Manchester International Film Festival is pleased to announce that entries for the inagural festival are now open via filmfreeway and withoutabox. The links are below.
The Manchester International Film Festival has been founded to become an annual event to showcase strong and inventive film-making. Running alongside the established and world renowned Manchester International Festival, which brings over 200,000 people to the city, the inaugural Manchester International Film Festival will take place on July 10th - 12th 2015 across 2 screens at the AMC Cinema in the Great Northern Warehouse and various original and cool venues in and around the vibrant and creative city of Manchester.
The founders’ objective is to provide a platform to represent independent films in an organic and true form. The organisations quest is to champion great story telling that translates brilliantly onto screen. Up-and-coming writers, directors and producers, along with established industry professionals, and film lovers alike are all invited to celebrate independent cinema, which will make The Manchester International Film Festival a hybrid event to discover new and exciting film-making talent from around the globe.
Running alongside the Manchester International Festival means the city will be full of over 200,000 performance art enthusiasts and both national and international press, meaning the short-listed films and film-makers will gain maximum exposure.
Awards & Prizes
Shortlisted films will compete for awards in the following categories, we are currently looking for sponsors for all the awards having recently secured an award from Calumet for the Best Student Film Award:
Best British Independent Feature
Best International Feature
Best Documentary
Best Experimental Film
Best Short
Best Music Video
Best Animation
Best Student Film
Best Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Director
Film of the Festival
As well as awards we will be creating amazing prize packages with our sponsors.
Rules & Terms
GENRE ELIGIBILITY
Manchester International Film Festival is looking for independent feature-length and short films from around the world from any genre.
BRITISH FEATURE FILM ELIGIBILITY:
- Completed after January 1st, 2013- Run time of over 60 minutes
- Must have qualified as a British film with the BFI.
- UK Premieres will be given priority but it is not essential. We are looking for great films!
MANIFF is pleased to announce that the Manchester worker bee is to be its official emblem.
The symbol of the bee was used to portray Mancunians’ hard working ethos during the industrial revolution, in the 19th century.
The winner of the best film of the 2015 festival will be the first to receive the annual Golden Bee award. Other categories that include best screenplay, best feature, best short, and best director will receive a collection of accolades that comprise of ’ The Silver Bee’ and ‘Bronze Bee'.
We will be working with local Manchester artists to create the official MANIFF bee that will adorn all our awards.