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Northwest Film & Video Festival

A juried survey of new moving image arts by independent Northwest film and video makers, the Festival draws over 300 entries in all genres each year and is judged by a prominent filmmaker, curator or critic. Now in it's 37th year, the Festival provides a forum where outstanding independent work receives public recognition, critical appraisal, and an engaged and enthusiastic regional audience. Past judges have included Gus Van Sant, Matt Groening, Todd Haynes, Christine Vachon, Bill Plympton, Dan Ireland, Karen Cooper of Filmforum, B. Ruby Rich, Amy Taubin, Jim Hoberman, and John Cooper, Sundance and Outfest programmer. Generally, 30-45 shorts, features, and documentaries are screened during the Festival, then 10-15 shorts are selected for the Best of the Northwest Tour program which travels the following year throughout the Northwest to media arts centers, museums, arts councils, and universities. Total audience exceeds 6000.

37th Northwest Film & Video Festival: November 5-13, 2010

2010 Entry Deadline: August 2, 2010

Past Festivals
See information about last year's Northwest Film & Video Festival or visit our archive.

Entry Information
Eligibility: Permanent residents of Alaska, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington may submit two works of any length or genre released since August 1, 2008 and not previously entered in the Festival. Student entries (college and university only) must be from a school located in the Northwest.

Entry Procedures
There is no entry fee. Entry deadline: August 2, 2010
Submit an entry form and a copy of the work (for jurying purposes only) on 1/2" VHS tape or DVD. Label cassettes clearly with name, phone, title, date, and running time. Please include publicity stills for the work; other publicity materials are welcome. All materials must be POSTMARKED by August 2, 2010. We appreciate receiving entries as early as possible. Please do not use fiberfill envelopes as they damage tapes/equipment.

For further information, contact Thomas Phillipson via email: thomas@nwfilm.org

37th Northwest Film & Video Festival Guidelines
37th Northwest Film & Video Festival Entry Form

Mail All Entries To:
Northwest Film & Video Festival
1219 SW Park Ave.
Portland, OR 97205

THERE IS NO ENTRY FEE

Notification and Entry Return
Artists whose works are chosen for the Festival will be notified by mid October. Works not selected for the Festival will be returned by October 31 only if the shipping & handling fee is included with the entry: $15 for US entries (returned via UPS), $20 for Canadian entries (returned via US Post). Works received without the fee will be held until December 1 for in-person pickup.

Festival, Tour, Awards & Honoraria
Following presentation in Portland, the Film Center will assemble selected works for the Best of the Northwest Touring Program that will circulate throughout the region in the following year. Works presented at the Festival and in the Tour will be screened in their original formats. This year’s Festival and tour participants will share in approximately $15,000 in lab service awards and Tour honoraria.

Sponsorship Opportunities
37th Northwest Film & Video Festival Sponsor Overview