International Student Film Festival Hollywood
2009 Call for Entries |
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The International Student Film Festival
Hollywood (ISFFH) is now accepting
submissions for its 7th annual Film and
Video Competition. The Festival will be held
in the NoHo Arts District of North
Hollywood, CA November 6 – 8, 2009. The
competition is open to students of all ages
and academic backgrounds. Students compete
with their own peers. Submission deadline is
August 31, 2009. More information and entry
forms are available on the festival website
www.isffhollywood.org.
Art is and always has been our universal
language and the ISFFH has been successfully
reaching out to student filmmakers all over
the world for more than 6 years. It is this
generation of story tellers that will be
influencing the following generations. The
ISFFH gives them a platform to be seen,
offering students the unique opportunity to
gain the recognition of film industry
leaders and create career development
opportunities.
Each year the ISFFH has had the privilege of
receiving more than 250 film submissions.
Awards are presented to winners after their
films are judged by a panel of professional
filmmakers, writers, directors, producers,
actors, distributors, agents, film critics
and professors that comprise the jury. Films
go through an initial screening, are
separated into genres, go before a panel of
preliminary judges, then on to the blue
ribbon judges.
Visitors to the Festival each year have
ranged from 2500 guests to over 3000. The
ISFFH has brought student filmmakers and
their families from 5 of the worlds 7
continents, including following countries:
Australia, Canada, Germany, Israel, Mexico,
Korea, Colombia, Czech Republic, United
Kingdom, Turkey, Indonesia, Hong Kong,
Sweden, India, Iceland, Hungary, Russia,
Georgia, Belarus, China, Austria, Denmark,
Greece, Italy, Argentina, Finland, and from
states throughout the USA. We have screened
over 800 student films and the Festival has
helped to place more than 20 graduate film
students into production and post-production
job positions.
Through the years the ISFFH has had the
honor of having celebrities participate and
share their experiences with the student
filmmakers. Participants have included
Director George Hickenlooper,
Writer/Director Alan Jacobs, Writer/Director
Jennifer Lynch, Actress Lainie Kazan,
Producer Bonnie Bruckheimer, and Producer
A.C. Lyles. In 2007, filmmakers and guests
were honored with a surprise visit by Famed
Director/Producer/Writer, Garry Marshall and
Award–Winning Actor, Hector Elizondo; who
graciously shared stories and took questions
from the filmmakers.
Last year, Mike Medavoy, Chairman &
Co-Founder of Phoenix Pictures received the
Lifetime Achievement Award for his role in
the success of some of America’s best films
over the past 25 years. From agenting to
studio chief, he has been involved with over
300 feature films. After the festival, Mr.
Medavoy said that he too, gets “inspired by
seeing all these younger people’s work.”
The ISFFH is a non-profit organization that
relies on the generosity of others. Please
visit
www.isffhollywood.org for donation and
sponsorship opportunities.
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