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San Francisco International New Concept Film Festival

San Francisco, California, United States, North America

28 Oct, 2020 - 01 Nov, 2020

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San Francisco International New Concept Film Festival

San Francisco, California, United States, North America

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General Information

edition

8th

Contact details

4479 Mission St. San Francisco, California 94112 United States

94112

sfnewfilmentry@gmail.com

415-672-2809

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Venue

Herbst Theatre 401 Van Ness Avenue San Francisco, California 94102, , United States Show me on the map

About the festival

The 8th San Francisco International New Concept Film Festival
To encourage New Filmmakers
 www.sfnewfilms.com

Mission
San Francisco International New Concept Film Festival is a US government approved 501(C) (3) tax-exempt non-profit organization.  
Provide an international platform for all film lovers, professional filmmakers, and film/media students who love filmmaking to stand out.
Discover and select potential talents with new techniques & skills, who demonstrate the original concept and accelerate their development within the film industry.
Encourage new filmmakers especially young and first-time filmmakers for their new productions. Encourage and celebrate original and insightful screenwriting and new ideas in the film. Accept films in all categories and subject matter.
Make friends and enhance communication through films.

• 2020 Festival Schedule (Due to COVID-19, the San Francisco International New Concept Film Festival will be the Virtual Film Festival. The schedule remains:
       October 28, 2020------November 1, 2020

• Conditions of entry & fees: 
* Please catch the Early Bird Deadline:
 
1. Conditions
    a.       Originality
    b.       Theme: Optimistic   Creative    Proactive
    c.       Genre
              Feature Film                              (TRT between 60 min to 120 min)
            Documentary                             (TRT between 60 min to 120 min)
            Animation                                  (TRT 60 min to 120 min)
            Screenwriting (60 to 120 Min, PDF format, in English or Chinese)          
Short narrative movie                 (TRT under 59 min.)
              Short documentary                    (TRT under 59 min.)    
            Screenwriting For Shorts            (2 to 59 Min, PDF format, in English or Chinese)
            Short Animation (2D, 3D)           (TRT under 60 min)
             Music Video                     (Maximum 5 min.)                
            Commercial                               (Maximum 2 min.)
     d.      Format of Submission
Application Deadline: August 31st, 2020
We accept digital submissions only. Entry on the website: sfnewfilm.org or through FilmFreeway.com. Vimeo, YouTube, or Youku for film entry are accepted.

3. The final stage (October 28, 2020----November 1, 2020)
Selected film screening, workshop, celebration party, and award ceremony.

Awards category
Best Feature Film Award
Best Documentary Award
Best Short Native Film Award
Best Short Documentary Award
Best Commercial Award
Best Music Video Award
Best Animation Award
Best Director Award
Best Screenwriting Award
Best Short Screenwriting Award
Best Cinematography Award
Best Editing Award
Best Sound Effect Award
Best Music Score Award
Best Action Design Award
Best Leading Actor Award
Best Leading Actress Award
Best Supporting Actor Award
Best Supporting Actress Award
Best Student Film Award
Best Student Talent Award
Most Popular Film Award (Audience Vote)
Excellent Awards in different categories.
Note：Each Winner receives a certificate & a trophy. The final decision is made by the Festival Committee.

About

The 8th San Francisco International New Concept Film Festival
To encourage New Filmmakers
 www.sfnewfilms.com

Mission
San Francisco International New Concept Film Festival is a US government approved 501(C) (3) tax-exempt non-profit organization.  
Provide an international platform for all film lovers, professional filmmakers, and film/media students who love filmmaking to stand out.
Discover and select potential talents with new techniques & skills, who demonstrate the original concept and accelerate their development within the film industry.
Encourage new filmmakers especially young and first-time filmmakers for their new productions. Encourage and celebrate original and insightful screenwriting and new ideas in the film. Accept films in all categories and subject matter.
Make friends and enhance communication through films.

• 2020 Festival Schedule (Due to COVID-19, the San Francisco International New Concept Film Festival will be the Virtual Film Festival. The schedule remains:
       October 28, 2020------November 1, 2020

• Conditions of entry & fees: 
* Please catch the Early Bird Deadline:
 
1. Conditions
    a.       Originality
    b.       Theme: Optimistic   Creative    Proactive
    c.       Genre
              Feature Film                              (TRT between 60 min to 120 min)
            Documentary                             (TRT between 60 min to 120 min)
            Animation                                  (TRT 60 min to 120 min)
            Screenwriting (60 to 120 Min, PDF format, in English or Chinese)          
Short narrative movie                 (TRT under 59 min.)
              Short documentary                    (TRT under 59 min.)    
            Screenwriting For Shorts            (2 to 59 Min, PDF format, in English or Chinese)
            Short Animation (2D, 3D)           (TRT under 60 min)
             Music Video                     (Maximum 5 min.)                
            Commercial                               (Maximum 2 min.)
     d.      Format of Submission
Application Deadline: August 31st, 2020
We accept digital submissions only. Entry on the website: sfnewfilm.org or through FilmFreeway.com. Vimeo, YouTube, or Youku for film entry are accepted.

3. The final stage (October 28, 2020----November 1, 2020)
Selected film screening, workshop, celebration party, and award ceremony.

Awards category
Best Feature Film Award
Best Documentary Award
Best Short Native Film Award
Best Short Documentary Award
Best Commercial Award
Best Music Video Award
Best Animation Award
Best Director Award
Best Screenwriting Award
Best Short Screenwriting Award
Best Cinematography Award
Best Editing Award
Best Sound Effect Award
Best Music Score Award
Best Action Design Award
Best Leading Actor Award
Best Leading Actress Award
Best Supporting Actor Award
Best Supporting Actress Award
Best Student Film Award
Best Student Talent Award
Most Popular Film Award (Audience Vote)
Excellent Awards in different categories.
Note：Each Winner receives a certificate & a trophy. The final decision is made by the Festival Committee.

Awards & Winners

There are no winners yet for this festival

Terms and rules

•     ·      Channels of submission
1. Register at the festival’s official website: www.sfnewfilm.org.
2. Submit films online or through FilmFreeway.com.
3. Recommendations by experts and film committee. Filmmakers still need to register online.
4.      Register through related film schools, and submit films online.

•     Contest system
       1.   The contest is organized and supervised by the film festival committee.
       2.   Committee divisions:
Website group, promotion group, works collecting group, accounting group, contest group, judge group
           
• Film Evaluate
1. Preliminary evaluation
a. Submitted films are divided into categories and being viewed and graded by the primary Judge Group.
b. The optional online vote for the public audience for the “Audience Award”.
c. Expert Judge Committee final review and grading.
d. Judges vote per quality of:
1) Story
2) Performance
3) Director’s Vision
4) Cinematography
5) Production Design
6) Sound Design
7) Editing

2. The system of evaluation
Online viewers’ grading (20%), Judge Committee’s grading (80%) to the final stage. The film committee will issue award certificates to the best and most popular films.

Ratings & Reviews

Categories and fees

Feature Films
Entry fees
Early Bird (31st December, 2020) $50
Regular (31st May, 2021) $80
Late (30th June, 2021) $90
Description

Feature Film (TRT between 60 min to 120 min) Documentary (TRT between 60 min to 120 min) Animation (TRT 60 min to 120 min) Musical Feature (TRT between 60 min to 120 min) Screenwriting Contest (For a 60 to 120 Min film, PDF format, in English or Chinese)

Short Films
Entry fees
Early Bird (31st December, 2020) $40
Regular (31st May, 2021) $60
Late (30th June, 2021) $70
Description

Short narrative movie (TRT within 59 min.) Short documentary (TRT within 59 min.) Short Screenwriting Contest (2 to 590 Min, PDF format, in English or Chinese) Short Animation (2D, 3D) (TRT within 59 min) MTV-Music Video (Maximum 5 min.) Commercial (Maximum 2 min.)

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