Festival Data:

• Established: 1977
• Genre: Documentary (click to see)
• Attendance: 3500
• Total Number of Films Submitted: 950
• Total Number of Films Screened: 24
• Total Screenings: 20
• Total National and International Premieres: 22
• # of Shorts Screened: 7
• # of Features Screened: 17

• Retrospective
• Catalog
• Has Panels

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Festival Description:

The Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival is the longest-running showcase for international documentaries in the United States, encompassing a broad spectrum of work, from indigenous community media to experimental nonfiction. The Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival is distinguished by its outstanding selection of titles, which tackle diverse and challenging subjects, representing a range of issues and perspectives, and by the forums for discussion with filmmakers and speakers.

The Mead Festival considers: Documentary films and videos (including shorts, experimental films, essay films, animation, and new media). Production must be completed within the last three years.

Film Submissions:

• Accepts direct submissions
• Call for Entry: http:/ / www.amnh.org/ programs/ mead/ submit/