New York Int’l Children’s Film Festival (NYICFF) will be held February 23 through March 18, 2018 at venues throughout New York City. Today the Festival announced a call for submissions for innovative, compelling, and visually and thematically original short and feature animation, live action and documentary films for audiences ages 3-18. The Festival is accepting film submissions via Withoutabox, its official submissions platform.
The 2018 Festival, now in its 21st year, was originally founded to support the creation of a more dynamic film culture for children and teens. As such, the Festival often presents films that were not originally created with young audiences in mind, but resonate children and families nonetheless. It is this bold and thought-provoking approach to programming that has made the Festival a distinctive cultural touchstone in New York City.
An Oscar® – qualifying Festival in the Best Live Action and Animated Short Film categories, the Festival’s prestigious jury includes filmmakers and producers Sofia Coppola, James Schamus, Gus Van Sant, Christine Vachon, and Taika Waititi; actors Geena Davis, Matthew Modine, and Uma Thurman, and distinguished animator John Canemaker, among others. NYICFF’s annual programming selections also often reflect the latest crop of Oscar®-nominated films, including most recently in 2017, films that went on to be nominated in the Best Animated Feature Film (My Life As A Zucchini), Best Short Film Animation (Blind Vaysha), and Best Short Film Live Action categories (Sing).
Winners of the 2018 Grand Prize Short Award and the Jury Awards for Animated Short and Live Action Short will receive one free year of VimeoPRO, courtesy of Vimeo.
Deadlines to submit U.S. and international films for the 2018 New York International Children’s Film Festival are as follows:
Complete eligibility information, submission fees and official rules and regulations for 2018 can be found at www.nyicff.org/submit.