RAGFF New York City

24 - 30 Sep, 2021

Category

Feature, Short

RAGFF New York City logo
RAGFF New York City

About the festival

RETRO AVANT GARDE FILM FESTIVAL
www.ragff.com

In only few years Retro Avant Garde Film Festival has become one of the most prestigious and search out upcoming Film Festivals in the world for stablished and upcoming talent. Our strong and unique identity edge for cinema has make us stand out Internationally among the Top.

Renowed Artist Winners on our past editions some of them are :

* Radha Mitchell - Best Actress - RAGFF Venezia 2019
* Denis Lavant - Best Actor - RAGFF Venezia 2019

* Moby - Best Original Music - TULUM WE 2019

* Nigthmares on Wax - Best Music Video - RAGFF Cairo 2019
* Bastille, Alessia Cara - Another Place - Best Music Video - RAGFF NYC 2020

etc..

Watch Films and Interviews from 2020 Edition at www.ragff.com

IMDb qualifier's Retro Avant Garde Film Festival

RAGFF New York City 2021
Festival will be held Between the last weekend September 2021

Poster
RAGFF NYC Official Selection
Kokosmos
Dir. Anna Radchenko

RAGFF Celebrates Human Expression and Art through Cinema.
Any Film Genre is Welcome.

All Contemporary Genres, Retro and new forms of art expression through Avant Garde Cinema are encourage to submit.

Best Retro Avant Garde Feature Film
Best Retro Avant Garde Short Film
Best Human Rights Feature Film

Best Documentary Feature Film
Best Documentary Short Film
Best Retro Documentary Short Film

Best World Feature Film
Best Drama Feature Film
Best Comedy Feature Film

Best Experimental Film
Best Animation Short Film
Best Retro Short Film

Best Music Video

Best Art Expression Short Film
Best Drama Short Film
Best Comedy Short Film
Best Noir - Horror Short Film
Best Surrealism Short Film
Best Fantasy Short Film
Best Sci - Fi Short Film

Best Female Director Feature Film
Best Male Director Feature Film

Best Female Director Short Film
Best Male Director Short Film

Best Actress
Best Actor

Best Cinematography
Best Original Music / Score
Best Screenplay
Best Edition
Best Makeup and Hairstyling

About

RETRO AVANT GARDE FILM FESTIVAL
www.ragff.com

In only few years Retro Avant Garde Film Festival has become one of the most prestigious and search out upcoming Film Festivals in the world for stablished and upcoming talent. Our strong and unique identity edge for cinema has make us stand out Internationally among the Top.

Renowed Artist Winners on our past editions some of them are :

* Radha Mitchell - Best Actress - RAGFF Venezia 2019
* Denis Lavant - Best Actor - RAGFF Venezia 2019

* Moby - Best Original Music - TULUM WE 2019

* Nigthmares on Wax - Best Music Video - RAGFF Cairo 2019
* Bastille, Alessia Cara - Another Place - Best Music Video - RAGFF NYC 2020

etc..

Watch Films and Interviews from 2020 Edition at www.ragff.com

IMDb qualifier's Retro Avant Garde Film Festival

RAGFF New York City 2021
Festival will be held Between the last weekend September 2021

Poster
RAGFF NYC Official Selection
Kokosmos
Dir. Anna Radchenko

RAGFF Celebrates Human Expression and Art through Cinema.
Any Film Genre is Welcome.

All Contemporary Genres, Retro and new forms of art expression through Avant Garde Cinema are encourage to submit.

Best Retro Avant Garde Feature Film
Best Retro Avant Garde Short Film
Best Human Rights Feature Film

Best Documentary Feature Film
Best Documentary Short Film
Best Retro Documentary Short Film

Best World Feature Film
Best Drama Feature Film
Best Comedy Feature Film

Best Experimental Film
Best Animation Short Film
Best Retro Short Film

Best Music Video

Best Art Expression Short Film
Best Drama Short Film
Best Comedy Short Film
Best Noir - Horror Short Film
Best Surrealism Short Film
Best Fantasy Short Film
Best Sci - Fi Short Film

Best Female Director Feature Film
Best Male Director Feature Film

Best Female Director Short Film
Best Male Director Short Film

Best Actress
Best Actor

Best Cinematography
Best Original Music / Score
Best Screenplay
Best Edition
Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Awards & Winners

There are no winners yet for this festival

Terms and rules

We encourage our participants to go beyond limits Artistically and Professionally.
Any Idea of anyone is allowed in RAGFF as long as Professionalism, Human and Art are encounter together in Film.

RAGFF New York 2021

General Information

Event :

RAGFF New York 2021 Official Selection

Films to be Selected from Pre-selection

In conjunction with

Art Exhibit

Music Performances

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Retro Avant Garde Film Festival

1. – Organization

The Retro Avant Garde Film Festival aka RAGFF is an independent and Private Organization
Owned Completely on its own, not influenced, not in bias, not in affiliation to any Political or
Religious entity.

Arts
The Retro Avant Garde Film Festival mission is of promoting, propagating and exploring the
understanding of every form of expression relevant to cinema with the main priority of every Retro /
Avant Garde Art expression that moves forward at the edge of new forms of human expression
through Visual Arts and Moving Sound Image ( Experimental Audio Visuals, Short Film, Feature
Film, documentaries, public encounters, educational encounters ) throughout the year.

Human
The aim of the Retro Avant Gard Film Festival is to be hosting the Festival every year at a different
city from a different Country, this way, while promoting the Arts, the Festival brings Human
Communion between different Cultures and Societies for the growth and better of the human
condition.

2. – Film Submissions

Feature-Length, Documentary Films :

Not Restriction whatsoever

Short Films, Medium-Length Films, Music Visuals, Music Videos :

Not Restriction whatsoever

3. – Categories

Feature Length films or Short Films to be Encourage to participate are :
Retro Avant Garde,
Experimental,
Music Visuals,
Drama,
Science Fiction,
Horror,
Comedy,
Documentary,
Any other New form of “ Sound Visual Art “ are encourage to participate.
“ Only in Particular cases, at the discretion of the Artistic Director, may exceptions be made to the
above-mentioned conditions for admission.”

4. – Waiver Agreement

The Retro Avant Garde Film Festival is open to Public. All Participants and / or guest of the
Festival acknowledge that Multimedia Channels, web and accredited television channels and other
media partners will / might cover the Retro Avant Garde Film Festival for Television, Radio, Web,
Newspaper, Digital News. By agreeing to take part in the Festival, all participants relinquish, free of
charge, their broadcasting rights to any filmed footage and recorded audio, allowing the media
partners to make such use of the above materials as they see fit.

5.- General Rules

Participation in the Retro Avant Garde Film Festival automatically entails observance of the present
Regulations.
Producers, distributors or other parties who submit films must guarantee that they are legally
authorized to represent the film and get any responsibility if fail to do so, as well as if any copyright
or Trademark infringement is due to act within the film they representing, also they guarantee that
they are legally authorized to register the film in the RAGFF.
RAGFF Committee, Artist Director, Aggregators and Affiliates will carry Not Responsibility if any
infringement on copyright or Trademark is made by any of the Invited films as well as Participating
films or films from the pre-selection phase and during and after RAGFF screenings.
The Director of RAGFF reserves the right to settle any cases not covered by the present
regulations.

The festival accept applications by adults only. We don’t accept applications from individuals under 18.
The festival and its sponsors cannot be held responsible for loss or damage to entry materials.
RAGFF at this moment Give only Awards by Recognition, NO cash prize, No funding.
You understand and agree, that we will not offer you or pay screening fees.
We don’t accept any other material after the submission.

Should any dispute arise regarding the interpretation of any article of these regulations, the English
Version is Binding by the State laws, and jurisdiction of New York City, NY, USA.

Ratings & Reviews

Categories and fees

RAGFF New York Feature Film, Documentary Feature
Early Bird (31st May, 2020) $12
Regular (31st July, 2020) $12
Late (31st August, 2020) $12

No Restrictions whatsoever

RAGFF New York Short Film, Short Documentary,Moving Images, Experimental
Early Bird (31st May, 2020) $7
Regular (31st July, 2020) $7
Late (31st August, 2020) $7

No Restrictions whatsoever

Best Director Male / Female
Early Bird (31st May, 2020) $5
Regular (31st July, 2020) $5
Late (31st August, 2020) $5

Best Actor
Early Bird (31st May, 2020) $5
Regular (31st July, 2020) $5
Late (31st August, 2020) $5

Best Actress
Early Bird (31st May, 2020) $5
Regular (31st July, 2020) $5
Late (31st August, 2020) $5

Best Cinematography
Early Bird (31st May, 2020) $5
Regular (31st July, 2020) $5
Late (31st August, 2020) $5

Best Original Score
Early Bird (31st May, 2020) $5
Regular (31st July, 2020) $5
Late (31st August, 2020) $5

Best Animation
Early Bird (31st May, 2020) $5
Regular (31st July, 2020) $5
Late (31st August, 2020) $5

Best Screenplay on FILM
Early Bird (31st May, 2020) $5
Regular (31st July, 2020) $5
Late (31st August, 2020) $5

Its a Category from a Film, We Do not Accept Scripts or Screenplays alone

Best Edition
Early Bird (31st May, 2020) $5
Regular (31st July, 2020) $5
Late (31st August, 2020) $5

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Early Bird (31st May, 2020) $5
Regular (31st July, 2020) $5
Late (31st August, 2020) $5

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