CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
2023 EDITION
DEADLINES:
December 18, 2022 Super Earlybird Deadline
February 26, 2023 Earlybird Deadline
May 21, 2023 Regular Deadline
June 25, 2023 Late Deadline
August 13, 2023 Notification Date
Sept 25-29, 2023 Festival
20% discount available if you've submitted for any of our past events. Please contact info@efnfestival.org to claim your Promo Code.
Additional discounts available, please refer to our FilmFreeway page.
All films selected for competition are eligible for:
CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD and AUDIENCE FAVOURITE AWARD
CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD Winner Receives:
> Screened before a commercially distributed film at Garden Cinema for one week.
> Final Draft is proud to support the EFN Film Festival and provide a copy of Final Draft 11.
With Final Draft 11, you can brainstorm, visualise, report, tag, collaborate and customise your
writing environment like never before.
> One InkTip Script Listing promoting the script and the writer to InkTip’s entire network of producers, managers, and agents.
Producers have made more than 393 films from scripts and writers found through InkTip.
> An annual membership with Shooting People.
> A video interview with myDylarama (official partner of Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival).
The interview will be published online on MyDylarama.org.uk & on our EFN YouTube Channel.
> Video chat with Film Fest Report's Filmmaker's Corner published on their IGTV channel.
> Membership to FilmFreeway for one year, valued at USD$99.
> Membership to Backstage for one year to help you find work in the Film Industry.
> Membership to The Mandy Network for one year.
AUDIENCE FAVOURITE AWARD Winner Receives:
> Screened before a commercially distributed film at Garden Cinema for one week.
> An annual membership with Shooting People.
> A video interview with myDylarama (official partner of Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival).
The interview will be published online on MyDylarama.org.uk & on our EFN YouTube Channel.
> Video chat with the winning director on Film Fest Report's Filmmaker's Corner published on their IGTV channel.
> Membership to FilmFreeway for one year, valued at USD$99.
> Membership to Backstage for one year to help you find work in the Film Industry.
> Membership to The Mandy Network for one year.
All Official Selections are eligible for a review of their film by UK Film Review - a film reviews website based in London.
*We are particularly excited to receive submissions from filmmakers that have considered integrating accessibility from early on their production strategy and have produced access assets.
*Our team is happy to assist filmmakers with creating their own access assets in an affordable and inclusive way. EFN wants to contribute by trying to educate and challenge the stereotype that accessibility is always expensive and time-consuming.
See our guidelines on our FilmFreeway page.
Some useful links and information on creating your descriptive subtitles:
> REV.com $1.5/ min
> https://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo
> Sidecard http://www.sidecard.co.uk/guides#resources
> Guidelines to creating your subtitles http://www.sidecard.co.uk/guides#film-makers