The KINOLITE International Film and Music Festival is now accepting all digitally submitted entries for moving media, screenplays, production development, and more submissions for; awards, prizes, and distribution.

Our mission is to support filmmakers, recognize their hard work, and Award them so they are more inspired to keep telling amazing stories.

If your work is rich in substance, has exceptional subject matter, a superior execution of story structure and you want to screen your work to a truly remarkable and global audience then this is your film festival.

We Celebrate Short Films, Features, Television, Music Video, Commercial, Animation and Screenplay.

Best Feature
Best Short Film
Best Animation
Best Music Video
Best Music (Original)
Best Commercial
Best Documentary
Best Screenplay
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress

By entering Festival you agree to all festival rules and terms.

Festival reserves the right to reject any, regardless of Guaranteed Festival Acceptance and other entry and issue, entry or media which does not conform and comply with all festival rules and terms herein, subjectively and in favor of festival.

Our festival will work diligently to be the most worthwhile celebration of film and media worldwide. We will emulate and standardize to mainstream events that are common and well known.

Filmmaker agrees not to complain and advise others about our festival, descriptions, and policies before contacting our festival by email and waiting for a response from festival staff and communicating with us further to permit our festival to operate and manage accurately.

Kinolite only accepts digital submissions at this time and for this year's festival and contests awarding prizes, awards, and distribution.

Person, persons, company, companies, and others entering media into festival ("you", "entrant" and similar and referred vernacular).

Completed media submitted for Distribution only will receive our terms and agreements for VOD/ISS and online cinema theatre distribution.

Incomplete media submitted for Distribution must have a strict deadline intended for completion, list of crew and cast, production notes and / or strong scripting, trailer, and movie poster (if any), or any available development.

Prizes, Awards, Distribution and other materials (collectively "Prizes") awarded to entries submitted and accepted will be awarded on equal value of Prizes to entries submitted.

Prizes and Awards and Distribution entry fees are not refundable.

All portions of Kinolit are subject to change, without notice, including Rules & Terms, prizes, awards, distribution, and all other aspects, applicability, and application.

All persons and staff working for, owners, management, coordinators, judges, and others for festival are Independent Volunteers providing not-for-profit work and have no stake in nor income from festival. Volunteers may use fee entries allotted to them to pay costs associated with festival and to continue to be available for volunteering. Festival is only a non involved medium for transaction between filmmaker and venues such as online, theater and film markets not part of nor involved with festival.

Prizes and awards and other of festival are coincidental and merited by filmmakers upon winning.

If we really like your entry and if we have accepted your entry; we may contact you and ask if you would like to be part of our festival jury or be part of other film, filmmaker and other partnering events; but partnering up is not a requirement of our festival.

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  • Jaret Martino

    As an artist, I create projects that make a difference and shed light on subject matters deserving of more attentionĀ from society and from the filmmaking community. We are thrilled that the judges of KinoLite International Film Festival California recognized the importance of including our film Essential Tremors. It's such an honor! This festival is organized and communicative, and I plan to submit all my upcoming films to this wonderful platform! Thanks so much!

    October 2016
  • Mikolaj Cempla

    No communication at all. I don't even know if that was organized for real or not.

    June 2016
  • Edward Robinson

    Really a nothing festival, but if you're just looking to make a list of acceptances go ahead cause you will get in

    June 2016
  • Gary Wronecki

    No communication from this festival even though I emailed many times so unable to to say anything either way

    May 2016