COVID Update: Festival postponed till 2023.
The Irish Adventure Film Festival (formally the Why Not? Adventure Film Festival) is an annual adventure sports documentary film festival. It takes place in stunning Westport, on the west coast of Ireland. Situated along the Wild Atlantic Way.
The festival has two guiding principles - to inspire people to undertake their own adventures. No matter how small. And to honour those filmmakers and athletes who share their vision of the outdoors with us.
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
The festival is going into its 7th year. We're small, compared with the BANFF's of the world. With no plans to expand.
Only 13-15% of film submitted get screened. Ranging from Oscar nominated directors, Emmy award winning producers and talented amateurs.
We have a ‘shared’ festival experience - which means we only have one film programme. Everyone experiences the same films. And speakers.
HOWEVER...we also run a monthly Adventure Film Club, where we screen (with permission :) many of the films that we couldn’t at the festival.
There is a submission fee. $10 for short films. $15 for feature length. Which you don’t have to pay if you don’t want to. We’ll waiver it if you ask. We completely understand that many projects are labours of love and having to pay festival entry fee’s is not much fun.
Most of your submission fee goes into the prize pot. Which is why the prize fund fluctuates a little year to year.
Last year we awarded $1000 in cash prizes to filmmakers.
We have links with film distributors in Ireland - which may be of value to you.
Whether or not you decide to submit to the festival, best of luck with your current and future projects.
Hope you get chatting to you soon. Let me know if you have any questions,
Graham
> Grand Jury Prize.
> Best Short Film (Adventure & Environmental)
> Best Feature Film
> Best Film Soundtrack (Adventure & Environmental)
> People’s Choice Award
> The Mc Conkey Award - Most inspiring adventure film as decided by the audience.
---Prize Money---
> Prize money is re-distributed directly from entry fee's. We take a small percentage of each submission fee and put the majority of it towards our filmmaker prize fund. Therefore the total prize fund fluctuates depending on that total number of paid film submissions.
> There are two prize funds:
Grand Jury Winner & People's Choice Award
> If you can't afford the submission fee or don't wish to pay it you can ask for an exemption (ie - not pay the fee). However - if you don't pay a submission fee and your film win's a category you're ineligible to your share of the prize fund. It would be unfair on those that have paid the submission fee.
