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West Texas Film Festival ()

Deadlines

15 Apr 2019
Call for entries

15 Jun 2019
Early deadline

15 Aug 2019
Standard deadline

15 Oct 2019
Late deadline

21 Oct 2019
Festival closed

22 Oct 2019
Notification date

21 Nov 2019
23 Nov 2019

Address

501 W. Scharbauer Drive #16, 79705, Midland, TX, United States

Festival description

Short film festival >5' 30'<

Feature film festival >31' 120'<

Festival requirements

Film festival

Fiction

Documentary

Animation

Fantastic

Terror

Experimental

Music Video

Other

Genres

Any Theme

Has submission fees

International Festival

Physical Location

January 2018

Production countries: Any

Shooting countries: Any

Director nationalities: Any

Debut Films

School projects

Short Films >5' 30'<

Feature Films >31' 120'<

Any language

Subtitles
English

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Festival description (Edition: )

Festival start: 21 November 2019 Festival end: 23 November 2019

Festival Overview

The purpose of the West Texas Film Festival is to screen diverse films from both directors and producers that would not normally be featured in West Texas as well as regional media makers. We seek short films, documentaries, features, animation and student films as well as screenplays from all over the world that have the pioneer spirit of filmmaking. We are a registered nonprofit organization in the State of Texas.

History

The festival was started by a grant in 2016 from Odessa Arts. The Education Day brings in over 100 high school students in the Permian Basin for workshops on acting, screenwriting, directing and producing. This is the third year of the festival.

The 2018 WTXFF wil feature the following showcases:

Tales of Texas (Nov 15th)
Educational Day (Nov 21st)
WorldView (November 22nd)
Artpocalypse (November 23rd)

If you have films about Texas, zombies, the post-apocalypse or international films with English subtitles, please submit them.

Please do not contact us about fee waivers. We are a small, grant funded festival that relies on submission fees.

Prizes and qualifications

Awards

Best Feature Film | Best Short Film | Best Documentary Film | Best Student Film | Best Screenplay | Best International Film | Best TV Pilot

All category winners will receive a 5 gallon Cowboy Hat Award.

Screenwriting and TV pilot winners will receive an InkTip package that includes one (1) InkTip script listing to promote themselves and their scripts to InkTip's large network of producers and reps.

Rules

Open to the public and the world. We will accept films from anyone that can create a good quality film.

All films must either be in English or have English subtitles. No exceptions.

No films less than 5 minutes in length will be accepted.

Students - only one film or screenplay - multiple submissions are not permitted. Please choose your best work and submit a scanned copy of your student ID or a letter indicating the name of your school, college or university.

All films must have all music, image and video clearances completed by the filmmaker(s).

All films should be completed after January 1, 2018.

Student (Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana)

Short and Feature Films >5' (2018+)

Fee

-8%

Early 0$ 0$ 15 Jun 19

Standard 0$ 0$ 15 Aug 19

Late 0$ 0$ 15 Oct 19

Extended 0$ 0$ 21 Oct 19

Submissions deadline
21 Oct 19

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High School, College, University (undergraduate and graduate) Please submit only one film or screenplay - multiple submissions are not permitted - choose your best work please DO NOT SUBMIT FILMS LESS THAN 5 MINUTES LONG Please indicate what school you are/were attending when the film was made and a scanned copy of your student ID. Films must have been completed after Jan 1, 2017.

Student (all other states and international)

Short and Feature Films >5' (2018+)

Fee

-8%

Early 10$ 9.2$ 15 Jun 19

Standard 10$ 9.2$ 15 Aug 19

Late 10$ 9.2$ 15 Oct 19

Extended 10$ 9.2$ 21 Oct 19

Submissions deadline
21 Oct 19

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$10 entry fee for student films and screenplays only High School, Undergraduate, Graduate (submit a scanned copy of your student ID) Only one entry per student. All short films must be at least 5 minutes in length. Films must have been completed after January 1, 2018. Screenplays need to be formatted according to industry standards.

Animation

Short and Feature Films >5' 120'<

Fee

-8%

Early 15$ 13.8$ 15 Jun 19

Standard 20$ 18.4$ 15 Aug 19

Late 25$ 23$ 15 Oct 19

Extended 30$ 27.6$ 21 Oct 19

Submissions deadline
21 Oct 19

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Animated films, both short and feature length, will be accepted. Films must be at least 5 minutes in length and a maximun of 120 minutes.

Documentary

Short and Feature Films >5' 120'<

Fee

-8%

Early 15$ 13.8$ 15 Jun 19

Standard 20$ 18.4$ 15 Aug 19

Late 25$ 23$ 15 Oct 19

Extended 30$ 27.6$ 21 Oct 19

Submissions deadline
21 Oct 19

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Docs should be at least 5 minutes and no longer than 120 minutes. They should have been produced after Jan 1, 2018 and must either be in English or subtitled in English. All music and visual clearances are the responsibility of the filmmaker(s).

Dramatic features

Short and Feature Films >30' 120'<

Fee

-8%

Early 15$ 13.8$ 15 Jun 19

Standard 20$ 18.4$ 15 Aug 19

Late 25$ 23$ 15 Oct 19

Extended 30$ 27.6$ 21 Oct 19

Submissions deadline
21 Oct 19

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Dramatic feature films must be at least 30 minutes and no longer than 120 minutes.

Short films

Short Films >5' 30'<

Fee

-8%

Early 15$ 13.8$ 15 Jun 19

Standard 20$ 18.4$ 15 Aug 19

Late 25$ 23$ 15 Oct 19

Extended 30$ 27.6$ 21 Oct 19

Submissions deadline
21 Oct 19

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1.6$

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Short films must be at least 5 minutes and no longer than 30 minutes.

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