Tampa Bay Motion Picture Industry Professionals' Independent Film Festival

A Film Festival screening only high-caliber independently-produced Short and Feature Films! This festival is intended to showcase high-quality, contemporary films produced not only in the Tampa Bay FL region, but worldwide. The festival encourages industry professionals to attend to network with up and coming filmmakers whose high-quality work has been selected for screening. Bring business cards! The festival is now being held 3X a year, with the fifth event date to be held Thursday, December 16th, 2021, from Noon to 10 PM. The Festival Encourages Filmmakers to Join the Tampa Bay Motion Picture Industry Professionals FaceBook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tbfm1/ and to follow the Festival's Official Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/tbmpip Be sure to join our mailing list to receive important updates at https://www.tbmpip.com The festival will be attended by industry professionals, students, fans and friends, and is an excellent place to network. If any filmmakers plan to attend, please contact the fest and let us know. Filmmakers, please make your film submission readily available for download on FilmFreeway in an MP4 format of 2 GB or under, preferably. If we have to contact you for the download, your entry may not make it in to the festival in time to screen it. The festival is free to filmmakers who have a film screening, and they can bring up to one guest for free. The 5th Season will be held Thursday, December 17th from Noon to 10 PM. The Festival is now screening feature film submissions. We are NOT an online festival. Limited Seating Availability - Buy Your Tickets Early! https://www.tbmpip.com/tickets The films will begin screening at noon and we will break at 6 PM for a meet and greet with the filmmakers in attendance. At 7 PM we resume screening the films until approximately 10 PM. We are then instructed to not congregate in the hotel lobby, but we may continue networking in the same plaza at the Holiday Inn Express at the restaurant next door. Masks are optional- Masks are supplied at the door while supplies last. Any additional guests are $5 a head at the door or online https://filmfreeway.com/tbmpip/tickets