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International Brightlight Film Festival ()

Deadlines

16 May 2022
Call for entries

10 Sep 2022
Early deadline

11 Oct 2022
Standard deadline

11 Jan 2023
Late deadline

11 Feb 2023
Festival closed

01 Mar 2023
Notification date

11 Mar 2023
11 Mar 2023

Address

Hollywood Blv, 20008, Los Angeles, California, United States

Festival description

Short film festival 30'<

Feature film festival >40' 125'<

Festival requirements

Film festival

Fiction

Documentary

Animation

Fantastic

Terror

Experimental

Music Video

Other

Any Genre

Any Theme

Has submission fees

International Festival

Online and Physical Location

January 2021

Production countries: Any

Shooting countries: Any

Director nationalities: Any

Debut Films

School projects

Short Films 30'<

Feature Films >40' 125'<

Any language

Subtitles
English

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Festival description (Edition: )

Festival start: 11 March 2023 Festival end: 11 March 2023

International Brightlight Film Festival - Hollywood - The festival's goal is to introduce and reward independent filmmakers from all over the world and become a tool to open the way in the cinema industry. In order to encourage participants to trust themselves more, we offer prizes to best works.

Main Categories

- Best Short Film
- Best Animation
- Best Feature Film
- Best Student Film
- Best Documentary

Sub Categories

- Best VFX
- Best Director
- Best Original Music
- Best Cinematography
- Best Male Performance
- Best Student Filmmaker
- Best Female Performance

Prizes and qualifications

- Eagle Laurel.

- Special Jury Laurel.

Rules

- By submitting American Brightlight Film Festival, the submitter agrees that he/she owns all copyrights and intellectual properties to his/her work and agrees to hold harmless the festival from any claims, losses, liabilities, or attorneys' fees that may be held in connection with the Film entry or the Festival's use thereof.

- All foreign language films should be submitted with English subtitles.

- All genres are accepted except porn and those with much violence.

- Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we decided not to limit the completion dates to 2021 and 2022 so films which have been completed after January 1, 2018 are also accepted.

Feature length Films

Short and Feature Films >40' 125'<

Fee

-8%

PRO 58%

Early 35$ 32.2$ 14.7$ 10 Sep 22

Standard 40$ 36.8$ 16.8$ 11 Oct 22

Late 45$ 41.4$ 18.9$ 11 Jan 23

Extended 50$ 46$ 21$ 11 Feb 23

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Submissions deadline
11 Feb 23

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A competition of U.S. and International feature films of all genres except porn and those with much violence over 40 minutes in length.

Short Films

Short Films >30' 30'<

Fee

-8%

PRO 58%

Early 20$ 18.4$ 8.4$ 10 Sep 22

Standard 25$ 23$ 10.5$ 11 Oct 22

Late 30$ 27.6$ 12.6$ 11 Jan 23

Extended 35$ 32.2$ 14.7$ 11 Feb 23

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Submissions deadline
11 Feb 23

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A competition of U.S. and International short films of all genres except porn and those with much violence under 30 minutes in length.

Animation Films

Short and Feature Films

Fee

-8%

PRO 58%

Early 20$ 18.4$ 8.4$ 10 Sep 22

Standard 25$ 23$ 10.5$ 11 Oct 22

Late 30$ 27.6$ 12.6$ 11 Jan 23

Extended 35$ 32.2$ 14.7$ 11 Feb 23

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Submissions deadline
11 Feb 23

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A competition of U.S. and International animated films of all genres of any length.

Documentaries

Short and Feature Films

Fee

-8%

PRO 58%

Early 20$ 18.4$ 8.4$ 10 Sep 22

Standard 25$ 23$ 10.5$ 11 Oct 22

Late 30$ 27.6$ 12.6$ 11 Jan 23

Extended 35$ 32.2$ 14.7$ 11 Feb 23

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Submissions deadline
11 Feb 23

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A competition of U.S. and International documentaries of any length.

Student Films

Short and Feature Films

Fee

-8%

PRO 58%

Early 10$ 9.2$ 4.2$ 10 Sep 22

Standard 13$ 11.96$ 5.46$ 11 Oct 22

Late 16$ 14.72$ 6.72$ 11 Jan 23

Extended 18$ 16.56$ 7.56$ 11 Feb 23

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Submissions deadline
11 Feb 23

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A competition of U.S. and International feature films of all genres except porn and those with much violence of any length.

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