Los Angeles CineFest

Los Angeles, United States, North America

16 - 17 Jan, 2021

Category

Short

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Los Angeles CineFest

Los Angeles, United States, North America

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About the festival

Los Angeles CineFest is an international event. We accept local, national and international films and scripts. Film industry specialists watch films and videos, read scripts, give notes and scores.
Once a year we screen selected work at the live event in Los Angeles.

Starting January 1, 2019, Los Angeles CineFest will no longer be an online film festival. Our festival will now compose of Live Screenings.

Categories:
Short Film
Short Documentary
Web Episode
Trailer
Feature Film
Feature Documentary
Animation
Student
Film about Cosmos
Music Video
Experimental
Drone Films
Web/New Media
Screenplay (Short Films)
Screenplay (Feature Films)
Television Script
Film Score
Photography (any topic, photo from the set included)
Poster (any poster, film poster included)

GOLDEN TROPHY for BEST OF THE FESTIVAL
Officially Selected- get All Films Pass for two.

About

Los Angeles CineFest is an international event. We accept local, national and international films and scripts. Film industry specialists watch films and videos, read scripts, give notes and scores.
Once a year we screen selected work at the live event in Los Angeles.

Starting January 1, 2019, Los Angeles CineFest will no longer be an online film festival. Our festival will now compose of Live Screenings.

Categories:
Short Film
Short Documentary
Web Episode
Trailer
Feature Film
Feature Documentary
Animation
Student
Film about Cosmos
Music Video
Experimental
Drone Films
Web/New Media
Screenplay (Short Films)
Screenplay (Feature Films)
Television Script
Film Score
Photography (any topic, photo from the set included)
Poster (any poster, film poster included)

GOLDEN TROPHY for BEST OF THE FESTIVAL
Officially Selected- get All Films Pass for two.

Awards & Winners

There are no winners yet for this festival

Terms and rules

1. Only work created after 2016 is acceptable.
2. No religious or political propaganda.
3. No porn films.
4. All entries should be sent via FilmFreeway. Please don't send discs (CDs, DVDs, BluRays) or any downloadable files to us directly, such as high-resolution posters or other digital media.
5. We do not accept "work in progress" versions. Make sure your work is finished.
6. By submitting to the festival you confirm that you own the rights to the work
submitted.
7. If you submit SONG, it should be a song separated from the movie, song only. If it's foreign language, attach a translation
7. No Premiere status is required.
8. We select and screen around 20-30 films a year. If you are selected we'll ask you for a copy of the film and permission to use 30-60 seconds of it for festival trailer.
9. We DO NOT offer semi-finalist, nor finalist option. Your work will be SELECTED or NOT SELECTED. Old fashion way.
10. Our judges have an access to all submitted work and they vote without sharing your work publicly (online).

Web & Social

Festival website

Ratings & Reviews

Categories and fees

Short Film
Early Bird (31st January, 2020) €5
Regular (30th April, 2020) €10
Late (31st August, 2020) €15

(60 min or less)

Short Documentary
Early Bird (31st January, 2020) €5
Regular (30th April, 2020) €10
Late (31st August, 2020) €15

(60 min or less)

Web Series
Early Bird (31st January, 2020) €5
Regular (30th April, 2020) €10
Late (31st August, 2020) €15

(60 min or less) ONE selected episode.

Trailer / Teaser
Early Bird (31st January, 2020) €5
Regular (30th April, 2020) €10
Late (31st August, 2020) €15

(5 min or less)

Feature Film
Early Bird (31st January, 2020) €15
Regular (30th April, 2020) €25
Late (31st August, 2020) €29

(60-180 min)

Feature Documentary
Early Bird (31st January, 2020) €15
Regular (30th April, 2020) €25
Late (31st August, 2020) €29

(60-180 min)

Student Film or Video
Early Bird (31st January, 2020) €5
Regular (30th April, 2020) €9
Late (31st August, 2020) €9

1-120 min

Student Script
Early Bird (31st January, 2020) €15
Regular (30th April, 2020) €22
Late (31st August, 2020) €25

Short or Feature

Animation
Early Bird (31st January, 2020) €5
Regular (30th April, 2020) €9
Late (31st August, 2020) €12

(any length)

Film about Cosmos
Early Bird (31st January, 2020) €0
Regular (30th April, 2020) €0
Late (31st August, 2020) €0

MAKE SURE your work is submitted to the right category. - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY. To get a free code, please have social media accounts active. Minimum 50 followers on each: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram (FEED, not STORIES). Please post this sentence/phrase along with a link to filmfreeway: - I have just submitted my (provide a title of your work) to the Los Angeles CineFest. Wish us luck! https://filmfreeway.com/festival/LosAngelesCineFest - Example: https://www.lacinefest.org/social-media-posts.html - Please send all three links (not screenshots) to all posts, we’ll send you a free code for ONE submission. - As a photo use festival laurels located here https://filmfreeway.com/LosAngelesCineFest/photos/3491251 - To get a Facebook direct link, click on the date of your post, it will take you to your post and that link is requested. - Please don’t use any other images. Cheers.

Experimental
Early Bird (31st January, 2020) €5
Regular (30th April, 2020) €10
Late (31st August, 2020) €12

(any length)

Music Video
Early Bird (31st January, 2020) €5
Regular (30th April, 2020) €10
Late (31st August, 2020) €12

(any length)

Short Screenplay (un-produced)
Early Bird (31st January, 2020) €20
Regular (30th April, 2020) €27
Late (31st August, 2020) €30

(Short Films up to 60 min, un-filmed, un-produced)

Feature Screenplay (un-produced)
Early Bird (31st January, 2020) €25
Regular (30th April, 2020) €32
Late (31st August, 2020) €35

Feature 60-180 pages, un-filmed, un-produced

Television Script (un-produced)
Early Bird (31st January, 2020) €20
Regular (30th April, 2020) €32
Late (31st August, 2020) €35

(Up to 60 min, un-filmed, un-produced)

Film Score
Early Bird (31st January, 2020) €5
Regular (30th April, 2020) €10
Late (31st August, 2020) €14

(any length)

Photography (Photos from film set included)
Early Bird (31st January, 2020) €5
Regular (30th April, 2020) €10
Late (31st August, 2020) €14

(Photo from Film, Video, TV Set included. ONE IMAGE per submission)

Film/Video Poster
Early Bird (31st January, 2020) €5
Regular (30th April, 2020) €10
Late (31st August, 2020) €14

(Film, TV Show poster included. ONE IMAGE per submission)

Drone Films
Early Bird (31st January, 2020) €5
Regular (30th April, 2020) €10
Late (31st August, 2020) €14

(any length)

So-Cal Filmmakers
Early Bird (31st January, 2020) €5
Regular (30th April, 2020) €10
Late (31st August, 2020) €14

Song (Song from film included)
Early Bird (31st January, 2020) €5
Regular (30th April, 2020) €10
Late (31st August, 2020) €14

Ultra Short Film
Early Bird (31st January, 2020) €0
Regular (30th April, 2020) €0
Late (31st August, 2020) €0

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY. To get a free code, please have social media accounts active. Minimum 50 followers on each: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram (FEED, not STORIES). Please post this sentence/phrase along with a link to filmfreeway: - I have just submitted my (provide a title of your work) to the Los Angeles CineFest. Wish us luck! https://filmfreeway.com/festival/LosAngelesCineFest - Example: https://www.lacinefest.org/social-media-posts.html - Please send all three links (not screenshots) to all posts, we’ll send you a free code for ONE submission. - As a photo use festival laurels located here https://filmfreeway.com/LosAngelesCineFest/photos/3491251 - To get a Facebook direct link, click on the date of your post, it will take you to your post and that link is requested. - Please don’t use any other images. Cheers.

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