Snowtown Film Festival

Watertown, NY, United States, North America

29 - 30 Jan, 2021

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Snowtown Film Festival

Watertown, NY, United States, North America

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About the festival

Snowtown Film Festival, a winter celebration of film, is held annually in historic downtown Watertown, NY. Now entering its seventh year, STFF has grown from a humble film-lover’s weekend to a community-wide celebration of filmmaking. The festival features films from throughout the world that emphasize winter and the "spirit" of the greater Northern New York region.  Feature length official selections, a juried short film competition, filmmaker panel discussions and an awards ceremony have marked the two-day schedule, culminating in a unique, culturally-enriching event in the depth of lake effect snow season. 

Snowtown Film Festival provides laurels to all short film finalists and official selections screened at the festival. All short film finalists are in consideration for the festival’s GRAND PRIZE AWARD, which is presented in an award ceremony at the conclusion of the festival. In addition to the GRAND PRIZE, STFF bestows a number of other awards on select films at the ceremony such as OUTSTANDING COMEDY SHORT, OUTSTANDING ANIMATED SHORT, NORTH COUNTRY FILMMAKER’S AWARD, WINTER THROUGH FILM AWARD and others.

About

Snowtown Film Festival, a winter celebration of film, is held annually in historic downtown Watertown, NY. Now entering its seventh year, STFF has grown from a humble film-lover’s weekend to a community-wide celebration of filmmaking. The festival features films from throughout the world that emphasize winter and the "spirit" of the greater Northern New York region.  Feature length official selections, a juried short film competition, filmmaker panel discussions and an awards ceremony have marked the two-day schedule, culminating in a unique, culturally-enriching event in the depth of lake effect snow season. 

Snowtown Film Festival provides laurels to all short film finalists and official selections screened at the festival. All short film finalists are in consideration for the festival’s GRAND PRIZE AWARD, which is presented in an award ceremony at the conclusion of the festival. In addition to the GRAND PRIZE, STFF bestows a number of other awards on select films at the ceremony such as OUTSTANDING COMEDY SHORT, OUTSTANDING ANIMATED SHORT, NORTH COUNTRY FILMMAKER’S AWARD, WINTER THROUGH FILM AWARD and others.

Awards & Winners

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Terms and rules

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
SHORT FILMS
1. Submit online via www.filmfreeway.com.
2. All films must be under 30 minutes
3. You must provide contact information in the form of a valid email address and working telephone number.
4. You must own the public performance rights to the film submitted.
5. There is no fee if your film is submitted prior to our "Early Bird" deadline.
6. After the "Early Bird" deadline but before final deadline, there will be a fee to submit a short film.
7. Rough/Fine Cuts: the festival will only accept one cut of each film for programming
consideration. If needed, the festival will request an updated version and will contact
those applicants directly. Please submit your film in the most complete and finished form possible.
8. Films must be in English or dubbed or subtitled in English. (with narrow exceptions)
9. Time of Completion: Your film must have been completed within three (3) years of the year of the festival. For example, for the 2021 festival, your film should have been completed no earlier than 2018.
10. Entering the competition constitutes the permission of the author(s) for Snowtown Film Festival to use finalists' names, titles of the work, images and brief clips for publicity and promotions without any compensation.

NORTHERN NEW YORK SCREENPLAY COMPETITION
1. Submit your screenplay online via www.filmfreeway.com.
2. Screenplay must be no longer than twenty pages, including title page, credits, notices, etc. and have a connection to the North Country: author, setting or potential filming location.
3. Screenplay must be in English.
4. Entrants must provide contact information in the form of a valid email address and working telephone number. Multiple authors for the same script are acceptable.
5. Entrant(s) must hold the right to perform, reproduce, display and distribute their work to enter the competition. The work must not have been previously optioned, sold or produced.
6. Festival Entry Fee: $15 entry fee ($10 for college students; no fee for Northern New York Middle and High School students). Partial waiver codes may be provided upon request.
7. Deadline for all entries will be announced.
8. Entering the competition constitutes the permission of the author(s) for Snowtown Film Festival to use finalists' names and titles of the work for publicity and promotions without any compensation.

Ratings & Reviews

Categories and fees

Short film
Early Bird (20th April, 2020) $0
Regular (15th November, 2020) $5
Late (23rd December, 2020) $0

Any genre, under 30 minutes in length. We give primary consideration to storytelling skill, for films of all genres (animation, documentary, experimental, music video, drama, comedy, etc). A wintry or cold setting is not a requirement to be given finalist consideration. However, special consideration is given, among finalists, for films with wintry or cold setting or scenes, or for those with a demonstrated connection to Northern New York.

Script
Early Bird (20th April, 2020) $15
Regular (15th November, 2020) $15
Late (23rd December, 2020) $15

Drama, comedy, science fiction, animation screenplays under 20 pages in length. We give primary consideration to storytelling skill, for films of all genres. A wintry or cold setting is not a requirement to be given finalist consideration. However, special consideration is given, among finalists, for films with wintry or cold setting or scenes, or for those with a connection to Northern New York.

Feature Film
Early Bird (20th April, 2020) $10
Regular (15th November, 2020) $20
Late (23rd December, 2020) $10

The festival Board of Directors will select feature films whose producer, director and/or cast who commit to attend the festival;

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