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22nd Annual Florida Film Festival Announces Call For Entries and Online Submissions

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Orlando, FL (September 5, 2012) – Entries officially are being accepted for the 22nd Annual Florida Film Festival, April 5-14, 2013. Qualified filmmakers can submit their entries through Florida Film Festival’s online entry form on floridafilmfestival.com or through Withoutabox.com.

Competition categories include short films (both narrative and animation), documentary films (both short and feature length), narrative features, and international films (both short and feature length). Awards are determined by a jury of film professionals and by audience ballot.

Deadlines to submit are:

SHORTS DEADLINES
Early: October 19, 2012
Late: November 16, 2012

FEATURES DEADLINES
Early: November 2, 2012
Late: December 7, 2012

The Florida Film Festival is accredited as a qualifying festival for the Oscars® in the Live Action Short and Animated Short film categories. The winner of the Grand Jury Award in each of these categories will automatically qualify to enter the following year’s Academy Awards®.

For additional questions, please visit http://www.FloridaFilmFestival.com conta,ct the Florida Film Festival’s programming department by calling (407) 644-5625, email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), or send U.S. mail to Florida Film Festival, 1300 South Orlando Avenue, Maitland, FL 32751

FLORIDA FILM FESTIVAL
The Florida Film Festival is the premier showcase in Central Florida for American independent and international film. The Festival, which debuted in 1992, is a core program of ENZIAN, a nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1985. ENZIAN and the Florida Film Festival have served more than 1.5 million guests and hosted Academy Award winning celebrities including Paul Newman, Oliver Stone, Christopher Walken, Jon Voight, Cliff Robertson, Rod Steiger, Barry Levinson and Haskell Wexler.

The Festival is funded in part by national and local corporations and receives government support via Orange County Government through the Arts and Cultural Affairs Tourism Program. The festival is also supported by United Arts of Central Florida with funds from the United Arts Campaign and by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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