Napa Valley Film Festival Announces 2014 Call For Entries
4th annual Film Festival, November 12 – 16, 2014, includes $10,000 cash prize for Best Narrative Feature Film, presented by Meadowood Napa Valley
Napa Valley Film Festival welcomes submissions of any genre and will be selecting approximately 120 new films, including narrative features, documentaries, world cinema, short films, animation, and student works. Organizers are looking for films that will best entertain, inspire, educate and intrigue audiences. NVFF also features a selection of bold, boundary-pushing films in a dedicated venue called The Lounge.
Categories eligible for Juried Awards include: U.S. Narrative Features and Shorts, U.S. Documentary Features and Short Subjects, and the Animated Short Films Category, sponsored by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Intel. Special Jury Awards will be presented for Best Screenplay and Best Ensemble Cast. Audience Awards will be bestowed onFavorites in the following categories: Narrative Features, Documentary Features, Narrative Shorts, Documentary Short Subjects, Lounge Features, Lounge Shorts, Animated Shorts, and Actor and Actress.
“Of course we love the food and wine and beauty of Napa Valley. But it doesn’t stop there: this is an important festival both because of its timing as a final stop on the Fall Awards circuit, and because it draws national media and a national upscale audience who go home telling all of their friends about our movies, said David Glasser, COO/President, The Weinstein Company. “Beyond that, Founders/Directors Brenda and Marc Lhormer and their team have distilled the notion of artist meets audience to its essence and crafted the best festival experience anywhere.”
Other festival highlights included Napa Valley’s party of the year, the spectacular Festival Gala in Napa’s Oxbow District; 20 private winemaker dinners for filmmakers, VIP guests and Patron Circle members at exclusive winery estates; The Hollywood Reporter After-Party in Yountville; wine and food fueled receptions and parties; film industry panels and culinary demonstrations; the new NVFF Lifestyle Pavilion, which hosted over 20 wineries pouring, a Stella Artois Beer Lounge, a stunning exhibit of Cadillac’s new ELR, Sony 4K film equipment and interactive displays, and more. It was a true feast for the senses; and organizers plan to make the 2014 version bigger than better then ever.
Filmmakers can submit films at Withoutabox.com. For early submission with discounted entry fees, the deadline is February 28; the regular submission deadline is April 18; the late submission deadline is May 23; and the final extended submission deadline (for withoutabox.com members only) is June 20.
Visit www.napavalleyfilmfest.org for full film submission details, or call 707.226.7500. Passes on sale now.
About the Napa Valley Film Festival
The Napa Valley Film Festival (NVFF) is a registered 501c3 non-profit organization headquartered in Napa, California. The mission of the Napa Valley Film Festival is to celebrate the cinematic arts and enrich the community by presenting an annual world-class festival and year-round education and outreach programs. The ultimate celebration of film, food and wine, NVFF lights up the picturesque towns of Napa, Yountville, St. Helena and Calistoga at the most colorful time of year. NVFF features over 100 new independent films and studio sneak previews screening in 12 beautiful venues throughout the four walkable villages, as 300 visiting filmmakers interact with audiences at screenings and intimate events. Attendees enjoy film panels & culinary demonstrations, wine tasting pavilions, the spectacular Festival Gala, Celebrity Tributes, Awards Ceremony, and an array of parties, VIP receptions and winemaker dinners and more.