Palm Beach International Film Festival - Early deadline: December 12

September 09 2008

The 14th Annual Palm Beach International Film Festival, (PBIFF), taking place April 23-30, 2009 is now accepting submissions.

Moviemaker magazine rated the Festival as one of the top 10 destination festivals in the world. Last year’s festival attracted world wide media coverage for filmmakers in the New York Times, A&E Network, Comcast, Variety, Hollywood Reporter and in hundreds of newspapers and magazine articles.

The 2009 Festival will feature numerous seminars designed to help develop independent filmmakers of today and tomorrow. In addition to more than 150 independent film screenings representing 55 countries, the Festival organizers have planned eight days and nights of seminars, workshops, endless networking opportunities and Palm Beach style parties at exciting and innovative venues, encompassing the water and resort atmosphere of South Florida.

Filmmakers worldwide are encouraged to submit their projects for consideration. All selected films are eligible to be included in the competition for “Audience Favorite” in the following categories - Feature, Short and Documentary. The competitive portion of the film festival is available in the categories of Best Feature, Best Documentary and Best Short along with other awards.

Entry forms and eligibility guidelines are available at www.withoutabox.com and the festival’s website, www.pbifilmfest.org. Discounted entry fees are provided for films submitted by December 19, 2008, and the final deadline is January 23,2009. For more information, please call 561-362-0003 or visit www.pbifilmfest.org.