LA Shorts Fest
The LA Shorts Fest is now accepting submissions for the 2007 festival:
11th Annual LA Shorts Fest is the largest short film festival in the world, screening 700 films of every category. We are accredited by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences. In past years, 25 participants have earned Academy Award nominations, this years Oscar winner for best animated short film “The Danish Poet†made it’s Los Angeles premiere at LA Shorts Fest in 2006 continuing our streak of the last 8 Oscar winning short films having screened at LA Shorts Fest the previous year. Last year’s award winners received prizes totaling over $100,000. The festival annually attracts more than 10,000 moviegoers, filmmakers and entertainment executives looking for the hottest new talent We have honored some of Hollywood’s legends of the past: Charles Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, and Robert Wise; along with actors Martin Landau, James Woods, Gary Oldman and directors Tim Burton, Bryan Singer, Jan de Bont and Paul Haggis.
Submission requirements: Full submission requirements can be found here.
Deadline: Films must be received by May 26, 2007 (final extended deadline).
Fees:
* shorts under 40 minutes, for each entry: $59 (final extended deadline fee)
* long shorts 40 to 60 minutes, for each entry: $69 (final extended deadline fee)
For more information, see LA Shorts Fest. Full submission rules and link to pdf entry form here.
