Omaha Film Festival

Objective

Deadline/Entry Fees

Notification: Filmmakers will be notified of festival acceptance by approximately February 6, 2020. Award Ceremony will be on March 8, 2020.

Rules

• To be eligible the film cannot have a public screening in Nebraska prior to the film festival (with the exception of collegiate screenings and touring Academy screenings).
• Your film cannot be view-able in its entirety online on sites like YouTube, Vimeo, or Facebook before the festival screening to be accepted into OFF. Trailers or clips from the film are acceptable.
• Nebraska Short Films: To be eligible for this category you must be a resident of Nebraska or the film has to have been shot primarily in Nebraska.
• Acceptable formats for submission: DVD or password protected online screener.
• All films that are not in English must have English language subtitles.
• Each entry must be a separate submission which includes form and payment for each submission.
• Entry Fees must be payable to "Omaha Film Festival" by check or money order. Fees from outside the US must be payable in US funds. No cash is allowed.
• Only submissions with completed entry forms and entry fee will be accepted.
• Exhibition DCP's must be sent to the Omaha Film Festival prepaid, and return requests must include prepaid packaging. All festival screenings will be from a DCP.
• All Short Films must be no longer than 25 minutes in length.
• Enclosed with an entry for the Student Short fee must be a copy of a current student ID.
• Releases for music and talent must be obtained by the filmmaker. The Omaha Film Festival is not liable for copyright infringement or unauthorized use.
• If your film has been selected to be screened at the festival we will request you send a press kit to include: stills, posters, postcards, a digital file of the trailer, and other publicity materials to maximize exposure for your film. These materials will not be returned.
• The Omaha Film Festival does not assume any liability for damage to films, videos, or publicity materials.
• Film must have been completed after November 1, 2018.
• Filmmakers will be notified of festival acceptance by approximately February 6, 2020.

• Contact info must be included on title page.
• Screenplay submissions must not have been produced or optioned.
• Screenplays that are currently optioned or have negotiations and/or are sold before March 3, 2020 are not eligible for competition.
• Applicants must notify OFF of any changes in status following submission.
• Scripts that have reached the semifinalist level or above in previous years within the OFF Screenplay Competition are not eligible for resubmission.
• Teleplay submissions are acceptable for new/original works as well as spec scripts for programs currently airing during this year’s call for entries period.
• Short screenplay length is fewer than 30 pages.
• Feature screenplay length is between 31 and 130 pages.

Awards

TBD for 2020. It is typically software and other filmmaking equipment from our sponsors. Last year over $30,000 in prizes were given to winning filmmakers and screenwriters.