Women's Film Festival Brattleboro, VT - 2011 Film Submissions
Submit your Film to The Women's Film Festival
We are now accepting submissions for the 2011 Women's Film Festival!
Submission Guidelines
Women’s Film Festival
Brattleboro, Vermont March 2011
The annual Women's Film Festival in Brattleboro, Vermont, is a nonprofit fund raising event which benefits the Women’s Crisis Center. The Festival celebrates the lives and creativity of women and girls, and is an educational outreach tool of the Women's Crisis Center, whose mission is to end violence against women and girls. The Festival celebrates the lives and creativity of women and girls and showcases films that depict women's multi-faceted lives, gives a more human and humane context to world events, shows how those events affect women and girls and how women's lives impact on the world.
The Festival is held each year in March (Women's History Month). Documentary, animated and dramatic films are included as well as guest speakers, filmmakers, panel discussions and other community events highlighting women's issues and their place in the arts.
As the Women’s Film Festival approaches its twentieth year, our visibility has increased significantly. Beginning last year, the Festival began accepting unsolicited film submissions from new and seasoned filmmakers. We accept films from men and women filmmakers from around the world; however, the films must focus on women’s lives.
Entry Fees and Deadlines: Submission Deadline: October 27, 2010
ENTRY FEE: $15.00 per film.
Entry fees must be in US funds only, made out to Women's Crisis Center. A completed entry form and an entry fee must accompany each film. Payment via PayPal is now available.
FORMAT:
Film Festival entries must be submitted on NTSC DVD. Foreign language work must be dubbed or subtitled in English. In addition to your entry, please enclose any press kits, reviews, or publicity materials. If possible, send a menu-less DVD for screening.
FILM LENGTH:
The Film Festival will accept short films under 45 minutes and feature-length films under 2 hours.
SHIPPING:
Cost of shipping submission and exhibition prints to the Festival is the responsibility of the entrant. Exhibition copies must be sent to the Festival prepaid. The Festival cannot accept responsibility for damage or loss of materials while in transit. Please use only plastic or bubble pack cases when shipping entries.
RETURN OF SUBMISSION MEDIA:
Due to the large number of Film Festival entries received, submitted media can not be returned at our expense. If you would like your entries returned, please forward or include a postage-paid, self-addressed envelope. For specific requests, please contact Merry Elder at
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CONFIRMATION:
Please enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard if you wish to receive confirmation that your entry has been received. If you do not get a confirmation within a reasonable amount of time and you have included a confirmation postcard in your package, please email us at
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SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION:
Programming decisions are made by the Women’s Film Festival Selection Committee. If accepted, we will notify filmmakers by email. After acceptance, the presentational format must be received prior to March 1, 2011. Be sure to indicate any special screening/presentation information. We do not pay rental fees for submitted work that is accepted.
Please complete the online entry form; before submitting, print two copies, one for the yourself and one to enclose with each film sent.
Mail entries and payment to:
Women's Film Festival
C/O Marilyn Buhlmann
101 Clark Avenue
Brattleboro, Vermont 05301
USA
Please make Money Orders and Checks out to: Women's Crisis Center
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To submit your film, please follow the submission guidelines above
The online form can be found here --> Online Entry FormPlease remember to print a copy for yourself and one to mail with each film before you hit the submit button!
You will not see a verification page or the spreadsheet. You will see a thank you page and you should hear from us within two weeks of the receipt of the work. If you do not hear from us, then please contact us through This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Thank you for your submission and good luck!
The annual Women's Film Festival in Brattleboro, Vermont, is a nonprofit fund-raising event for the purpose of celebrating the lives and creativity of women and girls, and as an educational outreach tool of the Women's Crisis Center. The mission of the Crisis Center is to end violence against women and girls. The Festival's aims are to promote choices by showcasing films that depict women's multi-faceted lives and to give a more human and humane context to world events....to show how those events impact on women's lives, and how women's lives impact on the world. It is held each year in March (Women's History Month). Documentary and feature-length films are included as well as guest speakers, filmmakers, panel discussions and other community events highlighting women's issues and their place in the arts.
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