The LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL is a part of World International Film Festival.
The World International Film Festival is a global industry event held throughout the year in about 20 world’s cities and countries. It will bring new films and audiences together in locales that are international centers of the arts, creating a meeting place for filmmakers and movie fans.
Welcome to the World International Film Festival!
The film submissions can be made from FilmFreeway from the following links and locations of our World International Film Festival network:
New York International Film Festival:
https://filmfreeway.com/festival/NewYorkInternationalFilmFestival
Los AngelesInternational Film Festival:
https://filmfreeway.com/festival/LosAngelesInternationalFilmFestival
Toronto World International Film Festival:
https://filmfreeway.com/festival/TorontoWorldInternationalFilmFestival
London International Film Festival:
https://filmfreeway.com/festival/LondonInternationalFilmFestival
Amsterdam World International Film Festival:
https://filmfreeway.com/AmsterdamWorldInternationalFilmFest
Berlin World International Film Festival
https://filmfreeway.com/festival/BerlinWorldInternationalFilmFestival
Hong Kong World International Film Festival:
https://filmfreeway.com/festival/HongKongWorldInternationalFilmFestival
Singapore World International Film Festival:
https://filmfreeway.com/festival/SingaporeWorldInternationalFilmFestival
Brisbane World International Film Festival
https://filmfreeway.com/festival/BrisbaneWorldInternationalFilmFestival
World International Film Festival funding film production
Finding funding for all aspects of film production can be very difficult even for famous and well connected filmmakers. These problems are felt even harder by small, independent productions who often struggle with a lack of budget for many aspects of filming, producing and dispensing a film to audiences. At the World International Film Festival there are multiple sectors available online all year - which can help independent individuals or organisations working in film access funding designed for the various different aspects of making a movie.
Of course without the production of the film itself this would not be necessary so an investor's sector has been established at the World International Film Festival. The goal of this is to help navigate the first obstacle of getting a film made which is finding the initial funding to hire and rent everything needing to create a movie. Film festivals such as this are about giving talented individuals exposure and recognition for their work. The investors sector will help these creative people connect with others who share their passion for their work who have the ability to finance interesting projects that are yet to be made.
Searching for financing to make a film can be extraordinarily difficult but with the goal of increasing contact between filmmakers and investors the sector is hoping to make it much easier. The ‘Marketing sector’ has been set up so that directors and other independent film enthusiasts can obtain funds that wouldn’t otherwise be available to them in order to advertise for their film to increase its exposure. The aim of festivals is to help new talent emerging in the world of cinema, but without proper marketing this is extremely difficult and the goal of this sector is to find small films an avenue to send their work into the world with a much wider audience.
The third sector which is also available online all throughout the year - focuses on ‘Film Distribution’ and helps to create a more comprehensive network of connections between the festival’s creative filmmakers and those with the money to finance their distribution. Like marketing it is vital that small films can receive money to distribute their product effectively so that it may reach and connect with a greater number of people. Doing this will help everyone involved: from the filmmaker who can go on to receive more recognition for their work to the distributer who gets to expand their network of filmmakers and this could be a great resources for filmmakers to increase the stature of their work.
SECTIONS
The World International Film Festival will include the following sections:
World Competition
American Cinema
Cinema Cinema of Asia, Africa, and Australia
Documentaries of the World Animation
Student and Children’s Cinema
INTERNATIONAL LOCATIONS
New York City
Los Angeles
Toronto
London
Hong Kong
Singapore
Brisbane
Berlin
Rome
Vienna
Amsterdam
Reykjavik
Athens
Geneva
MISSION & OBJECTIVE
The World International Film Festival is a global industry event held around the year in the world's biggest cities:
New York City, Los Angeles, Toronto, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Berlin, Amsterdam, Reykjavík and many others – an around-the-world fllm festival tour bringing together filmmakers and film fans, auteurs and cineastes, great new independent movies and a global audience.
MISSION
This around-the-world film festival tour showcases some of the very best independent films on the scene today.
It will bring new films and audiences together in locales that are international centers of the arts, creating a meeting place for auteurs and cineastes, filmmakers and movie fans. Welcome to the World International Film Festival.
You can submit your film to one of our locations lake you do with many other festivals, but you can select a festival tour of more than 20 cities and countries.
The fee that a filmmaker pays to submit to our festival tour of more than 20 cities and countries is: $99.
That fee is for submission to the World International Film Festival for 1 year period from the date the payment was made.
If someone's film is accepted at that period of time, their film is placed on the "tour" of the festival cities for the rest of the year, in as many festivals as filmmaker want to be part of.
You will be submitting for acceptance or rejection to One basic festival festival: World International Film Festival - which happens to conduct a festival tour of 20 or more cities.
Main objective of the World International Film Festival (WIFF) is to provide the opportunity for filmmakers from all over the world to excel, and to have the best work selected and showcased in a celebration of cinema, as well as to give filmmakers a platform to network amongst fellow professionals and cinematic artists. The World International Film Festival is looking forward to fostering these relationships and to helping extraordinary filmmakers get their projects seen by global audiences.
WIFF unites cinematic, cultural, and educational objectives by presenting its film discoveries.
The World International Film Festival is dedicated to showcasing new and innovative films while fostering the next generation of filmmakers. It is a strong advocate for social change, and encourages cultural diversity and understanding between nations. It strives to foster the movie art of all continents by stimulating the development of quality cinema and promoting meetings between cinema professionals from around the world.
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
World International Film Festival is dedicated to showcasing the spirit, passion, and skill of the best new filmmakers from around the world for audiences around the world.
We are also including and actively supporting not only the finest examples of classic moviemaking, but works that are experimental, breaking ground in new non-narrative forms and crossing over into the video arts. All films will be reviewed as they are submitted, and the best in each category will be chosen to screen at the festival. A jury of industry professionals will then view the finalists and choose the winning selections.
Filmmakers planning on attending should notify the film festival as soon as possible, so their names may be listed in the scheduled program at the venue where their film will be shown.
A substantial number of accredited national and international press, TV and film buyers and distributors also participate. Final jurors for the World International Film Festival will come from a selection of industry professionals in film production, distribution, new media, and festival programming from Sundance, AFI, Slamdance, SXSW, and more.
GENERAL RULES
Submission Guidelines: The World International Film Festival accepts online screeners for submission purposes. Entries should be submitted by secure password-protected internet link to the work on: Vimeo.com or YouTube.com. The link must not be visible to the public. Works in progress will not be considered for competition or screened at the film festival. All entries must be properly uploaded and received by the film festival in DCP format two months on or before the festival event for consideration.
An electronic press kit must be submitted to the World International Film Festival via email: info@worldinternationalfilmfestival.com The filmmaker(s) must secure all rights, licenses, clearances, and releases necessary for exhibition. Work may originate in any film, video, or digital medium. All footage must be original. The music must be original or licensed. You must certify receipt of any and/or all releases and/or permissions. All works made in a language other than English must be dubbed or subtitled in English. Please do not send any paper press kits, other print materials, DCP’s, Blu-rays, or DVD’s unless they are requested by the festival. All entry materials become the property of the World International Film Festival and will not be returned. There are no refunds of entry fees. After you submit your work for review online, the link must not expire until after you are notified of the jury panel's selections. Press kits, screenplays must be submitted in English.
SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION GUIDE
If your work is selected, we will post it on our website and notify you by e-mail. We will notify you if you are not accepted as well. Screenplays and Press Kits must be submitted in English. Screenplays and Press Kits must be submitted in one of the following file formats: Microsoft Word (.doc), PDF (.pdf), Final Draft (.fdr, .fdx, .fds), Rich Text (.rtf), Plain Text (.txt). The trailer (teaser), must be submitted in the following file formats: HD [1080p] and be uploaded on youtube.com. The exhibition version (film) must be submitted in the following file formats: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) in EXT 2 format, plus 2 Blu-ray discs.
RETURN OF MATERIALS
will not return screener materials. The World International Film Festival does not give waivers or discounts. The World International Film Festival does not pay any rental fees for submitted work. The individual or corporation submitting the film hereby warrants that it is authorized to commit the film for screening, and understands and accepts these requirements and regulations.
LOSS & DAMAGE
Every precaution will be taken to safeguard films, videos, and publicity materials while they are in the possession of the World International Film Festival. However, if loss or damage occurs, the film festival cannot accept or assume responsibility.
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
All non-English films must have English subtitles. Only one online submission per film is accepted.
WELCOME TO THE WORLD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (WIFF).
AWARDS The World International Film Festival presents over 35 awards to filmmakers in competition, as determined by the awards jury.
WINNERS:
ONE (1) OVERALL GRAND JURY WINNER
ONE (1) BEST FEATURE FILM
ONE (1) OVERALL AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER
ONE IN EACH CATEGORY (5) NARRATIVE CATEGORY WINNER
ONE (1) DOCUMENTARY CATEGORY WINNER
ONE (1) DOCUMENTARY (SHORT) CATEGORY WINNER
ONE (1) EXPERIMENTAL CATEGORY WINNER
ONE (1) SHORT FILM WINNER
BEST DIRECTOR (1) OVERALL GRAND JURY WINNER
All winners will be awarded with the World International Film Festival AWARD.