FirstGlance Film Fest Hollywood

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Los Angeles, United States April 2011, TBA
Call for Entry Deadline: November 2010, TBA
Late Deadline November 25
Festival Data:
- Established: 1998
- Genre: General
- Attendance: 1000
- Media Attendance: 10
- Total Number of Films Submitted: 500
- Total Number of Films Screened: 35
- Total Screenings: 7
- # of Shorts Screened: 28
- # of Features Screened: 7
- Competitive
Festival Website:
www.firstglancefilms.com
Festival Description:

FirstGlance Film Fest Hollywood screens films from professional, first time, and student directors, filmmakers and producers with any budget for North America’s fastest growing truly indie film festival. The festival's mission is to spotlight and celebrate truly indie up and coming, national and international talent in all genres of film. From mainstream to controversial in a competitive casual atmosphere, that brings together emerging film and video makers, film enthusiasts, critics, distributors, and audiences.
The 9th festival will highlight the best work in more categories than ever from animated shorts to Feature docs and will begin honoring webisodic series this year. FirstGlance is opening our festivals to more talent than ever before and now offer an online companion short film contest too!!

All Official Selections receive awards presented at the event!!

Categories
Feature Length Narrative (over 60 min.)
Feature Documentary (over 60 min)
Short Narrative (under 30 min)
Shorts Too (under 10 min.)
Animated Shorts (under 10 min)
Mini-Docs (under 60 min.)
Music Video (under 5 min.)
Student Shorts (undergrad and high school)(under 20 min)
Grad Student Shorts (under 20 min)
Webisode Pilots (under 6 min)

In 2009 over $60,000.00 in prizes will be awarded…
Filmmaking Software, Screenwriting Software, Yearly Membership to Baseline Studio Systems, Festival Passes, Festival T-shirt, Movies Unlimited Gift Certificates, Magazine Subscriptions, Filmmaking and Final Cut Pro Seminars, DVD Mastering and Authoring Services, Online and Retail Distribution, Pitch sessions, Writer’s Boot Camp courses, discounted services. For more specifics on prizes visit the prize page. (Prizes subject to change.)
Film Submissions:
- Submission formats: DVD
Email: director(at)firstglancefilms.com

Phone: (1) 818 464-3544

Mailing Address: Po Box 57115
Tarzana, California 91356
United States

Email:	director(at)firstglancefilms.com
Phone:	(1) 818 464-3544
Mailing Address:	Po Box 57115 Tarzana, California 91356 United States

APR 28, 2008 02:11PM FFW Festival Editor writes:

FIRSTGLANCE HOLLYWOOD 2008 AWARDS

The FirstGlance Screening committee has chosen the following awards presented to the Official Selections at the 8th annual Hollywood Event.

Feature Narrative:
Audience Award: "Dakota Skye"

Best Director: Ron Berrett for "An American in China"

Best Actor: James McDonald in "Fissure"

Best Ensemble Cast: "Dakota Skye"

Feature Documentary

Audience Award: "Two Million Minutes"

Best Educational Film: "Two Million Minutes"

Best Environmental Film: "Who's Got the Power?"

Short Narrative

Audience Award: "Looking Up Dresses"

Best Ensemble Cast: "A Day's Work"

Best LA Insider Film: "Partially True Tales of High Adventure!"

Best Male Performance: Ron Rifkin in "Pivot"

Best Performance by a Child: Tolan Aman in "Pumpkin Hell"

Best Female Performance: Hanieh Jodat in "Rabia"

Best Comedy: "Looking Up Dresses"

Best Dark Comedy: "Feeding"

Best Cinematography: "Persona"

Best Thriller: "The Colony"

Best Director: Ramaa Mosley for "The Brass Teapot"

Best Satire: "Orion Slave Girls Must Die!!!"

Best Action Film: "R.I.P. Tide"

Best Visual Effects: "Hank’s Auto Repair"

Shorts Too

Audience Award: "The Light"

Best Director: "No Middle Ground"

Best Thriller: "Abingdon"

Best Historical Film: "The Light"

Best Concept: "Lucky 10"

Best Supernatural Film: "Messages"

Best Horror Film: "The Butcher"

Best Comedy: "Mr. Gnobody"

Mini-Docs

Audience Award: "The Beanie Baby Soldier"

Best Historical Short Film: "Pilgrimage"

Best Current Events Short Film: "The Beanie Baby Soldier"

Best Social Awareness Short Film: "Get On The Bus For Mother's Day"

Animation

Audience Award: "Simulacra"

Best Short Animation: "Simulacra"

Best Short Animation Philly: "Sam and Piccolo"

Music Videos

Audience Award: "GLARING AT THE SUN"

Best Group Performance: "GLARING AT THE SUN"

Best Solo Performance: "Lies"

Best Philly Music Video: "Gone"

Student Shorts

Audience Award: "The Legend of Rosalie"

Best Documentary: "The Legend of Rosalie"

Best Narrative: "All She Wants to Do"

AND FINALLY THE GRAND PRIZE...

The Best of Fest Award: "DAKOTA SKYE"
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