Crossover Film Festival

What is Crossover Film Festival: Hollywoodbridge?

What started 4 years ago is coming back in 2022.

In 2018, the Crossover Film Festivals created an incredibly diverse and supportive inaugural event. Filmmakers from across the USA came to watch, judge and discuss 25 short films. 1st CFF received over 750 films, screened 25, 18 won over 50 awards in multiple categories. This event was the warm up. In 2022, CFF wants to create something even better and which supports the filmmaking community in a proactive way!

In fact, this event could revolutionize the way in which people enter the media industry.

Crossover Film Festival: Hollywoodbridge will be much more than a film festival. It will be workshops, networking events and discussions with film industry professionals with one incredible goal: to get rising talent into the film industry!

In December 2022, established and upcoming filmmakers will converge online on LFXTV.com just outside of Washington DC for the one day festival. Over this time, they’ll form connections, watch films learn one of a kind insider information, have fun and create amazing new opportunities for one another.

Succeeding in the media world is notoriously difficult. Many bright and hardworking people never get the break that they deserve. If someone isn’t in the right family or from a non media background, then it is that much more difficult to get a start in film!

Crossover Film Festival: Hollywoodbridge will provide these people with a one of a kind opportunity and support their filmmaking efforts in new and exciting ways.

What Will Crossover Film Festival: Hollywoodbridge look like?

The event will be held on 25th December 2022. The three sessions of free film screenings, two hours each, will take place on LFXTV in Washington DC.

After this, there will be a range of filmmaking workshops, expert panels and networking events that focus on different aspects of the media industry.

For instance, people who have produced music videos for multi-platinum selling musicians will discuss how they got themselves the opportunities that made them succeed. Other events will talk about how people can turn internships into fully fledged jobs.

At the end of the day, there will be a networking event that brings the professional speakers and attendees on a level playing field. Among drinks and snacks, people will have the opportunity to forge connections that lead to long, successful careers.

CFF will announce the winners of the film festival on January 1 2023 on the official site. Additionally, if we are able to raise the funding, we will give away prizes to filmmakers who demonstrate that they should be in the industry. These prizes could include funding for a low budget feature, cameras and filmmaking equipment.

Overall, the event will follow a freemium model. The film screenings themselves (with Q&As from the directors/writer/actors and other talent) are completely free.

This allows the event to offer something for everyone, with the free screenings, and affordable events for people who are dedicated to entering the film industry!

Why Woodbridge, Virginia?

Woodbridge is the perfect place for getting into the media industry. Here are several reasons why:

It’s commuting distance from Washington DC, which is Forbes’s third best city for entertainment, media and PR jobs and The Balance Careers’s third best city for dream media jobs.

It’s diverse. We want to get people from all kinds of backgrounds into the media industry. A diverse setting is a key component of this!

It’s full of people hoping to get into the media industry. For instance, it’s home to the Northern Virginia Community College, which is the second largest community college in the USA. There are several college degrees focused on filmmaking at this college.

Overall, it’s the perfect area to bring something optimistic and proactive for rising filmmakers!

Who’s running the Crossover Film Festival: Hollywoodbridge

The organizers of Crossover Film Festival: Hollywoodbridge are a diverse group of people who have entered the media industry from humble origins. Each one has succeeded despite coming from a non media background. And they all have a passion for making the American and global film industry more diverse!

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