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Queens World Film Festival ()

Deadlines

16 Nov 2020
Call for entries

09 Dec 2020
Early deadline

04 Jan 2021
Standard deadline

24 Jan 2021
Late deadline

15 Feb 2021
Festival closed

04 Mar 2021
Notification date

23 Jun 2021
26 Jun 2021

Address

74-15 35th Ave. #6F, 11372, Jackson Heights, NY, United States

Festival description

Short film festival 30'<

Feature film festival >50' 120'<

Festival requirements

Film festival

Fiction

Documentary

Animation

Fantastic

Terror

Experimental

Music Video

Other

Any Genre

Any Theme

Has submission fees

International Festival

Physical Location

Production date: Any

Production countries: Any

Shooting countries: Any

Director nationalities: Any

Debut Films

School projects

Short Films 30'<

Feature Films >50' 120'<

Any language

Subtitles
English

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Festival description (Edition: )

Festival start: 23 June 2021 Festival end: 26 June 2021

Traditionally, Queens World includes a well-attended multi-day annual film festival, year-round screening opportunities for QWFF alumni, special events to bring the Indie film community together and an educational initiative for youth and seniors. Just like everyone else, we are keeping it fluid and responding to the needs of the Indie Film community.

The 10th Annual Fest was scheduled to March 19 - 29, 2020 at the Museum of Moving Image and the Zukor Theater at Kaufman-Astoria Studios. When we were closed on March 16, we changed course and opened on time - online - with 191 films from 32 nations which garnered over 30,000 views.

After the festival Queens World poduced Wednesday Nights @9, 19 live weekly broadcasts that identified individuals and organizations as our 'Hero of the Week'. In their honor, we curated a block of films by filmmakers working in similar themes which ran from Sunday to Sunday on Vimeo. On Wednesday nights we gathered the Heroes and the Filmmakers of the Week to discuss their work. We ran for 19 weeks and gathered over 19,000 views.

In preparation for Q11, we are working with our venues and our partners to maximize all available resources for the festival. We will use our signature thematic programming, grouping films together to create specific cinematic experiences and each screening event will be accompanied by Filmmaker Q&As. Our plans for June 2021 include both a virtual and a live event with some very exciting global elements that we will share with you at a later date.

While this is a tough time on our planet, now is not the time to stop communicating, to stop looking for what will heal us, or to stop gathering. Queens World remains focused on ideas, stories with heart, films with a point of view and artists who challenge..

This year we are concentrating on HOPE as our theme.
H - Healing
O - Opportunities
P - Promote
E – Equity

We are interested in films that examine, explore, defy, contradict and support our theme. The very act of making and completing a film is hopeful.

Show us what you believe in.
Bring your craft and let's see what you got.
Bring it.

Prizes and qualifications

Films in competition may win ‘Best of’ in each category and there are several awards for special achievements: Emerging Filmmaker, Audience Awards, Unique Vision, Social Impact and others.

Rules

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
By submitting material to the Queens World Film Festival you and all others associated with the submission attest to the possession of the rights to all images, sound, music, interviews, promotional materials, third party images and all other materials involved in the film. If your film is accepted for screening during the Festival then you attest to the right for the Festival to use any portion of the film in promotion of the Festival in all media in perpetuity.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
All submissions must be an online screener and if there is an issue playing the material, we will give you every opportunity to get us a playable submission. Foreign language work must be dubbed or subtitled in English.

SELECTION & NOTIFICATION GUIDE
All films are screened by multiple members of our screening committee who assess craft, technique, execution, material, originality and overall professionalism. High scoring films are moved into the Jury process which involves re-screenings and re-scorings.

Those who will not be screening with us are notified first, followed by notifications to those who will be screening with us. The schedule will be on our website and app. Each film will have a page created for them on our website.

SCREENING MATERIALS
If selected you must supply us with your materials in one of the following formats:
For live screenings: ProRes.mov or H264.
For virtual screenings: Mpg4.
WE WILL NOT SCREEN Mpg4 IN A LIVE THEATRE.
The deadline to submit your screening material is March 4.

WITHDRAWING YOUR FILM
Once your film has been accepted/scheduled into our festival, you may not withdraw your film. So please consider any potential conflicts with other festivals BEFORE submitting to QWFF.

DAMAGED DRIVES
QWFF cannot accept responsibility for drives damaged or lost during shipping.

SCREENING FEES
The festival does not pay rental fees or screening fees for submitted work.

The opinion(s) expressed in the film are those of the filmmakers not the Queens World Film Festival, its Board or its associates.

Narrative Short (under 30 minutes)

Short Films 30'<

Fee

-8%

PRO 18%

Early 30$ 27.6$ 24.6$ 09 Dec 20

Standard 31$ 28.52$ 25.42$ 04 Jan 21

Late 32$ 29.44$ 26.24$ 24 Jan 21

Extended 40$ 36.8$ 32.8$ 15 Feb 21

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Narrative films should be quite simply: a sequence of fictional events. Tell us a good story and do it with everything you've got. Bring on your craft, use your imagination, show us something, we want you to send us work that you are proud of.

Documentary Short (under 30 minutes)

Short Films 30'<

Fee

-8%

PRO 18%

Early 30$ 27.6$ 24.6$ 09 Dec 20

Standard 31$ 28.52$ 25.42$ 04 Jan 21

Late 32$ 29.44$ 26.24$ 24 Jan 21

Extended 40$ 36.8$ 32.8$ 15 Feb 21

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A documentary film is a piece of work that delivers a clear picture of the topic, not propaganda. Shine the light on something, nudge the rock aside, let's take a look.

Narrative Feature (over 50 minutes)

Short and Feature Films >50' 120'<

Fee

-8%

PRO 18%

Early 35$ 32.2$ 28.7$ 09 Dec 20

Standard 36$ 33.12$ 29.52$ 04 Jan 21

Late 37$ 34.04$ 30.34$ 24 Jan 21

Extended 45$ 41.4$ 36.9$ 15 Feb 21

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Documentary Feature (over 50 minutes)

Short and Feature Films >50'

Fee

-8%

PRO 18%

Early 35$ 32.2$ 28.7$ 09 Dec 20

Standard 36$ 33.12$ 29.52$ 04 Jan 21

Late 37$ 34.04$ 30.34$ 24 Jan 21

Extended 45$ 41.4$ 36.9$ 15 Feb 21

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15 Feb 21

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A documentary is a piece of work that delivers a clear picture of the topic, not propaganda. Shine the light on something, nudge the rock aside, let's take a look.

Family Friendly Feature (over 50 minutes)

Short and Feature Films >50' 120'<

Fee

-8%

PRO 18%

Early 35$ 32.2$ 28.7$ 09 Dec 20

Standard 36$ 33.12$ 29.52$ 04 Jan 21

Late 37$ 34.04$ 30.34$ 24 Jan 21

Extended 45$ 41.4$ 36.9$ 15 Feb 21

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15 Feb 21

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We are looking for Indie films that families can enjoy together and we love giving them the opportunity to see something other than an extremely noisy franchise.

Animated Short (under 30 minutes)

Short Films 30'<

Fee

-8%

PRO 18%

Early 30$ 27.6$ 24.6$ 09 Dec 20

Standard 31$ 28.52$ 25.42$ 04 Jan 21

Late 32$ 29.44$ 26.24$ 24 Jan 21

Extended 40$ 36.8$ 32.8$ 15 Feb 21

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15 Feb 21

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Move the inanimate, make it interesting, make it engaging, dig into the craft and go out as far as you dare because we're game to see it. (30 minutes or less)

Family Friendly Short (under 30 minutes)

Short Films 30'<

Fee

-8%

PRO 18%

Early 30$ 27.6$ 24.6$ 09 Dec 20

Standard 31$ 28.52$ 25.42$ 04 Jan 21

Late 32$ 29.44$ 26.24$ 24 Jan 21

Extended 40$ 36.8$ 32.8$ 15 Feb 21

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Submissions deadline
15 Feb 21

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We are looking for Indie films that families can enjoy together and we love giving them the opportunity to see something other than an extremely noisy franchise.

Animated Feature (over 50 Minutes)

Short and Feature Films >50'

Fee

-8%

PRO 18%

Early 35$ 32.2$ 28.7$ 09 Dec 20

Standard 36$ 33.12$ 29.52$ 04 Jan 21

Late 37$ 34.04$ 30.34$ 24 Jan 21

Extended 45$ 41.4$ 36.9$ 15 Feb 21

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Submissions deadline
15 Feb 21

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Move the inanimate, make it interesting, make it engaging, dig into the craft and go out as far as you dare because we're game to see it.

Experimental (30 minutes or less)

Short Films 30'<

Fee

-8%

PRO 18%

Early 30$ 27.6$ 24.6$ 09 Dec 20

Standard 31$ 28.52$ 25.42$ 04 Jan 21

Late 32$ 29.44$ 26.24$ 24 Jan 21

Extended 40$ 36.8$ 32.8$ 15 Feb 21

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15 Feb 21

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Are you coloring outside of the lines? Is your work experimental? Mixed media? New media? Webbish? Bring it.

Music Video (30 minutes or less)

Short Films 30'<

Fee

-8%

PRO 18%

Early 30$ 27.6$ 24.6$ 09 Dec 20

Standard 31$ 28.52$ 25.42$ 04 Jan 21

Late 32$ 29.44$ 26.24$ 24 Jan 21

Extended 40$ 36.8$ 32.8$ 15 Feb 21

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If music drives your film, then this is the place for you.

Web Content (under 30 minutes)

Short Films 30'<

Fee

-8%

PRO 18%

Early 30$ 27.6$ 24.6$ 09 Dec 20

Standard 31$ 28.52$ 25.42$ 04 Jan 21

Late 32$ 29.44$ 26.24$ 24 Jan 21

Extended 40$ 36.8$ 32.8$ 15 Feb 21

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Web Content can be a series or a single episode.

LGBTQIA+ Short (under 30 minutes)

Short Films 30'<

Fee

-8%

PRO 18%

Early 30$ 27.6$ 24.6$ 09 Dec 20

Standard 31$ 28.52$ 25.42$ 04 Jan 21

Late 32$ 29.44$ 26.24$ 24 Jan 21

Extended 40$ 36.8$ 32.8$ 15 Feb 21

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An LGBTQIA+ short film celebrates all kinds of LGBTQIA+ stories. These stories might be full of passion, romance, obsession, or chronicle the fight for justice and eqaulity. This can be a short film of any genre or style.

LGBTQIA+ Feature (50 minutes or more)

Short Films >50' 2'<

Fee

-8%

PRO 18%

Early 35$ 32.2$ 28.7$ 09 Dec 20

Standard 36$ 33.12$ 29.52$ 04 Jan 21

Late 37$ 34.04$ 30.34$ 24 Jan 21

Extended 45$ 41.4$ 36.9$ 15 Feb 21

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Submissions deadline
15 Feb 21

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An LGBTQIA+ feature film celebrates all kinds of LGBTQIA+ stories. These stories might be full of passion, romance, obsession, or chronicle the fight for justice and eqaulity. This can be a short film of any genre or style.

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