Twin Tiers International Film Festival

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Our venue, the Cinema Saver, has announced they are going out of business. (https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/top-stories/endicott-cinema-saver-closing-at-the-end-of-july/ ) We are currently working on securing a new venue in the same geographic area. Please note that if you submit, we will be in touch with you about updates and any scheduling information. As of now, we are keeping our submission deadlines and Festival dates the same. We will have more information soon.

The Twin Tiers International Film Festival is dedicated to finding, promoting and encouraging new filmmakers to showcase their films and let their voices be heard. We will foster an engaging and inspiring atmosphere where creativity abounds. Our venue is a popular locally owned movie cinema located in a small upstate NY town just a short distance from Binghamton - the hometown of Rod Serling, creator of "The Twilight Zone".

Come for a great festival of film, workshops and networking. Walk in Serling's footsteps and explore Binghamton's downtown and Twilight Zone inspirations. Or just enjoy sometime at the zoo or spend sometime in our region's natural scenic beauty while you visit us!

We started this festival with two main focuses. First, we wanted to be the most affordable festival each year to submit into while being a festival you were proud of and one you couldn't afford to miss! We're here to showcase your film to the audience, not to rob the bank with ridiculously high submission fees!

Secondly, we wanted to give more recognition to feature filmmakers. Too often, film festivals include features as one category, as such they all compete for the same award(s). It is about time to change course on this standard and recognize all the different genres of features so that certain genres will not be overlooked as sometimes they are. We know you have put so much hard work into creating your film and we want to recognize you! After all, no festival would be a festival without the filmmaker so we are very passionate about giving each and every filmmaker a truly VIP experience! Furthermore, we are contracted and partnered with Shami Media Group (SMG), a NYC area indie film distributor, so each film submitted to us has a chance at a possible distribution deal with SMG that includes platforms like Amazon Prime, Netflix, and RedBox.

Every film submitted to us will be viewed start to finish and graded by our judging panel of industry professionals and college professors. Our goal is to showcase as many films as possible across all film genres of any length. We have a big heart for local film and encourage local filmmakers to submit their work, regardless of experience. We also want to encourage international filmmakers to submit and visit the festival!

We know how hard the festival circuit can be. We are filmmakers ourselves. We want to invite you to our festival which is all about you, the filmmaker. Each filmmaker should feel that they and their work is of the upmost importance. At the festival, we will provide ample networking opportunities for our filmmakers. Also, various workshops will be scheduled to allow you to maximize your festival experience. We love film and we hope you'll love our festival and continue to choose to show your films with us! Come out and get ready to leave inspired!