NewFilmmakers Los Angeles

*****IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION:

NewFilmmakers Los Angeles screens monthly year round. FESTIVAL DATES displayed on this FilmFreeway listing are for expiration of this listing and ARE NOT our screening dates.

Notification: Review times will vary, and final decision notices are typically sent within four months of submission. We send decline notifications on a rolling basis, and will contact you directly by phone or email if your film is shortlisted to go into the next round of consideration (please note: a phone call is just a next step in shortlisting and does not mean your film has been accepted. Films have only been accepted once they have been sent an Official Acceptance Notice.) 

If it has been over six months since your film has been submitted and you have not received a notification, please feel free to check in with us for an update on its status. We unfortunately do not have the staff bandwidth to reply to status updates for more recently submitted films.

Status Updates: IF IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN SIX MONTHS SINCE YOUR FILM'S SUBMISSION: please email info@nfmla.org with the subject line: "Status Update Request - [TITLE OF YOUR FILM] - Submitted [DATE YOU SUBMITTED] on [NAME OF PLATFORM YOU SUBMITTED THROUGH (ex. FilmFreeway/Direct Form)]"

Online Availability: As is the industry standard among many festivals, in all instances except Music Videos and  ‘New Media’ programs, we generally do not screen films that have theatrical distribution nor films that have been posted online without password protection, or are available for streaming on a VOD platform (with the exception of SVOD for short films). However, we reserve the right to make exceptions to this rule on a case by case basis, so please feel free to apply regardless.