How to Enter
The Movieville International Film Festival was created to celebrate and showcase the work of new and emerging filmmakers – providing support, encouragement and inspiration to those new and talented producers by promoting and exhibiting their new and exciting content in the Lakewood Ranch Movie Theaters operated by the Sarasota Film Society.
FEATURE FILMS, SHORTS, DOCUMENTARIES AND ANIMATED CONTENT ACCEPTED.
The overall theme of the film festival will be to celebrate and showcase the Beauty and the Uniqueness of Sarasota, with the exhibition of high quality noteworthy new and groundbreaking motion pictures, Short Features and documentaries at the Sarasota Film Society’s Burns Court Cinema Complex in association with their “Spotlight” series. It will be an inclusive film festival embracing filmmakers from all ethnic backgrounds and communities, both U.S. and International.
Submissions will be carefully vetted and independently judged by a panel of peers to ensure that the content selected will be creatively sound, high quality, noteworthy, and appropriate. This film festival will provide New and Emerging filmmakers with a friendly platform, a supportive environment and an opportunity to display and exhibit their new work to audiences in a first class theater.
Sponsors from the entire business, entertainment and resident community will be invited to participate. Local and National media will partner with us and Celebrities will be invited to attend to both support their content being exhibited as well as mixing with Producers, Directors, Distributors and Hollywood Studio Executives.
The Fish has Historically denoted Friendship and Community – Which is also the Theme of the Movieville International Film Festival. Our key objective is to reach out to the new and emerging community of talented Filmmakers and provide a positive and supportive environment where their latest work can be Viewed, Enjoyed and Celebrated. We are honored to have the opportunity to have World Renowned Sarasota Artist Frank Colson provide the design and the original art for the 2012 Movieville Awards, which so aptly symbolizes the essence of our Film Festival.
- “Family friendly” content preferred: Priority will be given to Florida resident filmmakers.
- Objective: to display and showcase higher quality content.
The festival will occur over a four (4) day period:
- Thursday, September 20, 2012 with a ShowBiz Expo at the Hyatt Place, Sarasota and After party;
- Friday, September 21, 2012 with all Day Screenings and an opening Premier night Reception and After Party in Burns Court, Sarasota;
- Saturday, September 22, 2012 with all day screening at Burns Court and a VIP Beach Party at the Tarpon Pointe, a stunning getaway on the Manatee Landings Marina in Historic Bradenton;
- Sunday, September 23, 2012 with all Day Screenings and a Red Carpet Celebrity awards event.
ENTRY FEE SCHEDULE:
May 31, 2012 – (Early Bird Deadline) – Regular fee: $35.00
- Discounted student fee: $ 25.00
June 30, 2012 – (Regular Deadline) – Regular Fee: $50.00
- Discounted Student Fee: $30.00
July 31,2012 – (Late & Final Deadline) – Regular Fee: $ 75.00
- Discounted student fee: $ 35.00
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Disclaimer:
MIFF WILL EXHIBIT CONTENT SUBMITTED AT ITS SOLE DISCRETION AND IN ITS BEST JUDGEMENT AS TO THE SUITABILITY OF EXHIBITION AT THE FILM FESTIVAL . MIFF DOES NOT THEREFORE GUARANTEE THAT ALL CONTENT SUBMITTED WILL BE EXHIBITED AND MAY CHOOSE TO DECLINE TO EXHIBIT SUCH CONTENT. IF CHOSEN, CONTENT WILL BE EXHIBITED “AS IS” WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF ANY KIND INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MARKETABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MIFF AGENTS, EMPLOYEES OR OFFICERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF INFORMATION) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE CONTENT SUBMITTED.
