Summer in the South

This category is reserved for films with intense action, fighting, chase scenes, driving sequences, acrobatics, gun fights, martial arts, or some element that fuels the audience with adrenaline. The judges are looking for tense moments, strong editing and good sound design. The maximum length for all action short film submissions is thirty minutes in length including all credits.

This category is reserved for films that make people laugh. The judges are looking for films that have funny moments, comedic situations, fun dialogue, humorous acting, and great characters. This event has screened great musicals, sketch comedy, stand-up comedy, family comedy, silent comedy, slapstick comedy, romantic comedy, action comedy, student comedy, mockumentary, web series episodes, comedy TV pilots, fake commercials and more at our past events. The maximum length for all comedy short film submissions is thirty minutes in length including all credits.

This category is reserved for cartoons, 2D animation, 3D animation, clay animation, sand animation, Anime, Computer Graphics, Puppetry Animation, Stop-Motion, Flip Book Animation, Experimental Animation and any form of animated films that may exist, but we haven't listed. Films that have a mixture of animated elements and live action characters are eligible for this category as well. The maximum length for all animated short film submissions is thirty minutes in length including all credits.

This category is reserved for films that are on the darker side of the comedy genre. Sometimes referred to as “Black Comedy” these films have a sick sense of humor and may not be suitable for mainstream festivals. Often times these films end with the death of a character or have some strange gruesome scenes. Dark comedy films can make you laugh and cringe at the same time. If your audience laughs and then says “that’s messed up,” then you’ve probably produced something pretty dark. This event has screened dark comedy films that feature strange cruelty, or feature characters that are trying to get rid of a dead body, or they accidentally poison the wrong person, or even dream of murders, dark situations and revenge with strange dark comedic elements.The maximum length for all dark comedy short film submissions is thirty minutes in length including all credits.

This category is reserved for films with real-life stories, people and situations of a more serious nature. Films that have strong acting and great writing. Films that bring out emotions in the audience are what the judges are looking for. Strong drama films deal with everything from romance and family relationships to post traumatic stress disorder, depression and loss of life. Medical dramas, stories about overcoming adversity, period dramas, sports stories, immigration issues, poverty, coming of age stories, have all screened at this event in the past. Beautiful cinematography, good production value and great music are viewed favorably by our judges, especially in the drama category. The maximum length for all drama short film submissions is thirty minutes in length including all credits.

This category is reserved for films that are exploring the future, time travel, space, disease outbreaks, experiments, aliens, or any other concept that involves technology that may not exist yet? Great sound design, musical score, cinematography, visual effects or special effects are appreciated by the judges. We have some science fiction enthusiasts on the judging team that can’t wait to see what you’ve created. The maximum length for all science fiction short film submissions is thirty minutes in length including all credits.

This category is reserved for creative and scary Horror Films that have adrenaline pumping moments. Do you have a film that was intentionally created to scare people? Does your film depict any horrifying action sequences, blood, gore, monsters, psychotic people, slashing, stalking, zombies, vampires, disease outbreaks, demonic possession, haunted buildings, or any other elements that would classify your film as a true horror film? Great sound design, musical score, cinematography, visual effects or special effects are appreciated by the judges. The maximum length for all horror short film submissions is thirty minutes in length including all credits.

This category is reserved for comedy, drama, horror or science fiction films 30 minutes in length or longer.

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Full analysis of your script from one of our award winning filmmakers. Your coverage also includes your script submission into this festival. Just send a cover letter with what script category you would like your script to be considered for. 5 business day turn around.

This service has been created as an add-on for filmmakers that would like an unbiased reaction to their film. Our team of film festival judges evaluate films on a daily basis. Get feedback about the story, characters and overall impression of your film whether you are accepted to this event or not. We evaluate technical aspects of your film like sound and picture quality. We will give you a 250 word summary of our feedback and notes without bias. This will be delivered on the notification date for this festival. The cost for this service, is for the evaluation of your film only. If you'd like to be considered for official selection and/or awards by our judges, you must also submit your film, web series or music video to one of the designated submission categories.