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11-Mar-2014 8:27am PDT  

 

GeNerk Fest NYC

1 Annual: May 31, 2014 to June 01, 2014

  Comedy

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DEADLINES & ENTRY FEES

Discounted fees apply to projects with pre-purchased Discount Packs, on entry fees greater than 15.00.

All fees will be charged in U.S. Dollar
...but you can display them in these other currencies:
Online Services Offered
Entry Form
Fee Payment
Press Kit
Submission Copy
 
October 31, 2013
Earlybird Deadline 		Regular Discounted
Standard Fee 25.00 20.00
Written Review of Film 40.00 35.00


March 31, 2014
Regular Deadline 		Regular Discounted
Standard Fee 30.00 25.00
Written Review of Film 45.00 40.00


April 15, 2014
Late Deadline 		Regular Discounted
Standard Fee 35.00 30.00
Written Review of Film 50.00 45.00


April 25, 2014
WAB Extended Deadline 		Regular Discounted
Standard Fee 50.00 35.00
Written Review of Film 65.00 50.00



NOTIFICATION DATE
Approximately 01-May-2014


RUNTIME
Shorts: From 1 minutes to 20 minutes

COMPLETION DATE
Projects completed after 01-Jan-2011


PLACE OF ORIGIN
Projects may originate from anywhere in the world

PREMIERE STATUS
No premiere requirement


DISTRIBUTION STATUS
Projects may have distribution


SUBMISSION COPY FORMATS
Online
  Secure Online Screener
DVD VideoNTSCPALSECAM
DVD
REGION 0    
REGION 1    

SUBMISSION COPY LANGUAGES
Subtitled Dubbed Dialog List
English

EXHIBITION FORMATS
DVD VideoNTSCPALSECAM
DVD
REGION 0    
REGION 1    
BLU-RAY
REGION 0    
REGION 1    

EXHIBITION LANGUAGES
Subtitled Dubbed Dialog List
English


PRESSKIT REQUIREMENTS
A press kit is required, but only after acceptance.
> Production Still Photos - Color Print

PRIZES & AWARDS
This category is a competition.


Best of Fest Award
Sponsor:Cieri Media
Cash Award Value: 250 U.S. Dollar
This prize is shared with other categories.


1st Place
Sponsor:NYC Indie Film Fest
Cash Award Value: 100 U.S. Dollar


CATEGORY RULES
This category accepts ONLY comedy films. The runtime for this category should be between 1 and 20 minutes. Submissions are accepted on NTSC-DVD or as a secure online screener. Please label all discs (directly on the disc) clearly with your name, contact information, submission number and running time. Be sure we can connect your electronic submission with your mailed media.

If you want include a pre-stamped, addressed, postcard we will put it in the mail when we receive your submission. If you put enough postage on it and self-address it correctly you should receive it. This only shows we received your submission.

If selected, an exhibition-quality NTSC/DVD or BluRay (Region Free) must be made available to the festival by April 1, 2014. Exact technical requirements will be e-mailed to all accepted film-makers with their acceptance notifications.

Selected directors will also be asked for press kits including still photos, a brief description, a YouTube or Vimeo based trailer/teaser, plus any other supporting materials with their exhibit copy. E-mail is best for the press kit. We will print what we need.

Final programming decisions will be made by the screening committee in
March. All entrants will be notified by email through WithOutABox of the status of their submission by March 15, 2015. If you add us to your address box you should see our email, info@GeNerk.com.

Please be sure to check your spam mails, and log into your WithOutABox account consistently throughout the submission period as all communication will be handled via withoutabox.com and e-mail.