All Winners and runner ups get IMDb credit plus winners get a combined total of $1,500,000 or more in production/post production and distribution offers. All Finalist notified by October 15th 2021; plus 1 monthly finalist promotional winner will be announced early each month. Event for finalist and best of (aka Blue Diamond) winners.
Starting September 2020 through September 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 December 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 December 2022!
STATUS LEVELS ONLY LEVEL 5 IS GUARANTEED TO BE SCREENED AT FESTIVAL all may attend:
1 ) SELECTED: accepted into the festival contest (not screened)= OFFICIAL SELECTION LAUREL
2) SEMI-FINALIST: accepted into the festival contest (not screened) = SEMI-FINALIST LAUREL
3) FINALIST: accepted into the festival (may not be screened) & promoted on website and social media for production and distribution offers = FINALIST LAUREL
4) CATEGORY WINNERS and RUNNER-UP: accepted into the festival (may not be screened) 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 AKA BLUE DIAMOND 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.