Chicago Motion Pictures Awards

CHICAGO MOTION PICTURES AWARDS Seeking FEATURE FILMS (longer than 40 minutes). SHORT FILMS (30 minutes or shorter) The Chicago Motion Pictures Awards is an international film festival, which will take place in Chicago, USA, November 10-20-2021. Filmmakers participating in the Festival attend numerous screenings of their films and other special events designed to allow interaction between filmmakers and audiences. Filmmakers from around the world are invited to submit films. Student filmmakers are welcomed in each category as well. The Chicago Motion Pictures Awards selects and honors films in several categories. We encourage filmmakers to apply with their films, especially with themes aimed at promoting peace, education, culture and love. Also we create space for confrontational art and nontraditional artistic approaches. COVID-19 Response/Planning: Please note that the festival may be hybrid in 2021 with secure virtual screenings via ………… in response to COVID-19. Safety is our top priority, and although plans are in place to hopefully return to theaters in November 2021, the contingency plan will be a similar hybrid model of virtual screenings. WAIVER POLICY: Please do not contact us requesting waivers or reduced submission fees. We strive to keep our fees as reasonable as possible, and encourage all applicants to take advantage of our early and official deadlines to save on submission fees. We do not offer Student waivers, but we offer discounted Student pricing for all categories.