FAVA FEST 2021 Call for Submissions is now OPEN. Our annual celebration of FAVA members’ work is coming in 2021 dates TBA! Now is the time to submit your completed film to the festival in the Awards of Excellence category. If you’ve got a new project on the burner, consider applying to our Production Awards. Check out the info regarding guidelines and deadlines and submit your application!
Deadline to submit is January 7th, 2021, 11:59pm MST.
Submit online here: https://fava.submittable.com/submit
If you’ve made a film, video, or interdisciplinary work of media art, completed after January 7th, 2019 consider applying for one of our eight Awards of Excellence:
All award categories are eligible for cash awards and prizes!
We are proud to celebrate craft categories in the following categories: Outstanding Cinematography, Screenwriting, Performance, Production Design, Sound Design, and Editing. All projects submitted to the Awards of Excellence will automatically be considered for all of these craft categories.
Deadline to submit is January 7th, 2021, 11:59pm MST.
Submit online here: https://fava.submittable.com/submit
If you have an idea for a new project, consider applying for one of our four Production Awards:
Helen Folkmann Film Award – $1000 cash PLUS $1500 FAVA production credit
Lisa Trofimova Video Award – $1000 cash PLUS $1500 FAVA production credit
Joe Viszmeg Documentary Award – $1000 cash PLUS $1500 FAVA production credit
Alex Thomas-Haug Emerging Artist Award – $500 cash PLUS $500 FAVA production credit
Any FAVA member in good standing is eligible to apply for any of these awards. This means new or existing members. Call (780) 429-1671 or email membership@fava.ca to buy or renew your membership. Associate memberships cost $85+GST annually.
Winners of the Awards of Excellence and the Production Awards, as chosen by the jury, will be announced at FAVA FEST. Stay tuned for further details.
Click on the link to explore the different awards and guidelines!
Deadline to submit is January 7th, 2021, 11:59pm MST.
Submit online here: https://fava.submittable.com/submit
ELIGIBILITY
All FAVA members in good standing are eligible to apply. Members in good standing are defined as those who have paid their membership fees and have NO outstanding debts beyond 90 days.
ASSESSMENT OF SUBMISSIONS
The sole basis for assessment of all submissions will be the film or video itself. A jury of FAVA members and non-FAVA industry peers will be tasked with reviewing and evaluating the submissions, and selecting the award recipients.
Jurors are not expected to provide an individual adjudication of each submission, and no specific comments about individual applications are recorded or made available to applicants.
If the jury decides that a category lacks an entry deserving of the Award of Excellence, FAVA reserves the right not to present an award in that category.
Award recipients will be announced at FAVA FEST 2019 (Dates TBD).
The filmmaker agrees to allow FAVA to keep a copy of the submitted work in the FAVA archive for internal reference.
FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
By submitting this application, the filmmaker agrees to allow FAVA to screen the work for the public during FAVA FEST.
FAVA does NOT commit to a public screening of every film or video submitted.
Deadline to submit is January 14th, 2021, 11:59pm MST.
Submit online here: https://fava.submittable.com/submit
ELIGIBILITY
All FAVA members in good standing are eligible to apply. Members in good standing are defined as those who have paid their membership fees and have no outstanding debts beyond 90 days.
ASSESSMENT OF SUBMISSIONS
The basis for assessment of all proposals will be the written application and support material submitted by the applicant. A jury of peers will be tasked with reviewing, evaluating, and selecting the successful proposals.
Proposals will be evaluated on:
Jurors are not expected to provide an individual adjudication of each applicant, and no specific comments about individual applications are recorded or made available to applicants.
Award winners will be announced at FAVA FEST 2019 (Dates TBD).
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