Thursday, March 28, 2013

The TORONTO AFTER DARK FILM FESTIVAL is Now Taking Submissions!




HOLY SHIT!!! It's only 203 days until the TORONTO AFTER DARK FILM FESTIVAL - Horror, Sci-Fi, Action & Cult Movies 2013!!

NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS!!!!!!!

A TERRIFIC AUDIENCE AWAITS YOUR FILM!

This year Toronto After Dark runs for nine nights, October 17-25, 2013 and will screen almost 50 films, including both shorts and features. Our Festival is uniquely run by film fans for film fans and enjoys incredible loyalty and support from the large film-appreciating community in Toronto. Last year, Toronto After Dark was attended by over 10,000 enthusiastic genre film fans and over 100 members of the film press and industry. Filmmakers were delighted in the fantastic response that included a record number of overwhelmingly positive reviews, and distribution deals! If you need more convincing about whether or not you should enter your film to Toronto After Dark, please visit our About Us for Filmmakers Page

GENRE ELIGIBILITY


Toronto After Dark Film Festival seeks independent feature-length and short films from around the world in any of the following main genre groups:

Horror, Supernatural
Sci-Fi, Fantasy
Animation
Crime, Action, Thriller, Suspense
Cult, Bizarre, Genre-defying, Experimental
Documentaries, with a genre-related or cult/bizarre subject matter
Music Videos, with a genre-related or cult/bizarre aesthetic

SHORT FILM ELIGIBILITY:

Completed after January 1st, 2011
Run time of between 1 and 59 minutes
Not previously submitted to the festival
Films in a language other than English must be subtitled in English

FEATURE FILM ELIGIBILITY:


Completed after January 1st, 2011
Run time of 60 minutes or longer
Screening at our festival would be its Toronto Premiere (only applies to feature films)
Must not have played in Canada on TV/cable/satellite, nor be available on DVD/Blu-Ray in Canada, nor available publicly online (only applies to feature films)
Not previously submitted to the festival
Films in a language other than English must be subtitled in English

2013 SUBMISSION DEADLINES:

Please submit early to save on our submission fees. Your online screener must be ready for viewing or your mail-in DVD must be sent into us, postmarked by the following dates to meet the respective deadline:

APRIL 12: Early Deadline
MAY 10: Regular Deadline
JUNE 7: Final Deadline

(submissions for each deadline, accepted until 11.59pm PST)

NOTE: An Extended Final Deadline of JUNE 21 is available, but is exclusive to users of Withoutabox (WAB). As this deadline incurs higher fees, we strongly encourage WAB users to not leave it this late, and enter by our official Final Deadline of JUNE 7

READY TO SUBMIT?

Assuming your film meets these requirements, please click on the applicable link below, to begin your submission to the 2013 Toronto After Dark Film Festival:

1. WITHOUTABOX SUBMISSION

If you’re a registered Withoutabox.com (WAB) user, click on the button below to login to your WAB account and go to the Toronto After Dark: Horror, Sci-Fi, Action and Cult Film Festival listing, where you can submit your film to us:

2. DIRECT SUBMISSION

If you’re not a withoutabox user, or would just prefer to submit DIRECTLY to Toronto After Dark, please go to our DIRECT SUBMISSION ENTRY page here.

QUESTIONS? CONCERNS? CONTACT US!

If you have any questions or concerns regarding our submissions process, please do not hesitate to email us at:
submissions@torontoafterdark.com

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