New York Jazz Film Festival, now in its fifth season (skipped 2020 due to Covid-19), is the first film festival dedicated exclusively to jazz-centric cinema and unique to The BeBop Channel, rewards our Officially Selected films and web/tv series with Stock Grants.
New York Jazz Film Festival provides this platform for jazz musician-actors, directors and writers pursuing content related to jazz, to have their work seen.The 2021 festival will take place on August 10-12, 2021 at The BeBop Hotel Festival in Poughkeepsie, New York- about 90 minutes north of New York City. Please visit https://www.beboptv.com/hotel-festival for additional festival details.
We particularly encourage the submission of narrative works which feature jazz musicians as actors. We do however, accept documentary and concert works.
Eligible selections will appear on The BeBop Channel and its associated platforms.
About the Festival
NYJFF was developed by former Duke Ellington Orchestra/Art Blakey trombonist and BeBop Channel co-founder Gregory Charles Royal. He has been at the fore of a movement to integrate musicians into theatre, television and film as actors.
For this festival, we encourage jazz musicians and film makers with an interest in jazz to take a bold step by creating and submitting works to further expand the reach of this art form in 21st century media.
Awards & Prizes
All Official Selections over 7 minutes are eligible to receive up to 2,000 shares of The BeBop Channel Corporation stock in the form of Restricted Stock Grants as part of a Licensing Agreement and Category Winners receive Award Certificates. Works under 7 minutes are eligible to receive up to 1,000 shares and filmmakers with collections accepted to the festival are eligible to receive a custom combination of shares.