The FilmFreeway platform. The submission fee is non-refundable and will be implemented after October 31, 2020. Tickets are only refundable for 15 days from purchase date up until April 1, 2021

The festival informs all submitting entrants if their film has been successful submitted or rejected. Successful submissions will receive important updates and notifications from the Festival landing page via email or text. All public relations, press inquiries, guest accommodations, event information and how to make the most of participating in the Festival will be available on our website https://ican.333StudioHouse.com.

Festival Screenings

Selected films must acknowledge that the festival reserves the right to promote the films on it's website, promotional print, television, radio, social media and any other means of promoting the festival using both images and video that you provide. We will request a downloadable file if your content will be made available for screening on any of our streaming platforms. All other content will be shared by any link or embed code provided.

Ratings & Reviews

Categories and fees

SHORT FILM
Early Bird (31st August, 2020) $25
Regular (22nd January, 2021) $25
Late (9th April, 2021) $25

15-30 MINUTE SHORT FILMS

DOCUMENTARY
Early Bird (31st August, 2020) $10
Regular (22nd January, 2021) $10
Late (9th April, 2021) $10

COMMERCIAL
Early Bird (31st August, 2020) $10
Regular (22nd January, 2021) $10
Late (9th April, 2021) $10

MUSIC VIDEO
Early Bird (31st August, 2020) $10
Regular (22nd January, 2021) $10
Late (9th April, 2021) $10

SPORTS HIGHLIGHT
Early Bird (31st August, 2020) $10
Regular (22nd January, 2021) $10
Late (9th April, 2021) $10

ANIMATION
Early Bird (31st August, 2020) $10
Regular (22nd January, 2021) $10
Late (9th April, 2021) $10

VIRTUAL REALITY
Early Bird (31st August, 2020) $10
Regular (22nd January, 2021) $10
Late (9th April, 2021) $10

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