You can submit your film for consideration in the 2012 film festival. The festival is accepting animation, feature-length, short, documentary and experimental film. (Submitted films will not be returned unless proper postage is included. Read Requirements and Terms & Conditions, carefully.)

01. Requirements
02. Deadlines and Fees
03. Submit Your Film

Flat-Processing Fee

This year I’ll be charging a flat-processing fee for submitted films, regardless of film length. Fee-variables are only based on deadlines, not the “type” of film. The fee is an average between standard feature-length films and short films which I believe is manageable and fair.

Why There is a Fee

I struggled (and struggled) with this decision, but it costs (a lot) of money to produce a quality film festival, and the International Black Women’s Film Festival doesn’t get the level of monetary support/sponsorship that other festivals get …and it’s not for the lack of trying.

Sometimes there’s an expectation to diminish the quality of films screened in exchange for sponsorship or donations. The IBWFF has never done this, but there is compromise …just not in quality.

I believe that the image of Black women in film, television and media is too fragile to allow the festival to be bombarded by mass-appeal films that don’t employ Black women behind the camera, or as screenwriters, or that have only one Hollywood-ized image of Black women. But that doesn’t mean that studio films are never included; they are.

The IBWFF audience is diverse (with people of all races and ethnicity), educated, and cosmopolitan enough to expect excellence in film and filmmaking. That is what the IBWFF gives you: Excellent filmmaking, regardless of filmmaker’s skill level.

How Your Processing Fee is Applied

Another reason that balancing the processing fee and sponsorship dollars is so important is that hours upon hours are put into reviewing each and every submission –that is 200+ submissions, per festival.

No filmmaker is short-changed. Each and every film is reviewed. Time also has value attached to it which is why there is a processing fee. Compared to other film festivals that charge $35.00 to $100, per submission, the IBWFF is a bargain, especially in this economic climate.

I am encouraging you to submit your film and to join us for 2012!

Start Submitting Your Film!

If you think you’re ready to submit your film, start with step 01. Requirements.

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