MATTY'S INTERNET FILM FESTIVAL was created by Matty Cardarople -- actor, writer, director, and visual artist based in Los Angeles, California (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1781213/). While acting is his day job -- with credits in titles such as Jurassic World, The Big Sick, Logan Lucky, Dumb and Dumber To, New Girl, and Netflix's adaptation of A Series of Unfortunate Events and Stranger Things -- he also strives to build and promote creative communities for new and old artists alike, helping them meet each other, supporting his local art community, and eating pizza on the reg. His career is rapidly taking off and he wants to use his platform in the entertainment industry to help new filmmakers share their own stories. Get M.I.F.F.ed!

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* MATTY'S INTERNET FILM FESTIVAL is a once a year film festival created in order to help new filmmakers gain more exposure and share their work.

*The winner is chosen through a two-part selection process. The first part takes place during the actual festival, during which the films are viewable and available to stream to the public. Audience members can vote for their favorite films. The films with the highest ratings will then go through a second round of judging by Matty's industry friends, who will select the final winning submission. See "Awards & Prizes" for exact voting instructions.

*Entries are accepted Oct 8th - Jan 1st 2016 and the festival takes place online March 4th -March 10th - 20th 2017.

* All types of short films with running time between 1-25 minutes are welcome. See "Rules & Terms" for more guidelines about submissions.

Awards & Prizes

AWARDS & PRIZES

***Matty raffles off half of all the festival's entry fees to the winning film. So, for example, if the monthly total of all the festival's entrance fees are $10,000, the winner will receive $5,000.

***Additionally, the winner will have the opportunity to cast Matty in their next short film! Exact terms and conditions will be negotiated only after winner is selected.

VOTING AND RATING INSTRUCTIONS

1. Click on a star below a video to rate and vote. There is no sign up to vote. The festival happens every six months. Voting takes place a week after all of the films have been featured on the website.

Rules & Terms

RULES AND TERMS

1. We only accept short films with a running time between 1-25mins. However, any submission over 25 min long will not be considered.

2. To submit, upload your film to youtube.com or vimeo.com and then submit your film using FilmFreeway.

3. Once you submit with FilmFreeway and we receive the link to your film, we will automatically post your film on our site during the festival (Jan 9-20) and your pals can start voting!

4. You must own all of the rights to anything you submit to the festival.

5. You can have multiple submissions.

6. Anything you submit will appear on our website for as long as our festival is running. You can request to delete it or have it edited at anytime.

7. You must send us all the proper links and password for us to view your submission.

8. We don't accept films with nudity. We have the right to exclude a film that is not suitable for the site. If so, you will be rewarded a full refund.