Nevada City Film Festival (0)

Festival start: 08 September 2018      Festival end: 11 September 2018

Since 2001, the Nevada City Film Festival (NCFF) has brought top independent film, music and comedy, along with attracting thousands of attendees, international filmmakers, and industry guests to the historic Gold Rush era town of Nevada City, California. Nevada City is known for its sophisticated and supportive arts and cultural scene, and makes screening a film here a positive, encouraging and exciting experience.

NCFF is often referred to as the “Sundance of the Sierra” for its emphasis on fiercely independent cinema that showcases innovative, progressive and exciting new voices in film.

NCFF is known for recognizing and supporting new talent including filmmakers such as Jonathan Krisel (Portlandia), Patrick Brice (CREEP, The Overnight), Academy Award-Winning director Lucy Walker (Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom, The Crash Reel), Academy Award-nominated director and animator Daisy Jacobs (The Bigger Picture), director Kat Candler (Hellion), director Rick Alverson (Entertainment), animator and performance artist Miwa Matryek, director David Zellner (Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter), animator Galen Pehrson, and directors Mark and Jay Duplass, among others.

In previous years NCFF has hosted filmmakers such as Mike Mills, Miranda July, Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim (Cartoon Networks Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!), and comedians including Tig Notaro, Mari Bamford, Nick Kroll, Natasha Leggero, and Marc Maron. Past NCFF judges have included award-winning producers and directors, plus writers from The Huffington Post, New York Times, McSweeneys, San Francisco Chronicle, Rolling Stone Magazine, and Pop-Up Magazine.

Professional, student, and amateur filmmakers are invited to submit short and feature length films including documentaries, animation, narrative, and comedy.

Best of the Fest, Judges Award - $1500
Audience Award - $500

We love film here at NCFF, and we love filmmakers too!

At our festival you can expect to find happy artists and enthusiastic audiences, making for a one of-a-kind experience. The Nevada City Film Festival also offers terrific opportunities to forum with other filmmakers and artists.

Simply put, the Nevada City Film Festival is a festival created by filmmakers for filmmakers. Your experience at the festival is extremely important to us, and we put a lot of time and energy into making sure our artists have as good a time as our attendees. If your film is selected, we’ll work with you to arrange travel, lodging and an overall great festival experience.

If you are a local filmmaker living in Nevada, Placer, Yuba, Sierra or Sacramento Counties please email info@nevadacityfilmfestival.com for a Local Filmmaker film submission waiver.

Nevada City Film Festival proudly accepts entries via Festhome.com, the world’s best online submission platform. Festhome offers free HD online screeners, unlimited video storage, digital press kits, and more. Click to submit with Festhome. Submissions open November 1, 2017

Deadlines
Early Bird Deadline – March 1, 2018
Fees- Short Films $15/Standard, $10/Student
Feature Length Films $20/Standard, $15/Student

Regular Deadline – March 30, 2018
Fees- Short Films $20/Standard, $15/Student
Feature Length Films $25/Standard, $20/Student

Late Deadline – April 27, 2018
Fees- Short Films $25/Standard, $20/Student
Feature Length Films $30/Standard, $25/Student

Filmmakers will be notified by June 25, 2018.