Years running: 17 (since 2005)
Huntington Beach Film Festival
International Independent Film Festival.
About
Enter the SoCal Film Fest and have a chance to be a part of an event that celebrates the true spirit, culture and art of filmmaking and screenwriting. Our goal is to continually create a truly important film festival for independent filmmakers and screenwriters.
We hope you consider the SoCal an important part of the industry as we make every effort to put your films in front of other filmmakers; industry pros and, of course, film watchers. An outlet for Independent filmmakers to show their work to industry professionals.
Awards
- Best Feature Film
InkTip
InkTip: Where everyone goes for scripts and writers. Producers have made more than 200 films from scripts and writers they found through InkTip.
Winners of the Screenplay Long From and Screenplay Short Form categories will receive an InkTip Script Listing: A listing of your script on InkTip so that producers and reps can find you.
Final Draft
We are happy to announce that Final Draft Screenwriting Software will join us once again as a 2018 sponsor! We'll be giving away five copies of the industry standard screenwriting software.
Other awards include theatrical screenings, distributor previews, media reviews and more. Awards and prizes vary from year to year depending on final event sponsorship.
Rules
- The SCIFF is open genre.
- Short form submissions are under forty (40) minutes. Long form (feature length) submissions are forty (40) minutes and over.
- MULTIPLE ENTRIES are allowed.
SCREENPLAYS (any length):
- Must be 18 years of age or older to enter this competition.
- entered script must not be or previously been optioned, sold, or produced by a studio on a large budget.
- Any genre can be entered.
- Multiple authorship is allowed.
- Multiple entries are allowed
Submit via Withoutabox or Filmfreeway.
Student fees.
Selection Media Type: Secure Online Screener
Screening Media Type: Blu-Ray, DVD, digital format
Subtitles language: English
Premiere Requirements
No premiere requirement
Jury and Organizers
B. Luciano Barsuglia (Director).
Documents
Place
United States
Huntington Beach
Official Website
hbfilmfest.com/?fbclid=IwAR1ZGlgdkhchvh0Hc...
Contacts
Social Networks:
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Twitter
- First in Super SaverAugust 01, 2018
- EarlybirdOctober 01, 2018
- Regular DeadlineDecember 01, 2018
- Late DeadlineJanuary 01, 2019
- Extended DeadlineFebruary 01, 2019
- NotificationsApril 01, 2019
- Event Dates9 — 11 May 2019
Short screenplays and teleplays up to 30 pages. Any genre welcome.
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First in Super Saver — $20
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Earlybird — $35
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Regular Deadline — $45
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Late Deadline — $55
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Extended Deadline — $70
For screenplays of any genre over 30 pages.
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First in Super Saver — $40
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Earlybird — $50
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Regular Deadline — $60
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Late Deadline — $70
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Extended Deadline — $85
Entries in this category should not exceed 5 minutes. All forms and genres welcome.
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First in Super Saver — $15
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Earlybird — $25
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Regular Deadline — $35
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Late Deadline — $45
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Extended Deadline — $60
Feature films over 40 minutes. Any genre, any form.
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First in Super Saver — $40
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Earlybird — $50
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Regular Deadline — $60
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Late Deadline — $70
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Extended Deadline — $85
Short films up to 40 minutes. Any form are genre welcome, including narrative shorts, documentaries, web series (Any)!
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First in Super Saver — $20
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Earlybird — $35
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Regular Deadline — $45
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Late Deadline — $55
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Extended Deadline — $70
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