FirstGlance Film Festival Philadelphia

Philadelphia's ONLY Physical Indie Film Festival of 2020!! Call for Entries Opens March 1st 2021 Our 24th Annual Film Festival will take place Oct 15-17 2021 at the Colonial Theatre Phoenixville PA Discounted Earlybird Entry Fee in all short categories from March 1st-24th We look forward to seeing you in PERSON...Finally! Philadelphia's Independent Film Festival since 1996 Horror, SciFi, Fantasy, Drama, Comedy...Everything INDIE! $1000 CASH PRIZE in every category that reaches 200 entries! One of the 100 TOP RATED Film Festivals on FilmFreeway Tweet when you enter your film so we can share your news with our almost 50K Followers ALL Official Selections receive social media marketing unlike any film festival on EARTH! Accepting Drama, Comedy, Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Action and all genres. FirstGlance is an all inclusive diverse event open to all genres, from filmmakers of every gender, color, race, ethnicity, country, religion and skill level. First time filmmakers to Professionals, from down the street to across the globe! INDIE FILMMAKERS WANTED!! Features, Shorts, Documentary, Animation, Live Action, Web Series, Music Videos, Original Concept Trailers, Student Films The 24th Annual FirstGlance Philadelphia Film Festival screens local and international professional, first time, and student filmmakers, celebrating the best in indie film making from across the globe and locally produced Philadelphia Filmmakers Screenings, Red Carpet, Live Awards Presentation and Nominations in over 25 categories and Audience Choice in ALL Categories! Over 20 nominating categories for Official Selections, plus Best of Audience awards for each category, and BEST OF FEST award winners. FirstGlance Film Festivals are the longest running international bi-coastal indie film festivals in the United States. FirstGlance has theatrically screened over 2000 films to over 190,000 attendees and has the most active Short Online Contest, having screened over 700 short films to over 200,000 online viewers and voters over the past 10 years. FirstGlance Film Fests have a 98% track record with feature films (Narrative and Documentary) acquiring Theatrical, Cable, VOD and Streaming Distribution. FirstGlance has a deal to license science fiction and horror shorts and webseries for an amazing online streaming network, offering filmmakers a non exclusive, cash up front short term licensing deal. Named 5 times as a Best Film Festival Investment by Moviemaker Magazine and named by Time Magazine as, "One of the Festivals for the Rest of Us" And Named One of FilmFreeway's Top 100 Film Festivals! Due to the 2020 Pandemic and the loss of events, revenue and business, we will not offer any fee waivers.