All Winners and runner ups get IMDb credit plus winners get a combined total of $1,500,000 in production/post production and distribution offers. All Finalist notified by August 15th 2021; plus 1 monthly finalist promotional winner will be announced early each month.
Starting September 15th 2020 through August 15th 2021 a monthly winner will be featured, promoted and will automatically advance to a finalist status for our partners to review for production and distribution offers.
Staring in October 2021 ALL Finalists including Monthly Promotional winners will be displayed on the homepage website and social media with a link to their projects or contact information. This will be available to our in-house and outside partners/distributors to view and send you offers. All information will be kept on site until September 2022!
Almost 2 million in offers for production and distribution deals.
STATUS LEVELS:
1 ) SELECTED: accepted into the festival contest = OFFICIAL SELECTION LAUREL
2) SEMI-FINALIST: accepted into the festival contest = SEMI-FINALIST LAUREL
3) FINALIST: accepted into the festival & promoted on website and social media for production and distribution offers = FINALIST LAUREL
4) CATEGORY WINNERS and RUNNER-UP: accepted into the festival and promoted on website & social media for production and distribution offers, winners receive trophies, certificates, IMDb credit = CATEGORY WINNER LAUREL
5) OVERALL BEST OF WINNERS - accepted and screened at the festival and promoted on website, social media; along with guaranteed production and/or distribution offer = WINNER LAUREL
Top winners will receive trophies and IMDb credit along with a certificate.
Best overall winners (aka Blue Diamond trophy winners) receive a crystal trophy, production and or distribution offer, with a festival screening and networking event plus a certificate.