James River Short Films – Accepting Submissions! Virginia’s oldest juried film competition, since 1994, is now accepting submissions. Deadline: August 15, 2017 $2,000 in prizes The films will be screened and awards presented October 20, 2017 at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, VA Entry details and more can be found at www.jamesriverfilm.org 

Applications are now being accepted for the fall Roy W. Dean Film Grant.   Winner receives $3,000 cash, $30,000 in film services to shoot and finish their project, including a film score!  Grant seeks films that are unique and contribute to society.  Projects can be documentaries, short films, features, or web series.  Deadline for submission is… Read more »

The Virginia Production Alliance is launching a monthly screening of short films and table reads by Richmond-area filmmakers.   The RVA Filmmaker Showcase will have a five-month run beginning in September 2017, and will include filmmaker Q&A and a monthly audience award. Each recognized film will be featured on the VPA’s online film room, and… Read more »

Applications are now being accepted for the fall Roy W. Dean Film Grant.   Winner receives $3,000 cash, $30,000 in film services to shoot and finish their project, including a film score!  Grant seeks films that are unique and contribute to society.  Projects can be documentaries, short films, features, or web series.  Deadline for submission is… Read more »

Late Registration Discount! Still pondering entering the 48? Now’s the time to go for it with just 5 days ’til Kickoff. And we’re offering a $15 discount off the Late Registration Fee. To take advantage of this discount, go to https://48hourfilm.com/richmond/registernow/discount and on the payment page, enter discount code: HFPALLLATE15. Kickoff is Friday! This Friday at… Read more »

Submit Your Film to the 30th Annual Virginia Film Festival Today! Filmmakers from around the world are invited to submit feature films, documentaries, shorts, animation, and experimental projects. Each year, the VFF brings in a fascinating selection of guests, from internationally acclaimed directors and actors to professors and leading cultural experts who lead discussions that… Read more »

DEADLINE REMINDER 2018 RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (RIFF) – LATE ENTRY DEADLINE – AUGUST 15 ·         Features:  $65/ Shorts:  $55 ·         Festival accepts: Films, screenplays, web series, music videos ·         Categories: All category types and genres welcome ·         Enter Today via: Film Freeway HERE or Withoutabox HERE – ABOUT RIFF – 2018 FESTIVAL: April 24th – 29th The Richmond International Film Festival (RIFF) is… Read more »

The DC Black Film Festival kicks off August 17-19 at the Miracle Theater in Southeast Washington, D.C. We’re super excited to launch our first year, but we can’t be successful without your help! I hope that you will consider volunteering for this important event. We have a 1:1 work/watch program: for every volunteer shift you complete, you will receive… Read more »

ITVFest (the Independent Television Festival) is a worldwide community of television creators, executives, agents, and fans responsible for discovering the best new television programs created on independent budgets. ITVFest is a week-long festival in Manchester, Vermont in October, with an accompanying script competition that accepts submissions worldwide. This script competition is for television scripts only –… Read more »

The Gulf Coast Film and Video Festival (GCFVF), a non-profit organization and established in 1999, is created to promote and showcase the discovery of new and emerging motion picture artists through inspirational, educational and thought-provoking stories and dialogue, set to a visual medium, that raise the awareness of consciousness in the audience, not only to… Read more »

DEADLINE REMINDER 2018 RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (RIFF) – REGULAR ENTRY DEADLINE:  JUNE 30th Features: $55 / Shorts:  $45 Festival accepts: Films, screenplays, web series, music videos Categories: All category types and genres welcome Enter Today via: Film Freeway HERE or Withoutabox HERE   – ABOUT RIFF – 2018 FESTIVAL: April 24th – 29th The… Read more »

Women and Hollywood educates, advocates, and agitates for gender parity across the entertainment industry. The site was founded in 2007 by Melissa Silverstein and in  celebration and recognition of their 10th anniversary, the Women and Hollywood will conduct a short film contest for first-time female filmmakers. The objective of the contest is to give female filmmakers… Read more »

Tribeca Film Institute® and New Orleans Film Society to Host Pitch Competition During the 2017 New Orleans Film Festival Calling all filmmakers living or working in the American South: a new short-film pitch competition IF/Then Short Documentary Program is now open for submissions! In partnership with New Orleans Film Society, they are currently seeking short documentary projects… Read more »

The Women in Film and Video Talent Roundtable is pleased to present the MID-ATLANTIC MONOLOGUE SLAM Moonlit Mixer, a collaboration between WIFV and Moonlit Wings Productions. It’s FUN…It’s FAST…It’s FABULOUS!!! This will be an opportunity, in a low pressure environment, to showcase, network, and get feedback from a panel of three of the DC areas… Read more »

Hello Filmmakers ! The James River Film Society is excited to announce the 2017 James River Short Films competition! Jointly sponsored by the Virginia Film Office and the James River Film Society, this juried contest will be awarding $2000 in prizes to the first, second and third place winners. The entry fee is $20 through FilmFreeway. So if you… Read more »

  Women In Film and Video (WIFV) is partnering with the Arlington Cinema and Drafthouse to start a Locavore Film Series on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays starting in September 2017.  We care about our food shed, shouldn’t we care about our media shed?  If you want to know who grows your food, shouldn’t you… Read more »

Remember, the Richmond International Film Festival (RIFF) has opened the call for entries for the 2018 festival and May 17th, 2017 is the deadline to receive the Early Bird Entry prices! ·         Features:  $45 / Shorts:  $35 ·         Festival accepts: Films, screenplays, web series, music videos ·         Categories: All category types and genres welcome ·         Enter Today via: Film Freeway HERE or Withoutabox HERE     ABOUT… Read more »

The Virginia Film Office and Virginia Tourism Corporation today announced that the deadline for their new contest, the Virginia Is For Film Lovers short film competition, has been extended to July 17th, 2017. The 30-90 second challenge, hosted by the Audience Awards platform, prompts film lovers and filmmakers to show what they love most about… Read more »

James River Short Films is a mini-festival devoted to the short. The centerpiece is a juried competition for short films (20 minutes or less) from around the globe that best embody what the James River Film Society and James River Film Festival are all about – the art of film and film as art. The… Read more »

The Richmond International Film Festival (RIFF) has opened the call for entries for the 2018 festival! Use either FilmFreeway or Withoutabox to submit in any of the following categories: Narrative Feature, Narrative Short, Documentary Feature, Documentary Short, Experimental Short, Animated Short, Music Video, Web Series, Feature Screenplay, Short Screenplay. Submit your film or screenplay by May… Read more »

The 48 Hour Film Project returns to Richmond July 14-16, 2017! This summer, filmmakers from all over the Richmond, VA area will compete to see who can make the best short film in only 48 hours. The winning film will go up against films from around the world at Filmapalooza 2018 for a chance at… Read more »

The Virginia Screenwriting competition opens today, April 3, and will run through May 29. The competition is open to Virginia residents and students attending Virginia schools and started in 1988 to give Virginia screenwriters an opportunity to have their work evaluated. During the first round, judges will select one or two scripts to become finalists.… Read more »

CASTING Loudoun’s Got Talent! by Moonlit Wings Productions This is OPEN TO ALL RESIDENTS of the DMV (Virginia, Maryland and DC). Seeking performers ages 12 and up (kids and adults) of all backgrounds – actors, comedians, singers, dancers, magicians, poets, etc. for a special talent show and competition with cash prize in Ashburn, VA. Solo,… Read more »

The Bike Shorts Film Festival celebrates bikes, bike culture, and bike people with short films that have something, anything, to do with bicycles. The festival is part of the series of events that RIDE Solutions puts on each spring to celebrating National Bike Month in Central and Southwest Virginia.  It is the longest-running, locally-focused film… Read more »