New Media Film Festival

Animation
Including but not limited to Stop Motion, Claymation, Classic, etc.

AR, AI, 5D
Content created with Augmented Reality (AR), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and/or 5D technologies.

Artwork
All non-digital disciplines considered to exhibit in our International Art Exhibit during the festival.

Apps
Apps can be created for Mobile or tablets. We will screen your app demo video if accepted.

Digital Comics
Digital Comics are accepted in digital format only, no physical books please.

Documentary
Non-fiction.

Drone
Content created with a drone.

Feature
30 minutes or longer , any subject, genre or format.

Mixed Reality
Mixed reality (MR) is the merging of real and virtual worlds to produce new environments and visualizations, where physical and digital objects co-exist and interact in real time.

Mobile/Tablet
Media content created with your cell or phone or tablet.

Music Only
Submit your music audio file.

Music Video
All Music Videos welcome.

New Media
Since New Media is an ever evolving arena, we have this category for those of you that have created something that is not right for our other categories such as Gaming, Tech Vlog's, VE, Vertical, Live, Location Based, etc.

Pilot
A documentary or narrative form, all genres.

Pitching
Our successful Producer Panel & Pitching is now available online. We had to pivot due to the pandemic and are grateful for this new way to help content creators across the globe. Once you submit, you can email us a video of you and/or your team pitching your project. Please note, we accept up to 2 minutes and you must own the rights to what you pitch. Our in person pitches at the festival have led to meetings with Execs from BBC, Warner, Sneak Preview, Qualcomm, Samuel Goldwyn Films, Lighthouse, and more. To hear pitching tips from Exes go here

Podcasts
A program made available in digital format for automatic download over the Internet and/or apps.

Scripts
All Scripts. Short or long form, animation, comedy, sitcom, drama, books, web series, reality, live, TV anything scripted, this is for you. There is not a limit on page numbers. Top 3 winners in this category win Industry memberships valued at $1000.00 each & are still considered for Grand Prize Award.

Shorts
Any content 30 minutes or under.

Snipler - a 30 second pitch
Think of it as a snippet of a trailer, a way to pitch a project vs. preview a project (trailer).

STEAM
You may submit any genre, any length for this category. The subject matter must at some point touch on or involve one of these elements: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and/or Math.

Student
Content that was made while you were a student.

SR – Socially Responsible
Film & media content that has a socially responsible message and would like to be considered for competition in this category. Including but not limited to PSA's, industrials, journalism. We have had stories as diverse as the Last Dinners of Death Row Inmates to Bumblebees.

Trailers
Up to 4 minutes of an excerpt from your content that you use as a preview. Judged by a journalist who reviews trailers for press.

TV
TV on a whole is more reliant on dialogue than action. ½ hour spot usually runs around 20 minutes and hour long around 45 minutes.

Virtual Reality / 360
Any content created with Virtual Reality or 360 technology.

Web Series
A series of scripted or non-scripted videos, generally in episodic form.

Web Series Promo
This is between a trailer and an episode, various time lengths, usually one scene.