Available ONLY to Southern California USA based film makers and/or films with Inland Empire region of Southern California shoot locations or settings, our ongoing Official Selection process takes place days after each submission is COMPLETED. Therein, we suggest that you view your Inland Empire Film Festival (IEFF) submission fee like a professional conference registration fee. Further, that you see your Film's screening with us the same as you would your reading a paper at such a professional conference. This is because since IEFF is actually a short film marketing RETREAT (like in most targeted professional conferences) if you read & follow our Rules to COMPLETE your submission, your Film WILL be Officially Selected.
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Because a film maker does not get much from a film festival that he or she does not attend, our 40 miles from Downtown Los Angeles (Rancho Cucamonga Metrolink commuter train stop) annual Regional gatherings are more short film marketing desert retreats than film festivals!
Further, to even be considered by our Official Selection Committee, submitters must include in their FilmFreeway COVER LETTER proof that they are ready to market their film. That proof includes supplying:
1. The Inland Empire Shoot Location street address plus Local Location contact person's name, title, street address & phone#
OR
The attending Leader's Name, On-Screen Title, Phone# and Southern California STREET ADDRESS who agrees to view at least their Officially Selected film’s TOTAL Screening Block plus discuss its marketing plan, if their submission is selected
2. The name, on screen title, phone# and STREET ADDRESS of the submitted Work’s Additional Leader that would attend the submitted Film’s TOTAL Screening Block (if selected) plus discuss its marketing plan
3. The submitted film’s IMDb.com URL Address with Poster published therein
4. The submitted film’s YouTube publically published under 30 second video Commercial
5. A Promise that the Screening Film will not be available to the public (online or otherwise) until after its October 11, 2020 IEFF screening.
Now also offering the new Entering Hollywood ACTOR INTENSIVE 8 Day Residency as part of this RETREAT, the Inland Empire Film Festival highlights explorations of Regional/Local film makers plus talent in a SoCal job search / employment support http://ActorIntensive.com.
Every Indigenous People's Day Eve, Southern California artists and other Regionally connected film makers gather to explore better exposure of their works in an intimate, informal, pressure FREE luxury housing complex Holiday short film marketing desert RETREAT in Rancho Cucamonga, California USA - America’s fastest growing region.
In addition to its short film screenings and marketing discussions, the Inland Empire Film Festival will continue to host a film PITCH session from which one Idea will be selected for future production by Entertainer.Academy. email@Entertainer.Academy for more information.
So come spend a FREE desert weekend with IEFF sharing SoCal works and marketing strategies, hanging out at the pool, etc. You might meet your next regional collaborator!
2020 IE TOP MUSIC VIDEO AWARD FINALIST SELECTION CRITERIA FAVORS: World Premieres and Music Videos (MV) That Have Never Before Won An Award.
Every COMPLETE 2020 MV submission will become an Award Semi-Finalist. Plus its REGIONAL Resident will receive a formal invitation in the mail encouraging that artist to attend the year’s Inland Empire Film Festival (IEFF) on Indigenous People's Holiday Eve, October 11, 2020.
A different 2020 IEFF Judge selected IE Top Music Video Finalist will screen to open each 2020 Indigenous People’s Day Eve activity session. MV Finalists will be announced October 3, 2020 on the InlandEmpireFilmFestival.com website, by press release, via InlandEmpireFilmFestival.biz 2016, 2017 & 2018 attending list emails and by 2020 IE Top Music Video Finalist telephone message.
With no attendee allowed to vote for their own work, each audience member will create their own criteria in selecting the year’s IE Top Music Video trophy winner.
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SHORT FILMS
Annually, each IEFF publically screened film will be awarded a framed certificate of participation delivered only at the Indigenous People's Holiday Awards Breakfast, held this year on 10/12/20 in Rancho Cucamonga, California 91730 USA.
TOP MOVIE AWARDS
As well, professional entertainment industry judges will select in advance the year's Top Movie in four (4) categories: FAMILY, YOUTH, COMEDY & DRAMA. A mated, framed commemorative Poster will be delivered at the above mentioned Awards Breakfast ONLY, to the representative of each Winner - even if only one entry qualifies to be in that Category.
Winning films will further be offered streaming distribution on our Inland Empire Films channel. Also, winning production companies will each be offered a submission waiver and special consideration for a single subsequent year IEFF qualified film submission.
GRAND PRIZE
Each audience member will create their own criteria in selecting the year’s IEFF Short Film GRAND PRIZE winner.
Annual audience ballots will select a single IEFF publically screened short film that will be awarded a mated, framed commemorative Poster. That winning film will also be offered future streaming distribution on our Inland Empire Films channel. In addition, the GRAND PRIZE winning production company will be offered a single annual IEFF submission waiver and special consideration for its films that qualify during subsequent years of IEFF participation. As well, the attending Regional Leader will later be mailed an engraved Trophy commemorating the Short’s GRAND PRIZE selection. Additionally, this audience selected Film will receive multiple Entertainer.Academy Worldwide film festival submissions, where up to $100.00 in submission fees will be paid. The 1st year'ss winner received 12 submissions on 3 continents to 5 countries and 5 United States. With a more than 50% selection rate including: Hollywood's famous TCL Chinese 6 Theatre, a tour of schools and a tour of Romania, multiple awards were won from those selections such as the World Film Fair 2018 Best Short Film from screening in New York City's Theatre District.
In identifying the GRAND PRIZE winner, neither of the Officially Selected two attending Leader's will be allowed to vote for their own Film.
In order for a short film to reach final qualification to win Top Movie honors and/or the GRAND PRIZE, its Southern California Leader must be present at the IE Holiday Awards Breakfast.