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Moondance International Film Festival
Moondance
Contact
Boulder, CO 80302
303-818-5771 (voice)
Web:
http://www.moondancefilmfestival.com
Email:
mermaid7seas@gmail.com
Contact: Elizabeth English, Founder & Executive Director, Artistic Director
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Objective
The objective of the Moondance International Film Festival is to inspire, motivate, promote and encourage the best writers & independent filmmakers, from every country in the world, and to inspire a greater understanding about the vital role of the arts in enhancing creativity, community spirit, and the preservation of our cultural heritage. Moondance also promotes & rewards work which depicts women & girls in a positive light, &/or has lead roles for women actors over 40. We strongly encourage films, TV movies & pilots & written works which show viable alternatives to gratuitous violence & that depict non-violent conflict resolution, which we actively promote within the international film community.
- The Moondance International Film Festival is much more than an annual film festival! It is a unique community, a supportive, productive, and creative year-round collaboration between independent filmmakers and movie audiences, between writers, composers and the world of filmed entertainment. Show More
Rules
Submission categories:- ANIMATION FILM
- FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM
- FEATURE FILM
- FEATURE FILM FOR KIDS
- FEATURE MUTI-MEDIA FILM
- SHORT DRONE FILM
- TRAILERS
- FEATURE SCREENPLAY
- FEATURE SCREENPLAY FOR KIDS
- FILM SCORE
- LIBRETTO
- MUSIC VIDEO
- MUSICAL FEATURE SCREENPLAY
- MUSICAL SHORT SCREENPLAY
- ORIGINAL TV MINI-SERIES (1 HR)
- SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM
- SHORT FILM
- SHORT FILM BY KIDS 18 & UNDER
- SHORT FILM FOR KIDS
- SHORT MULTI-MEDIA FILM
- SHORT SCREENPLAY
- SHORT SCREENPLAY BY 18 & UNDER
- SHORT SCREENPLAY FOR KIDS
- SHORT STORY BY KIDS*
- SHORT STORY FOR KIDS*
- SHORT STORY*
- STAGEPLAY
- STAGEPLAY FOR KIDS
- TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK (MOW)
- TV EPISODIC (1/2 HOUR)
- TV EPISODIC (1 HOUR)
- TV FEATURE FILM
- TV PILOT SCRIPT
- RADIO PLAYS (drama & comedy)
- RADIO DOCUMENTARIES
- TREATMENTS
- DRONE FILMS
* up to 3 stories for single fee
COMPETITION GUIDELINES: Please go to: http://moondancefilmfestival.com
Awards
SPIRIT OF MOONDANCE AWARD
This award category is for women writers, filmmakers and film score
composers. Men may be co-writers or co-filmmakers, but the entry must be submitted by a
woman.
MOONDANCE SEAHORSE AWARD
This award category is for men writers, filmmakers and film score composers.
Women may be co-writers or co-filmmakers, but the entry must be submitted by a
man.
MOONDANCE SANDCASTLE AWARD
This award is for male and female writing or filmmaking teams where both men
and women or a man and woman work as a team on the project.
MOONDANCE SEASHELL AWARD
For men and women radio play writers. Comedy and drama, fiction and
non-fiction, half-hour and hour long.
MOONDANCE COLUMBINE AWARD
Films and writings may be submitted by either a man, a woman, a male/female
team or a young person 18 and under. The work must reflect non-violent conflict
resolution, alternatives to violence, or show why violent resolution to
conflict is counter-productive. The submitted material should not contain
gratuitous violence.
MOONDANCE DOLPHIN AWARD
This award is for young people 18 years of age or younger, male or female.
Moondance accepts submissions for this award in the genres of short narrative,
documentary or animation video film, as well as short screenplays, short
stories or short stageplays.
MOONDANCE CALYPSO AWARD
This award is to encourage a spirit of enterprise in saving the environment,
habitats and wildlife by creative individuals from around the world. The award
is presented to the person who expands knowledge of our world, seeks to
improve our quality of all life on the planet.
MOONDANCE GAIA AWARD
This award is to encourage and inspire contemplative, meditative, spiritual
and inspirational films and scripts. The award is presented to the person who
seeks to elucidate and improve the spiritual quality of all life on the planet,
and contributes to the betterment of the world spirit.
MOONDANCE ATLANTIS AWARD
This award is for writers and filmmakers who have submitted projects from a
foreign country outside the US.
MOONDANCE STARFISH AWARD
This is an award for comedy projects submitted by writers and filmmakers.
MOONDANCE NEPTUNE AWARD
This unique award is presented to a male or female writer or filmmaker, over
the age of 75, who has created either a single work of the highest quality or
a body of quality work, and who continues to strive for excellence in his or
her career in the entertainment industry, and who inspires and encourages
others by his or her example.
THE MOONDANCE ABYSS AWARD
This new Moondance award was created for very well-made and meaningful thriller, horror or supernatural films, written works & film scores. An abyss, usually in the ocean, is a chasm that is so deep and vast that its extent is not readily visible, without further exploration. The winning works in this awards category also have a deeper, and often hidden, message, lesson, moral, or important idea that bears further thought.
MOONDANCE MERMAID’S PEARL AWARD
The award is presented to honor and recognize women in the film industry who have contributed most to insuring that women’s work is recognized and appreciated for its worth, who help women achieve success in film, writing & music, and who have themselves contributed a vital body of work, and who continue to contribute to this vital effort. The pearl in the award is a symbol of women’s efforts to make something meaningful and valuable from our struggles to overcome that “grain of sand” women often encounter, when trying to express themselves and succeed within the international film and entertainment industry. The resulting lovely pearl is a reminder of what beautiful things women can accomplish.
MOONDANCE SEVEN SEAS AWARD
A new award category has been created: the MOONDANCE SEVEN SEAS AWARD. This is an award for a winning project created by writers, filmmakers & composers, who enlighten others, help change perceptions about another culture and/or place, and promote cross-cultural knowledge and awareness, through the art of film, writing or music, and, thus, encourage a better understanding of the world’s people.
Moondance
Contact
Boulder, CO 80302
303-818-5771 (voice)
Web:
http://www.moondancefilmfestival.com
Email:
mermaid7seas@gmail.com
Contact: Elizabeth English, Founder & Executive Director, Artistic Director
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Moondance International Film Festival
Contact
Boulder, CO 80302
303-818-5771 (voice)
Web:
http://www.moondancefilmfestival.com
Email:
mermaid7seas@gmail.com
Contact: Elizabeth English, Founder & Executive Director, Artistic Director
Report Card |
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Contest News
MovieBytes Interview:
Screenwriter A. Chacko
An interview with screenwriter A. Chacko regarding the Moondance Writing Competition.
Q: What's the title of the script you entered in this contest, and what's it about?A: BLACK BOX is a high concept, character driven screenplay which centers around the issue of electronic voting fraud.
Q: What made you enter this particular contest? Have you entered any other contests with this script? If so, how did you do?A: A friend who spoke at Moondance first let me know about the contest. I was a top finalist for the Red Inkworks Screenplay Competition and also a semi-finalist for the USC based Hanks/Miller Screenwriting Fellowship with BLACK BOX. A short screenplay that I penned called, "Honor Among Thieves" was a recent semi-finalist with the "Gimme Credit Screenplay Competition".
Q: Were you satisfied with the adminstration of the contest? Did they meet their deadlines? Did you receive all the awards that were promised?A: The list of finalists and semi-finalists came out on time, which was helpful. I did not know until the evening of the awards that I had gotten the "Spirit of Moondance" award, which was the contest's top honor. It would have been nice to know prior to attending -- since I live in California and drove to the event, it wasn't a great expense for me, however I do know of some folks who traveled from as far away as Alaska and spent a lot to attend.
Unfortunately, I did not receive all the awards as promised, which was rather disappointing.
A: No feedback was given.
Q: Has your success in this contest helped you market your script? Were you contacted by any agents, managers or producers?A: I did have one company contact me by email, and after I took part in a pitch session at the actual film festival, I was approached by a producer.
Q: What's your background? Have you written any other screenplays or television scripts?A: I have a master's degree in Psychology and have worked as an Educational Psychologist, which has informed my writing and understanding of character development. I also wrote songs/composed for film and video and performed professionally for many years before I learned about the very real issues of electronic voting fraud. I was so disturbed by what I read that I knew that I had to write something, and a three and half minute song was not going to do the topic justice!
Because I worked with a teacher who had once optioned a script, I decided to try my hand at writing a screenplay. I ended up being chosen from a regional pool to be one of five featured screenwriters in a documentary. During the documentary filming my pitching went well, so I received an on screen script analysis from John Rainey, the top script analyst in the country according to CS Magazine. I incorporated his notes and began getting awards.
A: I live in Northern California which allows me to get to the LA area pretty easily for special events and networking. No plans at the moment to move to LA.
Q: What's next? Are you working on a new script?A: I am getting my screenplay to production companies and other people in the industry, with an eye towards taking BLACK BOX to the next level. Otherwise, I have a book and a couple of other screenwriting projects in development, including a myth-based screenplay.
Posted Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Moondance International Film Festival
Contact
Boulder, CO 80302
303-818-5771 (voice)
Web:
http://www.moondancefilmfestival.com
Email:
mermaid7seas@gmail.com
Contact: Elizabeth English, Founder & Executive Director, Artistic Director
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(2.2/5.0) |
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