Paris Art and Movie Awards, PAMA

The 2018 edition will go from June 20th to June 25th.
The call for entries started on December 18th, 2018. On that day in 1963 was released the movie CHARADE, starring Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant.

The Paris Art and Movie Awards is the leading independent film festival in Paris.
The 2017 edition took place on the CHAMPS ELYSEES, at the BALZAC movie theater. President of the 2017 Jury was French actress MELANIE DOUTEY.
The Festival runs screenings and events since 2011.

Our partners and sponsors include : Final Draft, BNP Paribas, Etoile Casting, le Blog du Cinéma, Cine Séries Mag, Atlantys, Book.fr, We Film Good, Garel, UGC, Radio Campus, and the charity La Voix de l'Enfant.

The « PAMA » has been ranked, as soon as its second year, the second festival not to miss in Paris, by The Culture Trip Magazine. The festival is today the leading independent festival in Paris, the only one to be held in english for international attendance, and the sole offering a real award ceremony.

We accept short films and feature, in a wide range of categories. You can reach us if you have a question using the email address on the left side. We try to answer each email asap, priority always being given to films and filmmakers in actual competition or already having submitted.
Please note we do not grant free submissions.

Our goal is to help independent filmmakers screening their films, awarding them, show their films to high level industry talents and public figures. We close each year festival by an award ceremony, giving away trophies and certificates and gifts to films, and to filmmakers, cast and crew.

We keep supporting and promoting winners and nominees long after their nomination or their win : we follow you on Facebook and Instagram, we share your work… We also have a policy of inviting former winners to become Judges, and former nominees to walk on stage to give away awards to their fellow filmmakers.

We are a human scale festival, often compared to the hottest New-York underground and dynamic events. We have partnerships with medias, established companies, and the screening always take place in grand historic venues in Paris.

We are proud to work, since first year, with the French national charity CHILDREN’S VOICE. We offer free screening to very young kids, who often never went to a movie theatre before, and to young adults, some with difficult family backgrounds.
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2017 :
All Judges are on our website :
http://parisartandmovieawards.com/judges/2017-judges/
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2016 EDITION FACTS :
- Festival took place on July 25th, in leading UCG movie theatre venue. Check all the stills on our facebook page, and album on FilmFreeway.
- JURY MEMBERS WERE : Mark Dacascos, Melissa Mars, Alain Doutey, Joseph Pearlman, Quentin Lecocq, Charles Tentindo, Graldine Beigbeder, Marc Morineau.
- The PARIS ART AND MOVIE AWARDS has been ranked 2nd of the 7 festivals not to miss in Paris by Culture Trip : http://urlz.fr/3jRy
- New 2016 Partner : FINAL DRAFT !
- News : Imdb pro eligible ! >> http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0003587/
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The PAMA is an international festival that screens independent films in their original langage. Our festival celebrates those who are passionate about their creations. We are a festival focused on the humans making the movies : each director/attendee gets to talk about his movie.
We warmly welcome filmmakers and artists from all over the world to gather in Paris to meet new audience, screen and show their latest work, connect with fellow professionals, share their passion.
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Our 2015 JUDGES were :
* Maxime Alexandre (DOP "The Hills Have Eyes", "Mirrors", "Voices", "Earth to Echo")
* David Salles (Malavita-The Family, Babysitting, Bref, Maison Close...)
* Gérard Chaillou (Caméra Café, Adèle Blanc Sec, Nicolas Le Floch...)
* Marc Morineau (Canal +)
* Géraldine Beigbeder (artist and screenwriter)
* Joseph Pearlman (Coach and founder of Pearlman Acting Academy, Los Angeles)
* Céline Monsarrat (Julia Robert's french voice)
Pictures and profiles on our website : http://parisartandmovieawards.com/jury/
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CATEGORIES
open to competition :
* International short
* French Short
* Script short
* Script long
* Feature
* Music Video
* Documentary
* Experimental and Visual Arts in Motion
* Animation

AN INDEPENDENT MOVIE FESTIVAL
including :
- Awards
- Photocall
- Artistic Recognition
- Networking
- award ceremony

OUR MOTO
We ourselves are a team of directors, actress, DOP, managers and producers, who experienced the creating path of making a movie, and screen it, and struggling to turn it into a success.
We create a large and serious range of awards to reward the best, more originals and more passionate projects we receive.
With this Festival and Award Ceremony, we want to build a moment for artists to connect, and get back home with rewarding experience and for the better : an award from Paris.

RANDOM
* Gallery of artists who attended previous year : http://parisartandmovieawards.com/#gallery