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Phoenix Rising International Film Festival proudly accepts entries on FilmFreeway, the world's #1 way to enter film festivals and creative contests. ​​

We are accepting films in the following categories:​

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  • Short Film Narrative

  • British Short Film

  • Woman Directed Shorts (Narrative)

  • Mid-Length Film

  • LGBTQ Short Film

  • Documentary Short Film

  • Music Videos

  • Student Film

  • Horror Short Films

  • Animations

  • Experimental Short Film

  • Unproduced Feature Length Screenplay

  • Unproduced Short Film Screenplay

  • TV Pilot Episode Screenplay

  • Film Review (2- week Turnaround)

Prizes

Filmustage: 1 years subscription, 6 month subscription

26 Winners have the chance to win 1 year subscription to Filmustage

20 Nominees have chance to win 6 months subscription to Filmustage

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WriterDuet: 5 Pro Yearly Subscriptions for: 

The Winner of the Best Screenplay

The Winner of the Best Screenplay (Web-Series)

The Winner of the Best Unproduced Screenplay (Feature)

The Winner of the Best Unproduced Screenplay (Short)

The Winner of the Best Unproduced TV Pilot Screenplay

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Yellow Cactus: 30% Off your Equipment Hire for 

The Winner of the Best Student Film 

Awards will be awarded in the following categories:

Best of the Fest

Best Short Film

Best British Film

Best LGBTQ Short Film

Best Horror

Best Comedy

Best Experimental

Best Animated Film

Best Mid Length Film

Best Web-Series 

Best Student Film

Best Music Video

Best Short Documentary 

Best Actor

Best Actress

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Best Ensemble in a Web-Series (if enough entries)

Technical Awards

Best Director Short Film

Best Director British Short Film

Best Cinematography

Best Production Design

Best Editing

Best Costume

Best MUA

Best Original Score

Best Sound Editing

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Screenplay

Best Screenplay

Best Screenplay (Web-Series)

Best Unproduced Screenplay (Feature)

Best Unproduced Screenplay (Short)

Best Unproduced TV Pilot Screenplay

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Awards

Rules & Terms

  1. Phoenix Rising International Film Festival is hereby granted the right to utilise an excerpt from any film submitted and accepted for exhibition at the Festival for promotional purposes. By submitting to Phoenix Rising International Film Festival, the entrant agrees that images from the film can be used in Phoenix Rising International Film Festival publications, the Phoenix Rising International Film Festival website and all other media outlets related to Phoenix Rising International Film Festival publicity and you indemnify Phoenix Rising International Film Festival against any responsibilities incurred by the screening of this film.

  2. All Films made from 2021 onwards are welcome to enter.

  3. Entrant confirms and warrants required legal authority to submit the entry into the Festival and to use all music, images, and content in the entry. This includes rights for screening of music videos without paying additional licensing costs.

  4. All films must either be in English or subtitled in English.

  5. Films for the exhibition must be submitted by a downloadable link to a hi-res copy of the film. Please note that exhibition copies of films will not be returned after the festival.

  6. All films will be judged by Phoenix Rising International Film Festival Jury Panel and all filmmakers whose films were selected for screening will be notified by email.

  7. We will request publicity materials: a poster, three stills from the film and a picture of the director. These materials will be not returned.

  8. We accept micro films, short films (documentary and narrative), animations, music videos only. By MICRO FILM we understand the film that is a minimum of 1 minute long and not longer than 5 minutes.  By SHORT FILM, we understand the film that is no shorter than 6 minutes and now longer than 20 minutes. By MID-LENGHT FILM we understand the film that is no shorter than 21 minutes and not longer than 45 minutes. 

  9. Whilst every effort will be made to run the festival as advertised, the festival reserves the right to make alterations including but not limited to the dates and the manner of the screenings. Should circumstances beyond our control prevent the festival from being held physically we will endeavour to run a digital online edition in its place or postpone the dates, and only cancel as a last resort.

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