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Nova Frontier Film Festival & Lab ()

Deadlines

01 Nov 2019
Call for entries

02 Jan 2020
Early deadline

02 Mar 2020
Standard deadline

30 Apr 2020
Late deadline

30 Apr 2020
Festival closed

19 May 2020
Notification date

05 Jun 2020
07 Jun 2020

Address

kingston ave, 11213, BROOKLYN, New York, United States

Festival description

Short film festival

Feature film festival

Festival requirements

Film festival

Fiction

Documentary

Animation

Fantastic

Terror

Experimental

Music Video

Other

Genres

Themes

Has submission fees

International Festival

Physical Location

Production date: Any

Production countries: Required

Shooting countries: Any

Director nationalities: Any

Debut Films

School projects

Short Films

Feature Films

Any language

Subtitles
English

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Festival description (Edition: )

Festival start: 05 June 2020 Festival end: 07 June 2020

Nova Frontier Film Festival and Lab is a timely, narrative, documentary and experimental film festival, passionately committed to enhancing the visibility of filmmakers from the African diasporas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Middle East, situated in Brooklyn, New York and Marseille, France - Cities which serves as a nexus between these regions. With a program of on-going film screenings, workshops, conferences, lectures, and concerts, we aim to create a hybrid film festival that promotes intercultural understanding and intellectual engagement through the art of cinema, while celebrating, deepening and expanding our connections to diverse communities, cultures and languages in New York and globally.

We accept short films and short films shot on smart phone or tablet. Stories have to be about African Diaspora, Middle East, Caribbean, Latin America and Maghrebian characters with the
theme Identity, and Immigration and interculturalism...

Prizes and qualifications

- Best Narrative Short Film
- Best Documentary Short
- Best Experimental Short
- Best Actor
- Special mention (narrative, documentary, experimental)

- Best Narrative Smartphone Short Film
- Best Documentary Smartphone Short
- Best Experimental Smartphone Short
- Best Actor
- Special mention (narrative, documentary, experimental)

Rules

- Our themes this year are : Social Justice, Immigration and Identity please submit films that reflect the themes.
- For Short films shot on smartphone, it must be shot entirely on a smartphone or tablet and shot only horizontally.
- Short films must be no longer than 15 minutes including titles and credits.
- We require the use of original unreleased music or music rights.
- Copyright material can only be used if you have written permission to do so.
- You can submit as many films as you like.
- We accept films that have been made in the last 2 years and is allowed to have screened at other festivals and online.
- Participants will allow usage of clips from the entry and all related publicity material
submitted for promotional use on television, radio, in print, web, and for live Festival
events

Short films

Short Films >3' 15'<

Fee

-8%

Early 15$ 13.8$ 02 Jan 20

Standard 20$ 18.4$ 02 Mar 20

Late 25$ 23$ 30 Apr 20

Submissions deadline
30 Apr 20

Save up
1.6$

Submit

This year's festival theme is Social Justice, Identity, and Immigration... stories from the African Diaspora, The Middle East, the Caribbean, and Latin America.
We require the use of original unreleased music or music rights.
- Copyright material can only be used if you have written permission to do so.
- You can submit as many films as you like.
- We accept films that have been made in the last 2 years and is allowed to have screened at other festivals.
- Participants will allow usage of clips from the entry and all related publicity material submitted for promotional use on television, radio, in print, web, and for live Festival events.

Smart phone Short films

Short Films 15'<

Fee

-8%

Early 10$ 9.2$ 02 Jan 20

Standard 15$ 13.8$ 02 Mar 20

Late 15$ 13.8$ 30 Apr 20

Submissions deadline
30 Apr 20

Save up
1.2$

Submit

Description : All films must be shot horizontally exclusively on smartphones and tablets. This year's festival theme is Social Justice, Identity, and Immigration... stories from the African Diaspora, The Middle East, the Caribbean, and Latin America.

We require the use of original unreleased music or music rights.
- Copyright material can only be used if you have written permission to do so.
- You can submit as many films as you like.
- We accept films that have been made in the last 2 years and is allowed to have screened at other festivals.
- Participants will allow usage of clips from the entry and all related publicity material submitted for promotional use on television, radio, in print, web, and for live Festival events.

VR FILMS

Short and Feature Films

Fee

-8%

Early 15$ 13.8$ 02 Jan 20

Standard 20$ 18.4$ 02 Mar 20

Late 25$ 23$ 30 Apr 20

Submissions deadline
30 Apr 20

Save up
1.6$

Submit

Feature Films

Short and Feature Films >40' 75'<

Fee

-8%

Early 20$ 18.4$ 02 Jan 20

Standard 25$ 23$ 02 Mar 20

Late 30$ 27.6$ 30 Apr 20

Submissions deadline
30 Apr 20

Save up
2$

Submit

Student Films

Short Films

Standard Fee 10$
-8% 9.2$

Submissions deadline
30 Apr 20

Save up
0.8$

Submit

This year's festival theme is Social Justice, Climate Justice, Identity, and Immigration... stories from the African Diaspora, The Middle East, the Caribbean, and Latin America.
We require the use of original unreleased music or music rights.
- Copyright material can only be used if you have written permission to do so.
- You can submit as many films as you like.
- We accept films that have been made in the last 2 years and is allowed to have screened at other festivals.
- Participants will allow usage of clips from the entry and all related publicity material submitted for promotional use on television, radio, in print, web, and for live Festival events.

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