With an immensely successful Inaugural year of the Hollywood North International Film Festival, we are excited to announce the next addition! Taking place from January 11th to February 8th, it will be a hybrid of in-person and online events to keep our global and local audience engaged.
There will be online screenings for 2 weeks before the festival, and the films will be kept available for 2 weeks post ceremony. In addition, we will have 6 Nominee Announcement Nights both in-person and online with Q&A with the judges, as well as explanations as to why they picked each nominee.
Then, everyone will come together on January 25th to celebrate at a Night Under the Stars at the Vancouver Planetarium for the Awards Ceremony. With all guests dressed their best, we will all await with anticipation as each category's winner is announced both in person and online, with the final announcement of the Public Choice Award announced at the end.
This year, we are excited to announce that we will have a $1000 cash prize offered for each category winner! In addition, each winner will get a full profile made up and posted on our Instagram to highlight the project and the work they’ve done. Our current categories this year are as follows:
-Best Animation
-Best Director
-Best Actor/Actress
-Best Cinematography
-Best Student Film
-Best Documentary
With the commitment to help as many independent filmmakers get their work to be seen, Here are some additional things we are doing for as many submissions as possible :
-Every submission will be available for viewing online for 2 weeks before our festival for the voting of the Public Choice Award. This gives every film a chance to be seen and appreciated, no matter what.
-Every Film will be kept up for viewing for 2 weeks post ceremony as well to give extra time for folks to see your work
-We will be screening all nominees in full, both in person and online, during our Nominee Announcement Nights. Our judges will then offer insightful feedback about each nominee, what they loved and why they picked the film, and give space for directors to ask questions about the process.
-Lastly, we will be doing weekly picks from our submissions, picked by different staff that are separate from our judges panel, and what film they loved most that week to offer a variety of films a chance to be featured on the homepage of our website. These films selected for our website are also separate from the nominee/winner selections for the categories, so the category you submit for does not lessen or increase your chance of being featured, nor does selection for featuring you on the homepage mean you are confirmed as a nominee or winner. It is a way to increase the amount of films we can show off per festival season!