Show Low Film Festival- White Mountains Arizona Film Fest

Please understand BEFORE you enter that the films we show are ONLY our award winners - we require the film makers attendance the entire time of the festival including the Awards ceremony (3 days) . We also require for you to submit your final film for the festival in DCP FORMAT ONLY via Simple DCP. If you are not prepared to do this, please consider other festivals. All award winners are shown in a state of the art theater! NO FREE WAIVERS All Projects must be finished after January 1st, 20209. Older film projects will not be accepted - Scripts no older than 2018 FILMS Our International festival is held in the beautiful White Mountains of Arizona showing films from all over the world. Come be in the cool pines and fresh mountain air. All selected films are shown in 3-4 of the 8 big screens in the state of the art WME theatre - all in one building, this is why we require a DCP. Our CASH awards are given on stage during the ceremony. Enter early as we select our finalist monthly along the way. Our festival supplies lots of free food and parties. One free film makers pass ($100 plus Value) to each accepted entry that is attending- We treat all film makers equally and like a VIP . Each attending film (or representative if more than 1 film or script) will receive a swag bag . This year trailers will be added to each film's page we create at no cost. All of us are a fun group with a great heart and a drive to help film makers further their career and we truly care about your films. Film Makers are informed after each deadline if their film made it. This way you can take care of travel arrangements as well as DCP conversion and upload early. If you do not get an early notification, don't worry, you are still in the running until all films have been judged. Final selections are informed after the announcement date. We invite Press and distributors to attend our festival. All accepted films must be in DCP format via SimpleDCP.com - if you are not willing to do so, please do not enter - there are plenty of online festivals that accept other formats. Our film fest is all about you being there to attend great workshops and learn from industry experts and to be mentored for the 3 days.. Please submit to Simpledcp.com immediately after being an official selection. Our FANTASTIC industry workshops are free and optional to accepted film makers - Entertainment Law, Pitch fest, Is my Movie sellable?, Producer panel, Lighting workshop, Media magic, Think Tanks and more. Check www.showlowfilmfestival.com for details often as we will be adding them. Prestigious awards as well as cash prizes & more. To be eligible, Projects must be finished after January 1st, 2020. Accepted film must have an official representative at the festival, properly registered during official registration days and times, present during the entire festival to do the Q & A for their film, and attend the awards ceremony in order to be eligible for any awards and to screen! Please keep this in mind - we do not make exceptions! It is only 3 days! SCRIPTS: Script winners may attend Sunday - the day of the pitch fest and awards only - however, we highly suggest that you consider coming the entire time to take advantage of the workshops. All workshops are held on Fridays. All screenings are on Saturday & Sunday to assure good attendance ( we might add some Friday evening films)- Discounted lodging links will be available via www.showlowfilmfestival.com. These are hotels we personally vetted and refer and we do not receive a kick back! This festival has the support of the Arizona Film Commission and the local chambers and cities. The Owner and Producer of the festival , Martina Webster owner of DarMar Production LLC, has done festivals in California, was a producer on Justin Haywards (Moody Blues) Music video "The Wind of Heaven", is a producer on the Feature film , Hashtag Blessed the Movie scheduled to release December 2022 and Turnovermovie.com. Her and her husband Daren live in the White Mountains. They partnered up with long time friend Stephany Borders also living in the White Mountains and daughter Dalea Faulkner , both experts in their own fields for event planning and media.