I'm planning on entering my film Bethel: Community and Schizophrenia in Northern Japan to several ethnographic and documentary film festivals next year. I've been searching for information on places to enter, and here's the short list that I came up with. If you have any suggestions or comments, please send them in!
United Nations Royal Anthropological Institute
Montreal Ethnographic Film Festival
Jan 26-28
Nov 1 (2006)
www.anthro.umontreal.ca/varia/ffem06/ (2006 festival). Submitted. Withdrawn.
Portland Intl Film Festival
Feb 5-17
Nov 15 (2006)
Submitted. Dinged.
Through Women's Eyes
Feb 23-26
Nov 13 (2006)
Submitted. Rejected.
Reel Women's Intl Film Festival
Mar 8-12
Nov 15 (2006)
Submitted. Rejected.
Ann Arbor Film Festival
Mar 20-25
Nov 22 (2006)
Submitted. Dinged.
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
Apr 12-15
Nov 30 (2006)
http://www.fullframefest.org/. Submitted. Dinged.
Nashville Film Festival
Apr 19-26
Oct 26 (2006)
http://www.nashvillefilmfestival.org/. Submitted. Dinged.
Brooklyn Arts Council
May 5-15
Nov 22 (2006)
Submitted.
Hong Kong International Film Festival
Mar 3-Nov4
Dec 15 /
Jan 7 http://www.hkiff.org.hk/eng/events/entry.html. Did not enter.
Documentary Film Festival
Apr 21 - 22
http://www.storiesfromthefield.org. Submitted. Dinged.
Ethnographic Film Festival
Jun 27 - July 1
Jan 12
http://www.therai.org.uk/film/festival/index.html. Submitted. Dinged.
Women's Independent Cinema
Oct 1-31
Nov 22 (2006)
Submitted.
Women's Independent Cinema
Oct 1-31
Nov 22 (2006)
Submitted.
Seattle International Film Festival
May 24-June 17
Submitted. Dinged.
Margaret Mead Film Festival
Nov ??
May 31
http://www.amnh.org/programs/mead/
Submitted.
Society for Visual Anthropology
Nov ??
March
Submitted.
Mental Health Film Festival (UBC)
May 2008
??
Göttingen International Film Festival
May 2008
Jan 2008
http://www.iwf.de/giff/
SuperFest: Disability and Culture Film Festival
June 2008
Jan 2008
http://www.culturedisabilitytalent.org/
Visual Anthropology's list of film festivals: http://www.visualanthropology.net/fest.php
Asian Film Festivals: http://www.jpnfilm.com/festival/
Some other interesting looking festivals:
- United National Film Festival
- One World Film Festival (Nov 30 deadline)
The Taiwan Ethnographic Film Festival deadline will be in June of 2007. I don't think there is info up yet. Not sure when the festival itself will be ... September?
http://www.tieff.sinica.edu.tw/
I've been using WithoutABox to search for film festivals (http://www.withoutabox.com) but I've also come across this list of documentary film festivals:
http://www.documentaryfilms.net/festivals.htm
You should also check out National Geographic's All Roads Film Festival:
National Geographic All Roads Film Project showcases breakthrough film and still photography from indigenous and under represented minority cultures around the globe. Launched in 2004, All Roads supports diverse cultural perspectives with an international film festival, funding, networking, and distribution opportunities to bring together voices that celebrate the vibrant cultural stories of our world.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/allroads/