The Violette Film Festival

The Violette Film Festival is an Independent film festival that will be held at the historic Merced Theater in Merced California! UPDATE: PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO COVID-19 WE HAVE DECIED TO MOVE THE DATE OF THE FESTIVAL TO SPRING OF 2021. THE ORIGINAL DEADLINE OF AUGUST 2020 IS STILL IN PLACE. We have decided to split the festival into two parts. The first half will be Held online and broadcast on Cable TV (for Central California, and via Streaming/Apps for the rest of the world) in On MAY 29th 2021at 5:30 Via Streaming and Public TV broadcast to Central California. The Second half will be a live event (with limited seating) held NOV 13th 2021 At the Historic Merced Theater in downtown Merced, California. Filmmakers will be notified which Part of the festival their film will take part in as well as have an opportunity to provide any behind the scenes video or partake in a Panel Q&A via Zoom. More info to follow. Our festival was started in 2017 with one thought in mind...To give all filmmakers young and old a fair chance at a worlds stage. Our festival is designed to be fun for all ages and we encourage all film makers, from first timers to experienced professionals, to submit films for the world to see. We understand not everyone has access to huge budgets and expensive equipment so our festival stands as an outlet for the underground, Indie and amateur film makers to show the world what they are made of side by side with industry professional and student films. In our first year we had films from all over the world from France to Iraq, Canada to Mexico and films from right here in the central part of California. At our festival you will not be turned down or away due to budgets, equipment, money or production limitations...everyone has a voice and a story to tell...as long as the story is clear and entertaining, we will be honored to screen it. Weather it is filmed on a iPhone or red epic cinema camera, we are looking for stories to share! Submissions open December 28th and run until august 30th with the extended deadline. The film submissions are open to anyone, everywhere who would like to submit. We can't wait to see what films you can bring to the festival! PLEASE NOTE: ALL SHORT FILMS MUST BE LESS THEN 10 min in length ALL FEATURE FILMS MUST BE BETWEEN 45 and 125 min in length. *Please Note We Do Not Accommodate Travel Or Lodging, So If You Live Out Of Area Or Far And You Are Selected To Be Screened Please Make Sure You Make Proper Accommodations. If You Can Not Make It To The Event Your Film Will Still Be Screened At The Event And You Will Still Be Eligible For Film Awards.( We Will Ship Awards At No Extra Cost To You If You Win) Also For All Film Makers Who Get Accepted There Is A Ticket Fee For The Event (This Is Due To The Fact Our Event Is Being Held At Our Sponsors Comic Con. With A Ticket Entry You Get Access To The Comic Con Events During Our Festival. (Info On Tickets To Their Event Will Be Sent To You If You Are Selected) . We Are Not In Charge Of Tickets, But they will be discounted for you.