L.A. Neo Noir Novel, Film, & Script Festival

Objective

Deadline/Entry Fees

Deadline	Date	Entry Fee	Days till Deadline
Early	June 30, 2020	$25
Regular	July 31, 2020	$35	24
Late	August 31, 2020	$45	55
Extended	September 30, 2020	$55	85

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Notification: Sunday, November 1st, 2020

Rules

1. 1 to 59 minutes for short films. 60 to 120 minutes for feature films. 5 to 30 pages for a short story. 60 to 100 for a novel excerpt. Two minutes maximum for all monologues and scenes by actors and actresses. Do not send any items that do not fit in these page or minute requirements. Entries fees are the same for all entries, regardless of them being films, novels, screenplays or short stories. FOR ALL WRITING SUBMISSIONS. SUBMIT PDF FILES ONLY. NO OTHER FORMAT WILL BE ACCEPTED.
2. Enter as many films and / or scripts as you like. via youtube unlisted or vimeo private with a password.
3. Each submission must be marked with: creator's name, phone number, title of work, email address, and mailing address.
4. DEADLINE : All entries are due by September 30, 2020
5. Screenwriters and filmmakers will be notified of selection by email on or before October 15, 2020.
6. Prizes will be awarded for the winning script as well as winning filmmakers.
7. Winners' films and finalists' films or film excerpts will be shown online. Excerpts from winning screenplays, novels, and other writings will be presented as an animated short trailer at the discretion of festival producers as time permits based on the award.
8. By submitting, entrant agrees to all terms of exhibition, including screening / reading films / scripts in their entirety as well as film screenshots and screenplay excerpts selected by festival director to be published in all festival promotional materials and publications.
9. Prizes will be announced online on our website lanneff.com Sunday, May 14, 2020.
10. By submitting to L.A. NEO NOIR FILM AND SCRIPT FEST (LANNEFF) the submitter agrees not to hold LANNEFF or anyone associated with this festival liable for any reason.

    Fest submitter owns all rights, copyright, and all ownership of submitted material and has written talent release forms and permission for all talent, music, and every item shown or heard in film and or written material.

    The submitted item is completely the property of he or she who submits written material and or film and the item includes no trademarked or copyrighted items not owned by fest submitter, and if the submitted film or script is found not to be the property of the submitter of such property in any way, that submitter of submitted film and or script is completely liable for any repercussions financial fines, or lawsuits that may occur from the exhibition acquisition or use in any way of such submitted items.

    The submitter agrees to allow LANNEFF exclusive permission to screen, showcase, republish written material segments and film in their entirety at the festival as well as in festival promotional items and publications.

    The submitter of films and or scripts for this festival agrees no actual pornography and no actual unlawful acts of any kind are exhibited in submitted films or implemented in the making of submitted material script and or film in any way. LANNEFF director retains the right to disqualify any film or script upon director's sole discretion.

    All festival submitters understand and agree that no refunds of any kind will be given in regards to this fest, even in the case of disqualification.

    If the fest director finds no submissions worthy of a prize, LANNEFF director reserves the right to not award any prize of any kind. If an unavoidable accident (force majeure) occurs, or there are not enough submissions received, LANNEFF director reserves the right not to present the LANNEFF.

11. There are no refunds.

Awards

$100 for Best Film, $100 for Best Script, a paid webisode series offer for the best femme fatale and neo noir actor and many other prizes. Each winner will have their film in it's entirety or excerpts, if so desired, live streamed on a private link where our entire neo noir roster of neo noir producers, in the hundreds, can see their masterpiece. Carey Westbrook will offer free consultation to EVERY SINGLE person selected to participate in this festival, and selected winners will receive a distribution offer from SMG Films. See the list above regarding people who have found benefit from this consultation. It's a great list. You would do well to be on that list. Every writing submission entered also receives a trailer based on their story, and each writing submission, that is an official selection, will be featured on the L.A. Neo Noir website as well, live streamed from Hollywood California.