THE HOLLYWOOD REEL INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL®™
- Hollywood's most star-studded festival for independent filmmakers -

New filmmakers screen annually alongside the giants of contemporary cinema, including CELEBRITY GUESTS that include: Pierce Brosnan (James Bond), Sharon Stone (Casino), Hilary Duff (Gossip Girl), Josh Brener (Silicon Valley), Joe Mantegna (Criminal Minds), Donna Mills (Play Misty For Me), Clark Duke (Hot Tub Time Machine), Laura Prepon (Orange Is The New Black), Grace Zabriskie (Twin Peaks), Timothy Busfield (West Wing), Gary Cole (Pineapple Express), Frances Fisher (Titanic), John Robinson (Lords of Dogtown), Kurt Fuller (Midnight In Paris), Uwe Boll (Postal), Alan Howarth (Halloween), Bruce Davison (X-Men), Richard Kind (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Melissa Gilbert (Little House on The Prairie), John Ennis (Mr. Show), legendary casting director Bonnie Timmerman (Black Hawk Down) and many more, ...appearing at the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Fesitval.

Growing to prominence at Quentin Tarantino's New Beverly Cinema, the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival has now partnered with the largest and most glamorous venue in Los Angeles: L.A. LIVE / Staples Center / Microsoft Theater for two weeks of screenings and festival events each year.

Dedicated in our mission to recognize the best new filmmakers and discover important cinema from across the globe: HRIFF combines film screenings, parties, and celebrity events at L.A. Live and the iconic cinemas of Hollywood to create our annual festival.

HRIFF HONOREES
Award of Excellence Honorees including: Alejandro Jodoworsky, Warren Beatty, Gerard Depardieu, Vanessa Redgrave, Peter O'Toole, Robin Williams, Gene Wilder, Tinto Brass, animators Don Hertzfeld & Bill Plympton, have been honored at past Award Ceremonies.

The Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival has also notably hosted some of the last major public appearances for cinema icons including Martin Landau (Ed Wood, Mission Impossible), John Heard (Home Alone, X-Men), Jon Polito (Big Lebowski), and Harry Dean Stanton (Aliens, Repo Man, Lucky, Paris Texas).

HRIFF ALUMNI
Werner Herzog, Ron Howard, Michael Apted, Errol Morris, D.A. Pennebaker, Emily Mortimer, James Franco, James Caan, Fred Roos, Paul Rudd, Guy Pierce, Joe Lo Truglio, Blake Anderson, Mercedes Ruehl, Ian McShane, Edward James Olmos, Sandra Oh, Lisa Kudrow, Jason Alexander, Bryce Dallas Howard, Elliott Gould, Terri Polo, Janeane Garofalo, Zack Braff, Winnie Holzman, Martin Starr, Fred Willard, Pamela Adlon, Tony Hale, Richard Lewis, Doug Jones, David Arquette, Carla Gallo, Bai Ling, C. Thomas Howell, Harry Lennix, Dean Cameron, Takuji Suzuki, Daryl Hannah, Tom Noonan, Jeremy Sisto, and Jonathan Pryce are a few of the notable HRIFF alumni who have participated in our Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival.

ACADEMY AWARD© WINNING DISCOVERIES
Recent Oscar© and Golden Globe© winning, nominated, and shortlist HRIFF premieres include: "Manchester By The Sea", "The Act of Killing", "Anomalisa", "Force Majeure", "The Look of Silence", "Rules Don't Apply", "Trumbo", and "At Eternity's Gate". Other HRIFF premieres to win major film awards include: "Lucky", "Blade of the Immortal", "The Sisters Brothers", "Killing of a Sacred Deer" and more.

Academy Award© Winning Short Films to premiered at HRIFF include: "The Lady In Number 6", the animated "Mr. Hublot", and the films work of Bill Plympton ("Guard Dog").

A sample of HRIFF premieres that went on to receive distribution and acclaim include: "The Act of Killing", "Force Majeure", "Bridegroom", "Anomalisa", "The Look of Silence", "Assault on Wall Street: Bailout", "Day At The Pool", "Henri", "Sex, Violence and Family Values", "Forget Me Not", "Bible Storyland", "The Silent Thief", "Drift", and "The Lady In Number 6".

BREAKTHROUGH TALENT DISCOVERIES
Talent discoveries seen first at HRIFF include: Alanna Masterson (from HRIFF Best Actress 2010 Winner, to a leading role in The Walking Dead from 2013-2019), Alex Meraz (DC's Suicide Squad), Dean West (The Ledge), Toby Hemingway (Black Swan), Tyler Blackburn (Pretty Little Liars), and Keir Gilchrist (star of the Netflix series Atypical), and most recently HRIFF 2018 Award Winner Savannah Kennick, now starring on Netflix's latest episodes of Arrested Development.

CINEMA RETROSPECTIVES & RESTORATIONS
Festival retrospectives for cinema creators and performers include tributes to: Kenneth Lonergan, Haskell Wexler, Michael Mann, John Cassavetes, David Bowie, Alan Rickman, Warren Oates and Dusan Makavejev, as well as HRIFF's restorations of unseen works from Tinto Brass and Hugo Niebeling.

All of this helps to create the only annual Hollywood Film Festival event that cannot be missed!

HRIFF invites you to submit your film to the only Hollywood film festival known for screening the largest selection of up-and-coming filmmakers from around the world and hosting the largest selection of celebrity guests.

Join the historic HRIFF family of filmmakers by submitting your project to us today!

Awards & Prizes

HRIFF Selected Films eligible for HRIFF Awards of Merit.
24 Awards given annually at L.A. LIVE / Staples Center HRIFF Award Ceremony.
Award Winners eligible for potential sponsored prizes - as announced each season.

Screenplay Contest 1st Place awarded $8,000.00
Screenplay Contest entries are eligible for HRIFF Annual Screenplay Awards.

Award of Excellence Honors for lifetime achievements in cinema are given each year at Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival Award Ceremony Gala, held prior to Academy Awards.

Rules & Terms

FILM SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Preview Screener:
- Must be sent by FilmFreeway Online Screener or via mail.
- Mailed Submission Screeners must adhere to guidelines below.
- All Accepted Submissions will be notified via email.
- All Non-Accepted Submissions will be notified via email.
- Check accounts at notification deadline for information.
- Deadline Dates are postmark deadlines.
- HRIFF is not responsible for postal damages or delays.
- Do Not Send Registered Mail or mail to be signed for (except for 35mm prints).
- Please do not send cash or any payments in the mail.
- Any discs, postcards, thumb drives & posters may not be returned.
- Send submissions in a standard flat rate envelope or smaller to reduce waste.
- Make sure to include all up-to-date passwords/encryption for any locked submissions.

FILMS SELECTED FOR EXHIBITION:
- DCP (CRU) is preferred for exhibition (unique DCP may be required by venues).
- Exhibition Copies: DVD+/DVD- (NTSC, Region 0 or 1) also accepted.
- Blu-Ray (Region 0 or 1) also accepted for Exhibition.
- DVD / BluRay Back-Up highly recommended - even if sending other print formats.
- Back-up Disc should be non-watermarked, with matching chapters and aspect ratio.
- No menu, test footage or pre-film footage for any Exhibition Copies.
- Exhibition Print run time must not be longer than submitted version.
- Once accepted for presentation, a physical Exhibition Copy of submitted film is necessary.

MAILING ADDRESS
Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival
Mailing address for any and all Submission Prints and for Exhibition Prints (if accepted):

HRIFF
#828
1615 North Wilcox Ave
Hollywood, CA 90078

FESTIVAL RULES AND REGULATIONS
- Submitter must be 18 years of age or older to enter competition.
- Adult Guardian or Parent may submit on your behalf of minors.
- By submitting to HRIFF, submitter is:
a) admitting copyright of film and images, and
b) granting permission to use the images and content from the submission in advertisements and promotions both for any screening of the submitted film, but also in any promotions for HRIFF in general for the 36 months following first receipt of the submission.
- Festival times may be subject to delay or change.
- All fees are non-refundable.
- HRIFF is not responsible for broken or non-functioning prints.
- In submitting, HRIFF is given the right to screen submission at no charge to the fest.
- HRIFF reserves the right to refuse service to anyone.
- All films submitted for review are consenting permission to have HRIFF publicly screen the film submitted (at least) one time in 24 months after selection notification.
- Not all submissions received will be selected for live exhibition nor given award honors.
- By submitting via FilmFreeway, you are agreeing to these Rules as well as the HRIFF Terms and Conditions below.

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS for HRIFF & HRIFF WEBSITE & HRIFF TICKETING.
If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck and the remaining provisions shall be enforced. You agree that this Agreement may be automatically assigned by the HOLLYWOOD REEL INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL (HRIFF), in its sole discretion, to a third party.

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Governing Law.
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You agree to indemnify, defend and hold The HOLLYWOOD REEL INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL harmless from any claim, expense or demand, including without limitation reasonable attorneys´ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your breach of this Agreement, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.

By agreeing Submitter agrees to abide by all the Terms laid forth in the General Festival Rules listed for HRIFF, including GENERAL FESTIVAL RULES AND REGULATIONS.
GENERAL FESTIVAL RULES AND REGULATIONS
- Film must not currently have major distribution in U. S.A. that conflict with exhibition dates at the festival.
- HRIFF only accepts international films that have been subtitled.
- Festival times are subject to delay or change.
- Fees are non-refundable.
- HRIFF reserves the right to refuse service.
- Films submitted for review are consenting permission to have HRIFF publicly screen the film submitted (at least) one time in the next 48 months as to be determined by HRIFF.
- By submitting your film for review submitter is a) admitting copyright of film and images and b) granting permission to use the images and content from the submission in advertisements and promotions both for any screening of the submitted film, but also in any promotions for HRIFF in general for the 36 months following first receipt of the submission.
- By submitting you agree HRIFF has the right to screen your film with no additional exhibition fees or charges to the festival from filmmakers or film copyright owners.
- Festival is not responsible for broken or non-functioning films.
- Submitter must be 18 years of age or older (or have your parent/guardian to submit on your behalf) to enter the competition.
- In case of non-functioning Exhibition Print, festival may use any submitted prints.
- By submitting with payment, you are agreeing to abide by all the above terms, rules, and guidelines, as well as the following:
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