Columbus Black International Film Festival (0)



Deadlines

30 Dec 2017
Call for entries

31 Jan 2018
Early deadline

31 Mar 2018
Standard deadline

19 Jun 2018
Late deadline

31 Jul 2018
Festival closed

01 Aug 2018
Notification date

27 Sep 2018
29 Sep 2018

Address

3802 Astor Ave,  -, Columbus, OH, United States


Festival description
Stories told by people of the African diaspora.
Short film festival >5' 25'<
Feature film festival >90' 103'<


Festival requirements
 Film festival
 Fiction
 Documentary
 Animation
 Fantastic
 Terror
 Experimental
 Music Video
 Other
 Genres
 Any Theme
 Has submission fees
 International Festival
 Physical Location
 January 2014
 Production countries: Any
 Shooting countries: Any
 Director nationalities: Any
 Debut Films 
 School projects 
 Short Films  >5' 25'<
 Feature Films  >90' 103'<
 Languages 
English
 Subtitles 
English
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English


Festival start: 27 September 2018      Festival end: 29 September 2018

The primary objective of the Columbus Black International Film Festival is to showcase Black filmmakers locally, nationally and internationally, while highlighting a spectrum of stories told by people of the African diaspora.

This festival will also provide an advantage for filmmakers and the community to learn about the film industry through educational workshops and panel discussions, a safe space to showcase film and an opportunity to network with the filmmakers in the city.

Columbus is the heart of America and home to some of the most creative Black filmmakers in the country. This festival that will showcase new and emerging talent as well as talent that has represented our city for years.

CBIFF’s goal to present filmmakers with notoriety and accolades for being officially selected to be screened at our festival and to win awards based on exceptional talent bringing great stories using film as a medium. CBIFF will gather together a panel of judges that will choose winners in each category. Throughout the festival we will give attendees the opportunity to vote on the film they liked the most and award the filmmaker with the Buckeye Audience Choice Award. On the last day of the festival we will present awards for the following categories:

Best Feature Film
Best Short Film
Best Homegrown Film
Best Music Video
Best Documentary Film
Best International Film
Best Feature Screenplay
Beat Short Screenplay
Best Animated Film
Buckeye Choice Award

Directors, Screenwriter and/or producers MUST be of African Descent

Short films running time; 5-25 mins

Feature films running time; 90 mins, not exceeding 103 mins

Music videos running time; not to exceed 6 mins

Youth Film requirements from age 8-17, running time guidelines will apply

Student film requirements undergraduate college students; running time guidelines will apply
Homegrown a film made by a Columbus native in the City of Columbus; running time guidelines will apply

Filmmakers will need to send us a digital copy of the film in MOV. or MP4 format for screening purposes.

Filmmakers must be cleared for all copyrighted materials including movie posters and trailers.

All films must be made after 2014




  

 
  

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