"Perhaps it sounds ridiculous, but the best thing that young filmmakers should do is to get hold of a camera and some film and make a movie of any kind at all."
-Stanley Kubrick
MONTHLY ONLINE FESTIVAL WITH AWARDS AND LIVE SCREENINGS. Our panel is made up of film students and indie filmmakers from Colorado. We wanted to create a place where student, indie, and professionals can share their work together, and receive awards with equal consideration. We strive to support filmmakers who are innovative and changing the future of cinema. We give out many awards every month to ensure filmmakers are considered fairly against high budget films, and recognized for what they accomplished without a large budget. This is a contest by filmmakers for filmmakers.
WINNERS will have a live screening in Colorado. OFFICIAL SELECTIONS and FINALISTS will only be eligible to participate in the online portion. WINNERS WILL RECEIVE ONE YEAR MEMBERSHIPS WITH iPitch.tv™ where they can list their pitched films and scripts to major production companies! (See "Awards & Prizes" for more info).
**PLEASE READ BELOW: WHAT FILMMAKERS CAN EXPECT FROM THEIR FROSTBITE SUBMISSION**
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS: will have their film's poster as well as their name country of origin posted on our website indefinitely. Official Selections will NOT be screened live.
FINALISTS: We will choose the top few finalists for every category before the end of the month. If you do not receive a notification on FilmFreeway and an e-mail notification from us by the end of the "event date" for the month after you submitted, your work remains in the top few elite for this month, and you can find your finalist laurel on our website's "selections" page. Finalists will NOT be screened live.
AWARD WINNERS: will be screened live at Sneakyboy Studios in Colorado for an audience of film students and local professionals. We will have 1-2 screenings per month, but winners will not always be screened on the month they were selected. Their film or their trailer will be displayed on the "Winners" page of our website indefinitely, and their laurels will be sent to them via e-mail.
ALL SELECTIONS: who request it may receive feedback and critique from our judging panel, and will be added to our feedback list.
HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT: July selections will be decided by July notification date. July Winners will be decided over the course of the month of August, and announced by the end of August. August Selections will be decided by the August notification date, etc.
We share our winners with thousands online at the end of each season. International submissions will be screened in front our our judging panel. Selections and Winners will be displayed on our website indefinitely, and will receive award laurels. Students and Independent filmmakers can make their visions come true without a huge budget, and we want to see your incredible work. We are a festival by filmmakers, for filmmakers.
Film is the most powerful form of propaganda, and this makes it the most potent art-form. Create with innovation, and do not be afraid to tell your story experimentally. Our panel is made up of film scholars, and they want to see and share your work regardless of its level of experimentation.
WOODWARD® ACTION SPORTS SUBMITTERS:
WOODWARD is excited to team up with The Frostbite International Film Festival to encourage and empower those aspiring action sports filmmakers. Along with FBIFF we have provided an AWESOME PRIZE OF $500 TOWARD A WEEK OF CAMP AT WOODWARD WEST DURING THE 2017 SEASON!
Come for a week and you will be sold on why Woodward is The Ultimate Summer Camp. Experience all the fun of summer camp, mixed with state-of-the-art facilities for you to take advantage of. When Woodward campers are not getting the hands-on professional instruction they have the whole campus to make memories, friends and have tons of fun.
SEE SECTION #12 IN "RULES & TERMS" FOR ALL THE INFO ON THE WOODWARD FESTIVAL! GOOD LUCK FILMMAKERS!
The award is restricted to campers aged 7-17. Inquire about any additional rules and or restrictions at 661-822-7900. This award expires August 13, 2017.
MORE INFO AT:
http://www.woodwardwest.com/programs/video-production.html
Our Judges will award:
-Best Feature Film
-Best Narrative Short
-Best Horror Short
-Best Comedy Short
-Best Sci-fi Short
-Best Animated Short
-Best Documentary Short
-Best Experimental
-Best Male-Actor
-Best Female-Actor
-Best Director
-Best Cinematography
-Best Concept
-Best Student Film
-Best Sound Design
-Best Original Score
-Best Special Effects
-Best Practical Effects
-Best Editing
-Best Demo Reel
-Best Dance Film
-Best Photographer
**All awarded films will receive laurels, and be displayed on our website, but only with the filmmakers permission. All officially selected films can receive laurels from our website at their convenience**
**All FROSTBITE International Film Festival Winners will win a 1 Year Membership with iPitch.tv, where there will be available to major production companies such as Discovery Studios, Sony Pictures Entertainment Television, New Line Cinema, Warner Brothers, Echo Lake Entertainment, Relativity Television, CBS, WEtv, Authentic Entertainment, Forman Productions, Infinity Media Inc., Little Studio Films, Leftfield Pictures, Brian Graden Media. These are only a few of the many companies which search for projects to endorse on iPitch.tv.**
