Full Fee Payment GUARANTEES Official Selection.
New Academy Award® Nomination Qualifying Standard Theatrical Run Category.
As a result of 95th Academy Award® televised ceremony appearing Phillip E. Walker's opinion that "you don't get much out of a film festival that you don't attend", 100 Films Retreat is a brand new, live & in-person, unique combination of traditional Independent Film Festival and Professional Entertainment Industry Retreat.
Especially aiming to secure for indie filmmakers and video content creators a live & in-person WORLD PREMIERE and/or NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE of their work, in each quarterly session, Walker Entertainer Academy (WEA) strives to screen a single film or video from as many countries as possible. During our 5th session in May of 2024, we strive to screen a short film or video from 100 different countries!
As well, Official Selection priority will be given to WORLD PREMIERES whose filmmakers or content creators agree to attend the live & in-person event in Rancho Cucamonga, California 91739 USA, which is only 40 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, with convenient Metrolink commuter train transportation.
Additionally, due to limited screen space and no concurrent screenings, the films or videos which are shortest in length are more likely to be Officially Selected and screened.
Further, WEA's near decade of supplying up close and personal, intense, indie filmmaker networking sessions both online thru http://FirstFridayFilms.com monthly Meetups plus annual live & in-person (even all throughout the raging years of the Pandemic) http://IndigenousFilmRetreats.com short film marketing gatherings, makes us eminently qualified to now supply a World class, major short film festival combined with an intimate filmmaker retreat that offers ample individual access to Grand and Special Guest Judge Industry Professionals plus attending Special Guest Celebrities & Dignitaries.
Finally, we hope that you take advantage of this never before opportunity by submitting NOW, to ensure that yours is one of the first 100 qualified submissions.
QUARTERLY
1. Grand Prize {under 15 minutes in length}
2. Top Movie Poster
3. Best Film Commercial {under 30 seconds in length}
Winners = Trophy (mailed free to non-attending winners), Digital Certificate (plus printed & framed if rep attends Awards Program) and Individualized Digital Laurel
Runners Up Winners = Framed Mini Certificate (mailed free to non-attending winners), Digital Certificate (plus printed & framed if rep attends Awards Program) and Individualized Digital Laurel
Third Places Winners = Framed Micro Certificate (mailed free to non-attending winners) and Individualized Digital Laurel
Fourth Place Winners = Laurel Magnet (mailed free to non-attending winners) and Individualized Digital Laurel
Fifth Place Winners = Laurel Magnet (mailed free to non-attending winners) and Individualized Digital Laurel
CARIBBEAN BEST TRAVEL FILM COMPETITION {under five minutes in length}
Ten Different Countries 1st to Submit-1st Selected Screening Slots Per Quarter
Caribbean Best Travel Film Winner = Engraved Plaque (mailed free to non-attending winner), Digital Certificate (plus printed & framed if rep attends Awards Program) and Individualized Digital Laurel
Caribbean Best Travel Film Runner Up Winner = Digital Certificate (plus printed & framed if rep attends Awards Program) and Individualized Digital Laurel
Caribbean Best Travel Film Third Place Winner = Individualized Digital Laurel
All of the above quarterly Winners will also have their film or video screened at the Friday, October 6, 2023 BEST of the Year's 200 Films Retreat live & in-person Showcase that concludes WEA's 2023 Hollywood Acting Employment Securing Residency in Rancho Cucamonga, California 91739 USA's Victoria Garden's Cove. The 2023 Year's Grand Prize, Top Movie Poster, Best Film Commercial and Best Caribbean Travel Film Trophies/Plaques, Certificates & Laurels will be awarded therein.