SFTFF 2020 will be an ONLINE Festival!
The San Francisco Transgender Film Festival (SFTFF) seeks entries for our 2020 Festival (November 12-15, 2020). This year we are PRIORITIZING Films 20 Minutes or less. SFTFF accepts narrative, documentary, experimental, animated films and music videos. All work should be created by transgender/genderqueer people. We prioritize short films, but accept all screening lengths. Only submit ONE film.
The San Francisco Transgender Film Festival was founded in 1997 as North America’s first transgender film festival. We exhibit groundbreaking, provocative, outrageous, courageous, moving and innovative works that show the complexity of lives lived on the transgender spectrum.
DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES:
Deadline Extended: August 15, 2020 ($20)
GUIDELINES:
-We cannot return any submitted materials.
-We will notify you if your work is accepted by September 20, 2020.
-Once a film is submitted, it may not be withdrawn for any reason.
-Short films are prioritized
-We do not provide screening fees.
-For questions or more information, contact: sftransfilm@gmail.com.
HOW TO SUBMIT:
-All films must be submitted through FilmFreeway
FESTIVAL SCHEDULE:
-The 2020 San Francisco Transgender Film Festival will take place November 12-15 ONLINE via Roxie Theater in San Francisco, CA, USA .
-For venue, program and schedule information, visit SFTFF’s website (www.SFTFF.org) starting October 1, 2020. In the meantime, join our email list to receive updates: sign up at www.SFTFF.org.
PLEASE NOTE: If your film is accepted, SFTFF does not pay screening fees under any circumstances. Rather, as a largely volunteer run festival, we devote our resources to producing the best possible programming for your film and promoting your work as widely as possible.
www.SFTFF.org
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By submitting this form, I hereby allow the San Francisco Transgender Film Festival ("SFTFF") to preview my film/video. By signing this document I pledge that I hold the rights to this film and have the right to distribute this material to the SFTFF. I understand that once submitted my entry cannot be withdrawn. I understand that the SFTFF, although they take every precaution, cannot be held responsible for loss or damage of submission materials. If accepted I expressly grant the SFTFF the royalty-free, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to exhibit my film or video and to use, reproduce, publish, translate, and exhibit any and all publicity materials related to the film, including but not limited to stills, press releases, bios, and trailers, in whole or in part, without limitation to territory, and/or to include said publicity materials with other works in any form, media, or technology.
I have read and agree to the submission guidelines above.