Savannah Film Festival Accepting Submissions for 2008 Festival

published Jan 24, 2008
ends Jun 16, 2008
Savannah Film Festival Accepting Submissions for 2008 Festival
The Savannah Film Festival, hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design, is accepting professional and student film submissions for the 2008 festival, Oct.25 - Nov.1.

Competition categories include animation, documentary feature, documentary short, narrative feature, narrative short and student.

To be eligible for the student competition, entrants must be enrolled in an academic institution or have completed their film while enrolled.

No works in progress will be accepted.

All entries must be postmarked by June 16.

Notification of selected entries will be completed by Sept. 15.

The Savannah Film Festival features independent, innovative and influential film from around the world, as well as workshops, panel discussions and presentations of well-known visiting artists and filmmakers.

In 2006, all but one of the evening gala screenings went on to be nominated for an Academy Award, and all but two of those films won the Oscar in their category.