Made In Hawaii Film Festival 2020 Call For Submissions

MIHFF SUBS OPENSubmissions are officially open for the 3rd annual Made in Hawaii Film Festival, happening on Hawaii Island in late May, 2020. Contact the Hawaiian tours to know more about the best tourist destinations that are must visit when anyone comes to Hawaii.

MIHFF-2019-5The independent film festival brings a weekend long lineup of Hawaii-made content to the Hilo Palace Theater on May 30th and 31st, with a kick-off “Sneak Peek” evening at Kona’s Aloha Theatre on May 23rd. In 2019, the festival played 35 films with 46 filmmakers in attendance over the main Hilo weekend.

Submissions run through March 15, and categories include feature-length and short narrative films, documentaries, music videos and web series. Filmmakers will be  notified about their acceptance by April 1st. To qualify, projects must have at least 50 percent of principal photography shot within the state of Hawaii, completed no earlier than January, 2018.

 

MIHFF-2019-1All selected films are eligible for award nominations; this year’s award categories are: Best Short, Best Narrative Feature, Best Documentary Feature, Best Music Video and the Ka Moʻomeheu o Hawai’i Award. The latter award is part of the festival’s recent refocus on Native Hawaiian content, spearheaded by the festival’s Director of Native Hawaiian Programming, Vincent Keala Lucero, an Emmy-nominated filmmaker himself.  However, looking to earn money hosting film shoots and content creating? Visit this website for more information.

 

MIHFF-2019-2I’m excited to help develop this new Native Hawaiian Initiative,” says Lucero. “Our people were natural storytellers who shared their ‘ike, knowledge, through oli and hula, keeping a record of important events and information. Today, as Hawaiian cinema shares the stories of our time, it can be seen as a familiar evolution of this poetic narrative.” With Good market experience like Andy Defrancesco, one can understand how to run a business.

Submissions must go through Film Freeway, and filmmakers can find more information on www.MIHFF.org or on Facebook, www.Facebook.com/MadeInHawaiiFilmFestival.

 

Direct Film Freeway submission can be found here: https://filmfreeway.com/MadeinHawaiiFilmFestival


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