FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | March 4, 2024 | Contact: Jill Ray, 703-408-5310
Alexandria Film Festival Seeks Film Submissions
ALEXANDRIA, VA – Today, the Alexandria Film Festival kicked off its effort to seek film submissions for its November 7-10 international festival. Filmmakers are invited to submit short and feature films of any genre through FilmFreeway, an online portal which provides a detailed description of the festival and reviews by filmmakers who’ve attended in the past.
There are four submission windows for the festival starting with “Early Bird” and ending with “Extended Deadline.” Submission fees rise with each phase. A panel of judges screen and rate films as they are submitted. Top-rated films advance to a programming subcommittee for inclusion consideration in the multi-day program. Filmmakers are notified in early September regarding their acceptance. Submission dates are as follows:
March 4 Opening Date
April 12 Early Bird Deadline
May 31 Regular Deadline
July 1 Late Deadline
July 31 Extended Deadline
Vicki Topaz, a California-based director of the documentary By My Side which won a festival award last year notes, “So happy to have attended the Alexandria Film Festival. It was smoothly run with great communication, interesting Q&A, awesome line-up of films, super reception for the filmmakers.” Adds a fellow, west-coast filmmaker Jonathan Leveck, “The town of Alexandria is wonderful, lots of history, tons of places to check out, network, shop, eat, drink.”
“We’re looking forward to putting together another impactful program and celebrating independent filmmaking,” says Dara Sanders, festival chair. “We take great pride in ensuring film is part of Alexandria’s vibrant visual arts culture.”
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About the Alexandria Film Festival
Now in its 18th year, the Alexandria Film Festival brings high-quality, independent, short and feature-length films of every genre, to the city of Alexandria each November and intermittently throughout the year. The festival is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization supported by a grant from the Alexandria Commission for the Arts, as well as the generosity of volunteers, numerous individuals and corporate sponsors.