Industry Relations Newsstand

10/31/2024

5 new student films premiering today on our Youtube channel Happy Halloween! Check them out at https://www.youtube.com/

10/21/2024

We at 271 Films are thrilled to continue our partnership with Indeed and Hillman Grad for the 5th Season of Rising Voices!
Rising Voices is an initiative that funds and supports 10 BIPOC filmmakers as they create short films centered around the theme of work.
The theme for Season 5 is “The Future of Work."

Since its founding, this initiative has enabled us to support 42 directors and hundreds of emerging filmmakers in various above-the-line and below-the-line positions. We’ve built teams with diverse ranges of experience and developed and produced 40 short films that have premiered at the Tribeca Festival.

After their debut screenings, these films have gone on to be featured at top festivals worldwide. Alumni of the program have since directed critically acclaimed films, including David Fortune’s Color Book, which won the Audience Award at the Deauville American Film Festival in 2024, and So Young Shelly Yo's Smoking Tigers, both of which received the Tribeca ATT Untold Stories award.

Rising Voices invests over $100K per film and provides creative mentorship, production support, and guidance with the goal of supporting filmmakers on their career journeys by bringing their scripts to life.
Rising Voices has created over 2,000 jobs to date and counting.

Applications are open through October 27, 2024.

Consider applying and encourage anyone you think would be a great fit for this experiential mentorship to do the same.

10/18/2024

ONE WORLD: SUBMIT YOUR FILM!

ONE WORLD INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL, 27th EDITION

March 12 – 20, 2025 in Prague and in more than 50 towns around the Czech Republic and in Brussels.

We would like to invite you to submit your film to the 27th edition of the festival. One World has grown over the years to become the largest human rights film festival in the world. It is one of the leading cultural events in Prague and the Czech Republic.

We are looking for:

Feature or mid-length creative documentaries finished in last 2 years (2023 - 2025) - minimum length is 40 minutes
Projects for virtual reality (interactive projects, AR, XR and 360° films)
Docs for kids - short documentaries and animated films for children (no experimental films)
Creative documentaries on human rights, social, political, environmental, and media issues will be selected based on the quality of the filmmaking and the power of their stories.

Selected film are screened in four competitive categories: International Competition for creative documentaries, Right To Know Competition for documentaries making an exceptional contribution to protecting human rights, Czech Competition for local documentaries; One World Interactive Competition for human rights oriented virtual reality projects focused on social impactand several non-competitive thematic categories; and several non - competitive thematic categories.

For competitive categories, we prefer World and International premieres – in case you plan to premiere your film at One World Festival, please contact us for more information at [email protected].

A submission fee will be charged to cover administrative costs:

Feature and mid-lengthdocumentaries: 30 EUR

Docs for Kids:20 EUR

The fee will be waived for selected countries of production (more information in the submission form). https://my.oneworld.cz/film-submission/
DEADLINE NOv. 1st, 2024

10/15/2024

Our Halloween shorts series continues on our YouTube channel with Mr. Thisforthat

A girl from a broken home is visited in her closet by a mysterious creature who promises her anything she wants…at a price. ​🎬 Subscribe for more shorts 🎬...

10/13/2024

Vampires and werewolves and boo hags...oh my. We are celebrating Halloween all month long on our USC student films channel:

It is 14th Century Sweden and something has attacked a little girl outside the small town of Bergholm. Soon thereafter, others fall ill with similar symptoms...

10/09/2024

Our 3rd student film "Hipster Werewolf" premieres today on our YouTube channel as part of our month-long Halloween shorts series.

Nick must put aside the b**g and rally his crew of stoner friends when their new hipster roommate transforms into a murderous werewolf.🎬 Subscribe for more ...

10/05/2024

Our 2nd student film "Mantis Club" premieres on our YouTube channel as part of our month-long Halloween shorts series.

In a world where females devour males during s*x, a seventeen-year-old virgin Zack is asked on his first date.🎬 Subscribe for more shorts 🎬: ...

10/03/2024

10/01/2024

Our channel for USC student films launches on YouTube today at 4:00pm (PST). The first film to premiere is a spooky treat for October. Watch "Boo Hag or Shadow Man" here:

A career conjure woman accidentally brings home an evil spirit and ruins her roommate's night.🎬 Subscribe for more shorts 🎬: Follow us on ...

09/25/2024

Celebrate Latinx culture during National Hispanic Heritage Month and watch our USC student films on Avenida’s new streaming channel A+ which you can find at this link:

Welcome to A+ (A Plus), the premier streaming service dedicated to bringing high-quality,English-language content that resonates with the American Latino audience. Operated by Avenida Entertainment Group, Inc., A+ is committed to showcasing the diversity and richness of Latino stories through movies...

09/23/2024

Congratulations to our USC alumni Kayla Sun and Reed Martin. Their student films ("The Code of Family" & "A Hand to Hold") won two out of the four awards at the KCET Fine Cut Festival on Sept. 18. (In photo from left to right: Reed Martin from USC, Christina Wu from Cal Arts, Giovanna Molina from UCLA, and Kayla Sun from USC)

09/10/2024

KCET is offering free mentoring workshops on Sunday, September 29, 10am – 2pm at Warner Bros. These are roundtable discussions with seasoned industry veterans in the fields of Animation, Directing and Producing. Animation students will also receive portfolio reviews from a recruiter.
Students should RSVP no later than September 24th to: https://tinyurl.com/FineCutWorkshop

08/14/2024

The 71st International Short Film Festival Oberhausen will take place from 29 April to 6 May 2025. Save the date, submit your film now!

https://www.kurzfilmtage.de/en/festival/submission/

Submission deadline for the competitions: 26 January 2025.
Submission deadline for the MuVi Award: 24 February 2025.
Attention: There is an Early Bird submission deadline on 1 October 2024 for the International Competition. All eligible works submitted until then will be previewed in advance. Submitters will be notified of our our decision by e-mail by mid/late November.

Co-productions with Germany must be submitted for the International Competition, provided they comply with the regulations of the International Competition. They will then be considered for either the International Competition or the German Competition, depending on the seat of the main production company.

Co-productions with Germany must be submitted for the German Competition if they do not comply with the regulations of the International Competition, i.e. films with a length of more than 35 minutes and/or no German festival premiere. These will only be considered for the German Competition. All other co-productions must be submitted for the International Competition.

Submit your film now
The following applies to all competitions:
The production date of the films must be after 1 January 2024.

Works can only be submitted for one competition at a time. Double submissions will not be accepted, neither at the same time nor in consecutive years.

The submission of the first five works by one submitter is free of charge. From the sixth submission onwards, a processing fee of 20 euros per film will be charged.
All submissions must be received by the announced deadline. An extension is not possible.

Films can only be submitted via our website and only as a preview link.
Otherwise, different rules and premiere requirements apply, please be sure to read the respective detailed regulations.

All submitted works are automatically part of the festival's Video Library and can be viewed there by buyers, curators, representatives of other festivals and other professional visitors.

Oberhausen is now calling for entries to the competitions of its 71st edition. Our focus is on new works with their own visual language, new perspectives and forms. Oberhausen's strength for 71 years has been its openness for the innovative, surprising, and original.

08/14/2024

Calling Submissions

Is the rough cut of your film ready?

Are you looking for a post-production grant?

The Red Sea Fund is ready to support your film toward completion, distribution, and exhibition.

Accepting applications starting today, August 6, 2024.

The fourth edition of the Red Sea Fund is happy to announce the launch of Cycle 4 for the year 2024, dedicated to film projects in post-production.

The Fund will accept submissions from directors of Arab nationalities/origins and African nationalities, applying with feature-length (60 minutes or more) narrative, documentary, and animation projects.

Apply now and unlock new opportunities for your film.

For more information on the rules and regulations, and how to apply, visit the Fund page on our website here.

08/14/2024

🎬Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2025:
📢Call for Entry starts in LIFE LOG BOX.

（日本語での案内は下部に記載しています。）
Warm greetings from Tokyo, the Short Shorts Committee!
I hope this email finds you well.
Thank you for your continuous support for SSFF & ASIA.

Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (SSFF & ASIA), one of the biggest international short film festivals in Asia, begins accepting submissions for the 2025 edition on Thursday, August 1, 2024.
https://app.lifelogbox.com/festival/shortshorts/

07/03/2024

CALLING FILM SUBMISSIONS FOR THE FOURTH EDITION
THE RED SEA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Welcomes Applications from Arab, Asian, and African Filmmakers
Give your film the chance to be part of
the Arab world's most anticipated cinematic event, and the opportunity to win one of the Festival's Yusr Awards.
Both established and emerging filmmakers from Arab, Asian and African countries across the globe are invited to submit their films to the Red Sea: Competition and the Red Sea: Shorts Competition.
Saudi filmmakers can also apply to screen as part of the New Saudi/New Cinema program.

Submit your film before July 5, for free
Submissions close on
August 22nd, 2024

For more information, please visit:
https://redseafilmfest.com/en/film-submissions/
For inquiries, kindly email:
[email protected]

07/03/2024

Berlinale Talents 2025

Applications for Berlinale Talents 2025 are now open.
Apply by September 4, 2024 at 12 noon CEST

Berlinale Talents is the talent development programme of the Berlin International Film Festival, with project development labs taking place digitally in late January and an onsite summit with panels, discussions and networking opportunities during the Berlinale each February.

Who can apply?
Berlinale Talents is aimed at filmmakers, series and XR content creators with with an existing track record of work. We are currently open to 14 film disciplines, which you can explore below.

Participation in Talents comes with the responsibility to share, and our entire programme is focused not just on what the experts have to offer, but what our Talents can bring to the group too. Each and everyone’s input and the interaction among the participants drive the sessions forward and are a valuable addition to the tapestry of the six days.

For questions related to eligibility, tips for completing the application and much more, check out our FAQs. You can also find out more about the selection process in general here: https://www.berlinale-talents.de/bt/page/c/selection-process.

Berlinale Talents is the annual summit and networking platform of the Berlin International Film Festival for outstanding creatives from the fields of film and drama series.

06/05/2024

We are pleased to inform you that applications for the Locarno Residency are now open!

The Locarno Residency is a unique opportunity for emerging filmmakers to receive support and hands-on expertise to develop their first feature film.

Ten young filmmakers will be selected to discuss their projects with a jury during Locarno 77 and have the chance to win a year-long tutoring pathway for developing their first feature-length film, in the form of mentoring sessions with experienced tutors, one-on-one meetings, and more.

Do you already have an idea for your first feature-length film and would like to develop it?

06/05/2024

International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival

06/04/2024

Rome Independent Film Fest XXIII^ Edition
Call 4 Entries

The “Early Bird Deadline” for film submissions in the 2024 season ends on June! Head directly to the FilmFreeway or Festhome website and submit your film today!!!
We accept submission also via RIFF.it web site!!!

https://filmfreeway.com/RomeIndependentFilmFestival-RIFFAwards-1
https://filmmakers.festhome.com/festivals #858

This year as well, filmmakers from all over the world will have the possibility to present their original works, for the last 23years, RIFF has collected and presented works coming from all over the world, giving particular attention to Indie productions.

The selected films will be over 100 (in the previous edition RIFF received over 2000 films from more than 50 countries).

The competing sections are 6:
Feature Films (Italian and International feature films, first or second time director);
Documentary Films (Italian and International documentaries);
Short Films (Italian and International);
International Student Films (for cinema students);
Animation;
Screenplays & Subjects;

05/29/2024

CONGRATULATIONS TO RECENT ALUM Kieran Barker for his acceptance into the CAA Moebius 2024 Showcase with his film:

Escape Artist directed by Kieran Barker (USC)
Kubus Bots traverse the galaxy pillaging civilizations of their creative energy, but interacting with the Artos civilization they discover they can’t capture or control everyone…

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/caa-moebius-film-festival-2024-lineup-dates-1235909606/

05/29/2024

OPEN CALL FOR FILMS
Climate Film Festival (CFF), New York, September 20-22, 2024
Primary venue: Firehouse: DCTV’s Cinema for Documentary Film, 87 Lafayette St
Presenting media partner: The Guardian US

// Memorial Day Weekend Flash Sale from Friday, May 24th through Monday, May 27th: 20% Off Submissions with Code CFFMemorialDay24! //

CFF is New York City’s premier film festival dedicated to climate-related films that break the boundaries and expectations of what climate cinema can be.

We aim to rewrite the narrative on climate change by harnessing the power of motion pictures, showcasing new and established voices, classic climate films, and human, energizing stories. Our mission is to bring together a diverse community of filmmakers, artists, students, experts, and general audiences through screenings, education, and workshops that platform traditional and experimental storytelling, empowering action towards a more sustainable future.

Whether you’re a seasoned filmmaker or just beginning, CFF welcomes a broad spectrum of categories, including shorts, features, episodic, narrative, documentary, and experimental works. Submit on FilmFreeway by our final deadline of June 3, 2024.

05/28/2024

The Oscar-qualifying Short Shorts Film Festival in Japan is launching an online film market for the first time.
It will take place from Tuesday, June 4, 2024, to Friday, June 31, 2024, alongside the Short Shorts film festival.
This could be a great opportunity to have your film picked up for distribution. It is free to register your film for this opportunity, but you should only submit your film if it is cleared for commercial distribution by the Archive.
Submit your film by May 31 here: https://market.shortshorts.org
When the form asks you for the distribution contact, please list Sandrine Cassidy, Senior Director of Festivals & Distribution, [email protected] ; Phone: +1-213-740-4432

ShortShorts Online Cinema Market

05/28/2024

Festival International Music & Cinema Marseille

Through its short film competition, the MCM highlights young cinematographic creation and musical creation for the image. Each year, nearly 70 short films are selected. They compete for a set of prizes whose grand prize is devoted to the best original music.

https://www.shortfilmdepot.com/en/festival/Festival_Music&Cinema_Marseille

05/14/2024

CALLING ALL SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTIVISTS & FILMMAKERS!

The NAACP presents the 2024 “ALL IN” Cinematic Shorts Competition; taking place during the 115th NAACP Convention in Las Vegas, NV from July 13th - July 17th, 2024.

This exciting competition will give six (6) filmmakers the opportunity to produce a short film addressing issues of social justice.

Paired in teams of two, the filmmakers will receive equipment and work under the guidance of a professional mentor to produce a 5-7 minute short film. The short films can be narrative, documentary or avant-garde; and will explore one of the following topics:
Healthcare inequity
Health & wealth gap
Critical Race Theory & current environment of book banning
Anti-Semitism/ white nationalism/rise of hate crimes
Reproductive Freedom
Affirmative Action + education access
Voting Rights/ Election reform/ gerrymandering
Climate Crisis & its affects on communities of color locally & globally
Gun violence + legislative reform vs. NRA

At the conclusion of the 115th Convention, participating filmmakers will present their finished short films and attendees will vote for their favorite film. The winning filmmakers will each be awarded a $10K grant to produce a short film in conjunction with the NAACP Hollywood Bureau and NAACP+ Studios.

In addition, ALL the filmmakers in this year’s cohort will receive an all-expense paid trip to Los Angeles to attend the 56th NAACP Image Awards, where they will walk the red carpet, and attend informational meetings with industry executives.

SUBMISSION REQIUREMENTS: https://naacp.org/convention/cinematic-shorts-competition