Flamingo Film Festival

2023 FFF Submission Guidelines
* Carefully read the guidelines before submitting your film. *

GUIDELINES:
1 – Entrant must be enrolled as a student at a university, college, or other post-secondary institution at the time of production. Therefore, the entrant must include proof of student status at the time of production. Include a copy of a current student ID with your entry or email it to flamingofilmfest@gmail.com. FAU students and alum are encouraged to submit.

2 – Films are limited to 20 minutes or less.

3 – Multiple submissions are allowed. However, each submission must be accompanied by the USD entry fee, determined by Festival Organizers.

4 – Films must be completed on or after JANUARY 1, 2021. Rough cuts may be considered, provided that if selected, a final cut is made available before scheduled programming.

5 – Foreign language films must be subtitled and/or captioned in English.

6 – A completed entry form must accompany films. All forms, fees, and films must be received by the submission deadline. Only completed entries will be processed.

7 – Entrant confirms and warrants the required legal authority to submit the entry into the festival and to use all music, images, and content within the entry.

8 – Entrant permits usage of video clips and production stills (photos) from the film submission for promotional use online, on television and radio, in print, and at events.

9 – Entrant confirms that the submission is not publicly available online nor on any paid or free video-on-demand services.

SUBMISSIONS
1 – All submissions will be through FilmFreeway. The extended deadline for submissions is April 10, 2023. Deadlines and waivers, including GOLD, are at the discretion of Festival Organizers and may be adjusted at any time.

NOTIFICATIONS
1 – All entrants will be notified by email or FilmFreeway when a film has been received.

2 – For publication purposes, entries selected will be required to supply three high-resolution stills from the film and at least one high-resolution photograph of the film’s director. Publicity and press materials will not be returned and become the property of the film festival. The Flamingo Film Festival has permission to use excerpts from any accepted film for promotional purposes.

3 – If accepted, entrants will be notified by email around April 16th, 2023. Within 24-72 hours of notification, entrants must provide relevant film info and a downloadable .mov or .mp4 via Dropbox, Google Drive, FilmFreeway, or Vimeo.

4 – If a film is not accepted, the festival does not offer refunds or technical, or critical feedback.

ENTRY FEES
1 – Submission fees may follow different deadlines and are in USD per entry unless otherwise noted. GOLD members receive a 50% discount. That's cheap! Discounts and fee waivers are at the discretion of Festival Organizers.

RETURNS
1 – Due to a large number of entries, no physical submissions of materials will be accepted.

CATEGORIES AND AWARDS
1 – Flamingo Film Festival reserves the right and has the discretion to change the submission category for an entry. Further, the festival reserves the right and has the discretion to add award categories and suspend award categories.

2 – The Festival strives to recognize student achievements in film, video, and media. Ergo, the festival is juried and competitive. Payment of the entry fee does not guarantee a screening. Funds collected go to festival expenses. (We work on a micro-budget and have expenses!) The festival jury will present awards to films selected as "best" in whatever categories they see fit. There are no cash awards or honorariums.

JURY MEMBERS
2023 TBD

PROGRAMMING | PANELS | WORKSHOPS | TOURS | EVENTS
2023 TBD

DATES | LOCATIONS | TIMES | PRICES | PARKING
1– Event Date: Saturday, April 22, 2023. (Subject to change.)

2 – Start & Run Times: 10 AM thru 8 PM. (Films TBD.)

3 – Location: FAU MetroLab, Fort Lauderdale, FL. (Subject to change.)

4 – Price: FREE! (Donations are graciously accepted at the door.)

5 – Parking: FAU staff, faculty, and students may park for free. Paid street and garage parking are also available.

ATTENDING | TRAVEL | ACCOMMODATION
1 – The festival is not responsible nor is able to provide monetary assistance for an attendee's travel or hotel accommodations. This includes travel from a hotel to the event. However, if you shoot us an email we might be able to assist in other ways. Uber, Lyft, Tri-Rail, Brightline, taxi services, shuttles, and public transportation is available in and around Fort Lauderdale's downtown core and surrounding areas.

2 – If attending the event in person, please let us know if you have any food allergies.

3 – Please abide by pending FAU, Florida, and CDC COVID-19 guidelines.

4 – The festival follows ADA and fire prevention guidelines. Service animals only. Smoking is prohibited.

5 – If/when live-streaming, a trusted network connection is needed.

SPONSORSHIP
1 – The 10th Annual Flamingo Film Festivals thanks the following for the continued support: Florida Atlantic University, Florida Atlantic University Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters, Florida Atlantic University School of Communication & Multimedia Studies, Florida Atlantic University MetroLab, FilmFreeway, Twitch, Black Iron Films, Videomaker, and our private donors.

2 – If you're interested in sponsoring, feel free to email us. All sponsors will be verbally thanked prior to screenings and placed in the festival program and on festival posters, postcards, websites, video promos, and social media platforms.

QUESTIONS | INQUIRIES | CONTACT | PRESS | HASHTAGS
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