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This is an IMDb Qualifying Festival

https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0073314/2024/1
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TWO live events per year.

Come join the 3nd installment of the Central Coast International Film Festival taking place on Saturday, September 28th 2024 in beautiful Ventura, California. We welcome all filmmakers to submit their content as we are accepting all running times, from shorts to feature-length movies, in all genres. Please join our like minded creative community and submit no later than September 1st, 2024.

CCIFF will be recognizing excellence with awards for the Best Indie, Best Directors, Best Ensemble and more! Plus, every entrant will have the opportunity to discuss distribution with veteran film distribution executives and their companies, TALK Global Media and Gate 23 Entertainment.

A team of industry experts and academics from the Ventura County area judges submissions based on a high standard of merit.
Award-winning projects are publicly screened in Ventura, and the audience can attend special Q&A sessions with the cast and crew.

Awards & Prizes

Each entry is evaluated by at least three judges on a performance scale, considering its quality and creativity. The entries with the highest ratings are nominated for the awards in their respective categories, from which the winners are selected.

The awards by category:
Best Indie
Best Drama
Best Comedy
Best Action
Best Sci-Fi
Best Music Video
Best Director (Female)
Best Director (Male)
Best Actress
Best Actor
Best Acting Ensemble
Best Cinematography
Best Original Score
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Rules & Terms

Short movies should have a maximum length of 60 minutes.
Full length should have a minimum length of 85 minutes.

The films must include English subtitles (unless the spoken language is English).

By submitting the film, the submitter agrees that:
1. CCIFF can use trailer/teaser/film poster/stills or BTS excerpt for promotional purpose (but do not release, under any form or circumstances, the full film)
2. Entry fees are non-refundable.
3. The submitter owns all the rights to the film.
4. The information about the entries can be disclosed to CCIFF associate film festivals.
5. Submission cannot be withdrawn after the announcement of the official selection.

For the public events, submitter must provide CCIFF full HD or 4K mov or mp4 digital file.

The projects that do not follow the rules & terms above can be automatically disqualified at the sole discretion of CCIFF.

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  • Ash Blodgett

    It was so much fun being apart of the Central Coast International Film Festival and being able to show my film locally where I lived meant so much. Joss was very good at communicating all the details with the festival and making us filmmakers feel special. I really appreciated the touch of the swag bag! I was also super honored to win the Best Female Director award! Thanks Joss and team!

    February 2024
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  • Meg Jenkins Locke

    Loved working with Joss.
    So grateful our short film sister was selected to be in CCIFF.
    Thrilled we were nominated in three categories and received Best Cinematographer for Ian Mosely-Duffy!!! YAY!!!
    Great festival and wonderful people!

    February 2024
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  • zana karim

    that a great festival, that helps to merge new young talents in filmmaking, it's my great honor to receive your announcement, thank you very much for the official selection of our feature film “Viruses War” I am proud to have selected finalists from the jury team Central Coast International Film Festival for “Viruses War” in 2024, they made the right decision, especially now the whole world still suffering from viruses every day thousands of people going to die, hope to get a win from all. Hollywood FIlm Production-Europe-Iraq Zana Aziz Karim Directors and Writers main Actor of the  "Viruses War "

    February 2024
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  • Trevor Meyer

    Honoured to have our short film featured at the CCIFF! What a fun venue! The Q&A was great and a perfect opportunity to network with fellow filmmakers. Thanks to Joss, Lea, and everyone involved for making it a great experience.

    February 2024
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  • Anneke Scott

    Wonderful festival. So fun and personable. Would love to come back. Communication leading up to and the event were flawless. Great turnout and encouragement from all film makers and the audience.

    February 2024
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