Geneva Film Festival now taking submissions for 2012

Submitted by Geneva Film Festival

The Geneva Film Festival has opened to accept film submissions for the fifth annual event, March 29-31, 2012. Submissions for the film festival can be registered through Withoutabox site where they offer the option to use secure online screeners, an economical, eco-friendly, and secure alternative to traditional hard-copy DVD submissions. Visit genevafilmfestival.org for more information.

The Geneva Film Festival is now accepting submissions for: narrative and documentary feature, narrative and documentary short, animated short, student short; Student Visionary Award (college/graduate school) and Young Filmmaker Spotlight (grade school/high school).

A jury of film industry professionals will judge the submitted works.

Award recognition will go to: Best Narrative Feature, Best Documentary Feature, Emerging Feature Filmmaker and Emerging Documentary Filmmaker (for first- and second-time directors), Best Narrative Short, Best Documentary Short, Best Animated Short, Student Visionary Award (Best Student Short), Young Filmmaker Spotlight Award (Best Grade/High School Short), Best Performance (feature or short), and new this year; an award for Best Cinematography (feature or short).

The early bird deadline is Oct. 28; the fee for feature films is $55 or $40 for students, and for short films, it is $45 or $30 for students. For the Nov. 28 deadline, the fees are $5 additional.