West Sound Film Festival (Formerly Port Orchard Film Festival)

Bremerton, WA, United States, North America

09 - 11 Oct, 2020

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West Sound Film Festival (Formerly Port Orchard Film Festival)

Bremerton, WA, United States, North America

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270 4th Street Bremerton, WA 98337 United States

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About the festival

We are proud to welcome you to The West Sound Film Festival. The event will feature talent both local and abroad and encourage networking, growth and shared love of great films. The West Sound Film Festival will be hosted at The Historic Roxy Theatre, an independent theater in Bremerton, Washington as well as a surprise secondary location to be announced. We look forward to bringing both local businesses and filmmakers together for a fresh, contemporary celebration of film

If your category is not listed please still submit. We may add categories if we have a sizeable amount of submissions in that genre.

A framed Certificate will be presented to the winner of each category.

About

We are proud to welcome you to The West Sound Film Festival. The event will feature talent both local and abroad and encourage networking, growth and shared love of great films. The West Sound Film Festival will be hosted at The Historic Roxy Theatre, an independent theater in Bremerton, Washington as well as a surprise secondary location to be announced. We look forward to bringing both local businesses and filmmakers together for a fresh, contemporary celebration of film

If your category is not listed please still submit. We may add categories if we have a sizeable amount of submissions in that genre.

A framed Certificate will be presented to the winner of each category.

Awards & Winners

There are no winners yet for this festival

Terms and rules

General Rules:

Submission Deadlines:
Early Bird Submission: by November 15th, 2019
Regular Submission: November 16th- January 1st, 2020
Late Submission: January 2nd, 2020- February 22nd, 2020

West Sound Film Festival competition categories are open to the United States and International entries.

If the film’s primary language is not English, it must have English Subtitles.

Entries must include contact information, with both an email address and phone number.

Submission Format:
Films must be submitted via FilmFreeway online screeners only.

Festival Promotion:
Should your film be chosen, portions of your submitted material may be copied and utilized for the purpose of promoting your film and the festival. Upon submission, filmmakers grant the West Sound Film Festival the right to use excerpts, highlights and/or trailers from the film for promotional purposes/ marketing. West Sound Film Festival has the right to screen any film or projects submitted to the Film Festival.

Additional Submission Rules:
Please make a note in your submission if you are local to the Washington State area in the place of a cover letter.
Please make a note in your submission if you are a High School student in the place of a cover letter.
You may submit as many entries as you like however, each submission requires its own entry fee and form.
Works in progress will automatically be disqualified
Industrials or promotional videos are not appropriate for submission
Entry fees will not be refunded
Only submit work which the filmmaker has all the rights.

All decisions made by the West Sound Film Festival are final and at their discretion.

Ratings & Reviews

Categories and fees

Micro Film
Early Bird (15th November, 2019) $0
Regular (1st January, 2020) $3
Late (22nd February, 2020) $5

"If you or any key crew members are from Washington State please include this information in the place of Cover Letter" Fictional or Non-Fictional work of 15 seconds or less utilizing film or animation techniques.

Animation
Early Bird (15th November, 2019) $15
Regular (1st January, 2020) $15
Late (22nd February, 2020) $20

"If you or any key crew members are from Washington State please include this information in the place of Cover Letter" Fictional or Non-Fictional work between 1 and 30 minutes made using any available animation techniques.

Narrative Short
Early Bird (15th November, 2019) $15
Regular (1st January, 2020) $25
Late (22nd February, 2020) $30

"If you or any key crew members are from Washington State please include this information in the place of Cover Letter" Fictional or story based film between 1 minute and 30 minutes.

Narrative Feature
Early Bird (15th November, 2019) $15
Regular (1st January, 2020) $25
Late (22nd February, 2020) $30

"If you or any key crew members are from Washington State please include this information in the place of Cover Letter" Fictional or story based film greater than 30 minutes.

Documentary Short
Early Bird (15th November, 2019) $15
Regular (1st January, 2020) $25
Late (22nd February, 2020) $30

"If you or any key crew members are from Washington State please include this information in the place of Cover Letter" Nonfiction or fact driven film between 1 minute and 30 minutes.

Documentary Feature
Early Bird (15th November, 2019) $15
Regular (1st January, 2020) $25
Late (22nd February, 2020) $30

"If you or any key crew members are from Washington State please include this information in the place of Cover Letter" Nonfiction or fact driven film greater than 30 minutes.

Experimental Short
Early Bird (15th November, 2019) $15
Regular (1st January, 2020) $25
Late (22nd February, 2020) $30

Music Videos
Early Bird (15th November, 2019) $15
Regular (1st January, 2020) $25
Late (22nd February, 2020) $30

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