Welcome to the 1st Cinesomnia Film Festival, a platform that celebrates films and filmmakers. The 1st CFF will take place on Thursday, September 1, 2022. Films screenings will be hosted both online and in movie theatre. Stay tuned! TV.CINESOMNIA.COM is the official streaming platform for the Cinesomnia Film Festival.

Awards & Prizes

First place winners!! Screening of your film in Santa Monica, CA and award certificate. Second and Third place winners certificates and winners laurels. Potential Worldwide distribution contracts offered to some winners.

***CATEGORIES***
All categories juried by industry professionals.

-Best Feature Film
-Best Feature Documentary
-Best Short Film
-Best Short Documentary
-Best Animated Short
-Best women empowerment Short

*** MAIN CATEGORIES***

-Best Director Feature Film
-Best Director Short Film
-Best Feature Script
-Best TV Pilot Script

***INDIVIDUAL CATEGORIES***

-Best Actress Feature Film
-Best Actor Feature Film
-Best Actress Short Film
-Best Actor Short Film
-Best Original Screenplay
-Best Editing
-Best Sound Design
-Best Visual Effects
-Best Cinematography
-Best Production

Rules & Terms

IF ACCEPTED:
-Accepted filmmakers will be notified via email, phone or text.
-Filmmakers must confirm their participation by the given deadline, otherwise they might lose their spot in the line-up.
-Accepted filmmakers must be the authors of their submitted work and be ready to sign an agreement stating that they own all rights to their film and its components ahead of screening at Cinesomnia Film Festival.
-If accepted, entrants are responsible for delivering their festival exhibition copy, trailer, screener link, press stills and press-kit on time.
- All accepted films and Foreign language films must have Closed Captioning in English ready in time for their festival screening.
-First place winners are expected to attend the festival.
-We don't cover filmmakers' travel expenses.
-We don't cover shipping expenses for screening copies and other materials.
-We don't provide screening fees.