2009 Film Festivals in Indiana
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International Windsong Film Festival - March 9-15, 2009
Fort Wayne - Feature and shorts film festival for independent filmmakers that also includes such categories as documentary, experimental, animation, music video, and news format.

Phantoscope High School Film Festival - March 21, 2009
Richmond - Shorts film festival for Indiana high school filmmakers.

Frog Baby Film Festival - April 18, 2009
Muncie - Cardinal Filmworks presents a film festival exclusively for Ball State students involving projects of 30 minutes or less.  For more information, email to:  CardinalFilmwork@gmail.com

River Bend Film Festival - May 1-2, 2009
Southe Bend - Feature and shorts film festival for high school and college students.

Envision Film Festival - May 8, 2009
Richmond

Windsong Student Film Festival - May 16, 2009
Fort Wayne - Feature and shorts film festival for K-12 students that also includes such categories as documentary, experimental, animation, music video, and news format.

INDY Awards - TBD Fall 2010
Indianapolis - The Indiana Film Society presents a shorts film festival that highlights Midwest films and filmmakers. 

Madison Indiana Video Festival (MIVF) - June 8, 2009
Madison - The MIVF is an excellent opportunity for independent and new videographers to showcase their works and talent in a small-scale video festival.  In celebration of the Bicentennial, all videos must have been shot in or be about downtown historic Madison, Indiana.

Indianapolis International Film Festival - July 15-25, 2009
Indianapolis - Feature and shorts film festival for independent filmmakers that presents films that inform, enlighten, and educate the community by providing a vivid reflection of the rich cultural diversity of Indianapolis and the world beyond our doors.

Manhattan Short Film Festival - September 24-26, 2009
Bloomington - Each year MANHATTAN SHORT selects twelve short films from around the world and distributes them across five continents. During the course of one week, cinema audiences at each venue are asked to vote for their favorite short film. Votes from each venue are tabulated and sent through to MANHATTAN SHORT headquarters and the winner is announced after the last show in NYC on the last Sunday in September. This year marks the first time in the Festival’s history that all 50 states of the United States participate in the Festival.

Heartland Film Festival - October 15-23 2009
Indianapolis - Feature and shorts film festival for independent filmmakers that spans nine days and showcases student and professional films from around the world and recognizing filmmakers whose work explores the human journey by expressing hope and respect for the positive values in life. Sign up on website for regular festival updates.

Harvest Moon Film Festival - November 12-14, 2009
Downtown Muncie - Celebrating the Midwest by promoting Midwestern filmmaking with features, shorts, and documentaries. 

Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival - TBD 2009
Indianapolis - Highlighting gay/lesbian subject matter and/or characters in features, shorts, and documentaries.

Earth House Film Series - Year Round
Indianapolis - The Earth House Collective is a group of peace activists, conservationists, artists, musicians, Methodists, teachers and many more dedicated to peace, wellness, community and culture on the corner of New York and East streets in downtown Indianapolis.  We are having monthly screenings of Indiana independent film through the Earth House Film Forum.  We accept entries from all genres and budget size including but not limited to shorts, features, experimental and documentary.  The submissions are reviewed by the Earth House Collective Film Committee and are selected based on:  artistic merit, representation of diverse communities, storyline, social awareness and responsibility, availability of the filmmaker to attend and collaborate with other filmmakers.  Please note:  there is no entry fee for your submission as we honor artists for the work and our aim is to celebrate your work and create a community of filmmakers to connect and create. 
Submission Requirements:
1.  Printed & Signed Submission Form for download at http://earthhousecollective.org/film.html.
2.  One region-free DVD of the film submitted for selection & viewing purposes.
3.  Additional page with director's statement and synopsis of film.
4.  Send submission to:  Earth House Film Series / 237 North East Street / Indianapolis, IN 46204
5.  Film must have been made in Indiana or by an Indiana director.
For more information:  films@earthhousecollective.org

Out of State Film Festivals

Austin Film Festival - Oct. 22-29, 2009
Austin, Texas
CALL FOR ENTRIES!

Feel Good Film Festival - TBD August 2009
Hollywood, California
Now accepting submissions for features, shorts, student films, screenplays, ONLINE CONTENT and original songs.

California International Documentary Film Festival - Oct. 3 - 8, 2009 
Stockton, California
The San Joaquin Film Society announces the global Call for Entries for its inaugural California International Documentary Film Festival (CalDocFest), to be held October 3-8, 2009 in Stockton, California.

Chicago International Children's Film Festival - Oct. 23 - Nov. 2, 2009
Chicago, Illinois
The largest annual festival of films for children in the world showcasing the best in culturally diverse, non-violent, value affirming new cinema for children & youth and welcomes 25,000 attendees.  The CICFF is the only Academy Award qualifying children's film festival in the world.

The Midwest Independent Film Festival - Year Round
Chicago, Illinois
This year-round festival sits proudly at the center of the independent film scene in Chicago and the Midwest and is dedicated to celebrating and strenghthening the Midwest filmmaking community.

International Black Film Festival of Nashville - TBD 2009
Nashville, Tennessee
Films entered into competition, whether international or from the U.S. must be directed, produced, written or principally acted by an artist of African Descent. 

HELPFUL Film Festival LINKS

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