The Lake County Film Festival is accepting submissions for our 5th annual festival, to be held in March 2008. Independent films of all genres, both shorts and features, are welcomed. This year the LCFF is especially looking for more animated shorts and family-friendly features.
Although the Lake County Film Festival has shown such recognizable films as American Dreamz, 51 Birch Street and Chan Wook-Park's Vengeance Trilogy, our main focus remains the independent, with most - if not all - of the features shown in the under $100,000 range. We value creativity, ingenuity, and stuff we haven't seen before.
The festival has grown steadily, with attendance in 2007 reaching 3000 die-hard indie film fans. The 2008 Lake County Film Festival expects to be even larger, both in attendance and in the number of films shown. Our audiences are people smart enough to enjoy a challenging film like 11 September and still laugh themselves stupid during the late night 'Dirty Shorts' program.
But LCFF isn't just for fans. We've gained a reputation for being a 'filmmakersà festival' where the fun, camaraderie, and booze flows freely. At what other festival can filmmakers enjoy gourmet cheese sandwiches? Grilled up by the festÃs director? At 2 a.m.? And for the 2008 fest, we are adding cash prizes to audience award winners.
For more information - including filmmaker testimonials - visit www.lakecountyfilmfest.com. To submit your film, click to www.withoutabox.com. The festival's founder/director, Nat Dykeman, can be reached at lakecountyfilmfest@gmail.com
Although the Lake County Film Festival has shown such recognizable films as American Dreamz, 51 Birch Street and Chan Wook-Park's Vengeance Trilogy, our main focus remains the independent, with most - if not all - of the features shown in the under $100,000 range. We value creativity, ingenuity, and stuff we haven't seen before.
The festival has grown steadily, with attendance in 2007 reaching 3000 die-hard indie film fans. The 2008 Lake County Film Festival expects to be even larger, both in attendance and in the number of films shown. Our audiences are people smart enough to enjoy a challenging film like 11 September and still laugh themselves stupid during the late night 'Dirty Shorts' program.
But LCFF isn't just for fans. We've gained a reputation for being a 'filmmakersà festival' where the fun, camaraderie, and booze flows freely. At what other festival can filmmakers enjoy gourmet cheese sandwiches? Grilled up by the festÃs director? At 2 a.m.? And for the 2008 fest, we are adding cash prizes to audience award winners.
For more information - including filmmaker testimonials - visit www.lakecountyfilmfest.com. To submit your film, click to www.withoutabox.com. The festival's founder/director, Nat Dykeman, can be reached at lakecountyfilmfest@gmail.com