ELIGIBILITY
Open to independent works of all lengths in narrative, documentary, animation, and experimental categories.
- Films and videos entered in the festival must have been completed between
January 2024 and January 2025.
- Works entered should be an Arizona premiere.
- Arizona entries may have had one public Arizona screening.
- Arizona entries must not have public screenings in Pima County from 01/01/2025 through April 13, 2025.
- Entries must not have DVD distribution or be publicly available online prior to April 14, 2025.
- Any changes in premiere, screening, distribution or online availability status occurring after submission must be brought to the festival’s attention as soon as possible.
- If a film violates the eligibility requirements at any time in the process, the film will be disqualified without refund of submission fees.- Entries must be in English or have English subtitles
- Entries may originate from any film or video format.
- For pre-screening, on-line screeners (Vimeo) are required.
- For festival screenings, finalists must supply a DCP drive (with Blu-Ray back-up),
flash drives, Blu-Ray and/or DVD in NTSC or PAL formats
CATEGORIES & AWARDS
Entries must be submitted in one of the following categories:
Feature (Narrative, Animated, Experimental) (over 60 minutes)
Short Feature (Narrative, Animated, Experimental) (30 – 60 minutes)
Documentary Feature (over 30 minutes)
Documentary Short (up to 30 minutes)
Dramatic Short (up to 30 minutes)
Comedy Short (up to 30 minutes)
Animated Short (up to 30 minutes)
Experimental Short (up to 30 minutes)
Short Shorts (Dramatic, Comedy, Animated, Experimental) (under 5 minutes)
If the pre-screening committee judges that it is in the best interest of the filmmaker to change the category of an entry, the committee reserves the right to do so. Awards will be made to the BEST in each category. The BEST OF ARIZONA also will be awarded to an Arizona entry.
JUDGING
All submitted entries are reviewed by media panels and evaluated according to content, form and technical aspects. Panel members and the festival director will determine the finalists for screening at the festival. Entrants will be notified by email as to the status of the entry.
Filmmakers, curators, educators and critics will select festival award recipients from the finalists to be screened at the festival. Judges reserve the right not to select a winner in any given category. All decisions by the judges are final.
ENTRY PROCEDURES
Forward your Vimeo on-line screeners to reelfrontier@gmail.com and/or DVD screener Publicity materials to: Arizona International Film Festival, PO Box 431, Tucson, AZ 85702, USA. Press kits and posters submitted with your entry will not be returned.
ENTRY FEES
$60/$50* for works submitted in feature categories
$40/$30* for works submitted in short categories
$25/$20* for works under 5 minutes
* Earlybird submitted by December 30, 2024
An entry fee must be paid for each submission. Fee covers administrative and handling costs and is non-refundable. All entry materials, fees and publicity materials must be received by the final deadline of January 20, 2025.
PUBLICITY MATERIALS
Entrants are advised to submit publicity materials (press kits, posters and publicity photos) with your entry as this facilitates the publicizing of your film if accepted. Press materials can be submitted in an electronic format (photos should be 300dpi).
DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS
If selected, filmmakers will be informed of the procedures for downloading and/or shipping their entries. Finalists are responsible for the arrangements and cost of sending their exhibition copy to the festival by March 17, 2025. Once accepted, the filmmaker will be able to download their entry on the Festival server. If you are shipping your exhibition copy, clearly identify the title of the work on the shipping container.
RETURN SHIPPING OF ENTRY
The festival will cover the cost of return shipping within the United States. The festival will NOT pay for the cost of express shipping to other sites or international shipping. Please include payment to cover express or international shipping costs if required. Work screened at the festival will be shipped within 20 days of the close of the film festival unless other arrangements have been made.
LOSS & DAMAGE
Every care will be taken to safeguard entries while they are in the possession of the festival. However, if loss or damage occurs, the festival cannot accept or assume responsibility.
AGREEMENT
Entry into festival constitutes agreement with all festival rules and guidelines and implies permission to exhibit work during the festival.
The Arizona International Film Festival DOES NOT PAY SCREENING FEES for submitted films. By submitting your project, you acknowledge that the Festival will not pay to present your work.
For further Information:
E-Mail: reelfrontier@gmail.com
Web Site: www.filmfestivalarizona.com
