The New Westminster Film Society in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, next Call for submissions begins May 1, 2024, for the 2024 New West Film Fest, which runs Friday, October 25, Saturday October 26, & Sunday, October 27, 2024.
We welcome Shorts and Features, including documentaries, narratives, experimental, and animated.
We are especially interested in films by communities and cultures underrepresented in film.

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New West Film Fest (formerly New West Doc Fest) was founded in 2011 by people with a passion for film, arts, and community. The festival’s mandate is to present new films, and build local and international community for artists and film-goers. We are an entirely volunteer run 3-day festival. We have screenings of feature length and collections of short films.

We can only show so many films in 3 days, and we do not have the capacity to give feedback for films that are not selected.
We are excited to watch your submitted films, and wish you the very best!
This annual event runs in October, and is highly anticipated in the city of New Westminster, BC Canada. We are the only film-based arts organization in New Westminster, and we strive to build community through film for the people of New Westminster and environs, as well as for the local and international
independent filmmakers.

Rules & Terms

Rules & Terms
Deadline for entries – We accept films from May 1 through to July 31st, 2024.
Completion Date - No earlier than January 1st, 2023
Subtitles - All entries with dialogue not in the English language must be subtitled in English.
Genres - All genres welcome!
Run time - Features must be at least 60 minutes, and no longer than 120 minutes. Shorts must be under 30 minutes. Remember that our festival runs for only 3 days, and it’s difficult to make room for too many longer shorts in one screening.
Refund policy - There will be no refunds for submission fees issued by the New West Film Festival.
Event delay policy - The festival may be postponed and submitted films will be eligible for showing at the postponed festival.
Showing notification policy - By submitting your film to this festival you are agreeing that, if selected, the film will be shown. The festival organizers will do their best to reach you for the best version of the film to be shown and are able to show the film in the submitted version if you are not responsive. Please note that we do not pay screening fees, and film makers do not get portions of the box office.
Screening Q & As: We have Q & A sessions after screenings for those who can attend. If you cannot attend in-person, we will try to accommodate recorded messages.