Years running: 9 (since 2013)
NOFI, World Festival of Student & Non-commercial Films
International Festival of Student and Non-commercial Films.
About
The NOFI festival unites students from film institutes, film club members and independent filmmakers from around the world. Our festival helps expose new and talented directors and producers, cameramen and script writers and gives them an opportunity to present their names in motion pictures studios and be discovered in the film industry. NOFI festival is put together with the help and support of film institutes , film clubs, non-commercial film organizations and Union of Cinematographers from different countries.
Awards
Winners will be offered a slot in the NOFI program where they will have the opportunity to shoot in Los Angeles with up to $50000 and more of pre-production and filming costs compensated by the program.
Awards:
- Golden NOFI - Grand Prix for the best film of festival
- Golden NOFI for the best student film
- Golden NOFI for the best professional film
- Golden NOFI for the best non-professional film
- Golden NOFI for the best documentary
- Golden NOFI for the best animation
- Golden NOFI for the best experimental film & best mobile film.
Rules
- he films presented in the competition can be fiction, documentaries, experimental and animated.
- Films can be submitted from the film institutes, film clubs, film funds & organizations and film festivals or individually.
For the preselection of films for the festival, films should be sent electronically by Vimeo (with password), Dropbox, Wetransfer or Youtube; along with completed applications and 2-3 photos from the film in the JPEG standard, which should be emailed to nofifestival@gmail.com. Pay entry fees.
Selection Media Type: Mp4, H 264 and secure online screener
Audio language: original
Subtitles language: english
Premiere Requirements
No premiere requirement
Jury and Organizers
Art Hovanessian - Founder and Director of NOFI festival.
Documents
Place
United States
Los Angeles
Official Website
Contacts
Address:
Center of American Non-commercial Cinema & Arts
1616 Victory blvd #202, Glendale, Ca 91201, USA
Email: nofifestival@gmail.com
Social Networks:
Facebook
- Opening DateMay 09, 2016
- Earlybird DeadlineJuly 31, 2016
- Regular DeadlineNovember 30, 2016
- Late DeadlineJanuary 31, 2017
- NotificationsFebruary 07, 2017
- Event Dates15 — 17 March 2017
Films made by non-professional director/producer , professional or amateur actors, cinematographer, editor and crew (feature and short).
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Earlybird Deadline — $15
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Regular Deadline — $20
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Late Deadline — $25
made by students of film schools, film institutes, film universities, film colleges.
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Earlybird Deadline — $10
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Regular Deadline — $15
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Late Deadline — $20
Films made by film industry professionals.
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Earlybird Deadline — $20
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Regular Deadline — $25
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Late Deadline — $30
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