Trenton Film Festival

The Trenton Film Festival is back!

After an extended hiatus the festival is calling out to all progressive filmmakers looking to show their work at our 2014 film festival.

Trenton Film Festival screens new, cutting-edge film of various genres from around the world, offering filmmakers the opportunity to interact with audiences and connect with other filmmakers at various stages in their career. Located half-way between New York City and Philadelphia, Trenton is a small city with easy access to one of the largest film markets in the world, yet intimate enough to give new film exposure that might be hard to achieve in a larger place or festival.

Early bird film entries: Monday, March 10th

Regular submission entries: Tuesday, April 1st

Notification for filmmakers who have been accepted into the 2014 festival: Tuesday, May 20th.

The festival begins the weekend of June 19th – June 22nd.

Entries must have a completion date after 6/1/2013 in order to be considered for the 2014 Trenton Film Festival. Entry fees range from $15 - $35 accepting anything from shorts of less than 25 minutes to 75 minute length feature productions.

This year we are accepting a wide variety of categories including new experimental films, music videos, new media, and spoken word.

Website: http://trentonfilmsociety.org

Entries to be Submitted through: https://filmfreeway.com/festival/TrentonFilmFestival

This year the Trenton Film Festival is proud to announce that we will be giving awards for the following:

James Solheim Award for Best Film
Best Documentary Feature
Best Documentary Short
Best Narrative Feature
Best Narrative Short
Best Animated Film
Best New Media (Music Video, Spoken Word Poetry, New Media)

These awards will be given out during our Closing Night Ceremony on June 22nd 2014. Each winner will be presented with a certificate/letter of award during the ceremony.

The Trenton Film Festival is looking to create an intimate environment not only between filmmakers and their audience, but between like minded individuals with a passion in the creation of film. Our venue provides a high quality showing of films in a small venue that is able to provide a comfortable location for filmmakers to share their work.

To submit your film or for further information please go to https://filmfreeway.com/festival/TrentonFilmFestival

The entry deadline has been extended to April 10th.

The regular deadline has been extended once again until May 10th

Seems very odd to have your categories as 'Narrative Feature - more than 75 mins' and 'Narrative Short - fewer than 75 mins'.

My film is approximately 72 mins long, so would qualify as a 'short' at your festival. But, obviously, you're hardly going to programme a 72 minute short alongside a bunch of 10 minute ones. So, for me, there would be no reason to submit (even though the fee is cheaper) given that my film wouldn't work in a short film selection.

For what it's worth, 95% of festivals put their division at 40 minutes, rather than 75 mins.

Trenton Film Festival 2016

Dear Film Makers,
The Trenton Film Society is pleased to announce that submissions are now open for the 2016 Trenton Film Festival, running March 30 through April 3, 2016. Filmmakers are welcome to submit their films online at: https://filmfreeway.com/festival/TrentonFilmFestival. Trenton Film Festival screens new, cutting-edge film of various genres from around the world, offering filmmakers the opportunity to interact with audiences and connect with other filmmakers at various stages in their career. Located half-way between New York City and Philadelphia, Trenton is a small city with easy access to one of the largest film markets in the world, yet intimate enough to give new film exposure that might be hard to achieve in a larger place or festival.
Trenton Film Festival returns for the third year in 2016 after a 5 year hiatus, during which time the Trenton Film Society developed several other events including the Trenton International Festival--coming up 6/8-6/11/16. We are particularly excited to return to our roots to produce what was our signature event, the Trenton Film Festival.
To be considered, films must have been completed after 1/1/2015. Films must be submitted on-line prior to submission deadlines. By submitting a film you agree that if your film is selected, the Trenton Film Society (TFS) may screen your film at the 2016 Trenton Film Festival (3/30-4/3/16) without payment of screening fees and may include your film in festival publicity and publications.
TFS charges admission to screenings to provide a portion of funding required to produce events such as the Trenton Film Festival; by submitting a film you agree that TFS may charge admission to screenings that include your film and represent that this does not violate any agreements that you have with third parties.
Films must be submitted via on-line screener.
If your film is selected, high definition digital .mov or .mp4 file is the requested format for presentation copy. For feature-length films, Blu-Ray or DVD is also acceptable. We do not have equipment to present your film in 35MM or DCP.
For digital files, .mp4 or .mov files must be compressed with the H.264 codec at 24, 25 or 30 frames per second, 720p or 1080p for high definition or 480p for standard definition, and 2-channel (stereo) audio.
Do not submit originals; we will do our utmost to care for your media, but can not accept responsibility for loss or damage.
Presentation copies must be sent with shipping charges prepaid. Presentation copies will be returned if pre-paid shipping envelope is provided for USPS, FedEx, UPS or DHL.
Deadlines and Dates include the opening date of submissions starts today September 18th 2015 and ends December 15th, after that point we will not be accepting any more films. We have 3 selected deadlines of Earlybird, Regular and Late deadlines in which will be separated by payments, the earlier the payment period the least you will have to pay for submitting in your film. the Earlybird dead line ends on October 15th, with the cheapest price of 20$ to encourage early submissions. The Second dead line is the Regular Deadline which ends November 15th with the price of 30$. Lastly the Late Deadline with the final price of 40$ that ends December 15th the last day of submissions. If you are interested in entering a film act early and submit as soon as possible to ensure the cheapest price.
During the Festival we do give out Awards and Prizes yet not that out Prizes do not include a monetary award. The prizes will be awarded at the Closing Night Ceremony on Sunday, June 14 for:
James Solheim Award for Best Film
Best Documentary Feature
Best Documentary Short
Best Narrative Feature
Best Narrative Short
Best Animated Film
Best New Media (Music Video, Spoken Word Poetry, New Media)
Audience Favorite
Again please note that prizes do not include a monetary award.
If you have any questions about the Trenton Film Festival such as submissions, prices, or anything that you need clarification on feel free to email us at trentonfilms@gmail.com.

Thank You,
Trenton Film Society