Filmmakers

Early bird deadline: Submission fees waived for entries received before December 1, 2007. Call for entries

Entry Guidelines and Procedures

  1. Entry Fees: Entry fee is $25 USD for each feature film*, $15 for each short film*, and $10 for each student film (feature or short) submitted. Take $5 off of the submission fee if you’re an Iowa filmmaker. Make check or money order payable to the New Strand Film Festival-WLPL. There is no limit to the number of entries. Entry fee is nonrefundable. *Definitions: If 60 minutes or longer, it’s a feature. Less than 60 minutes, it’s a short.
  2. Preview Copies: For jury selection purposes a preview copy of your submitted film must be submitted on DVD. Please make sure that DVD submissions will play back properly on a standard North American stand-alone DVD player. If you would like your preview copy returned, please include a self addressed stamped mailing package.
  3. Shipping: All films will be returned to sender via USPS by May 31st following the festival. If your film is to be sent to some other location, you must make arrangements IN ADVANCE with the Festival Director. If there is a need for a more immediate return please arrange with the Festival Director. If the film prints are to be forwarded to other sites or film festivals following the screening the filmmaker will be responsible for any extra shipping charges. This reimbursement must be received in advance of shipping. While all entries are treated with the utmost care the Festival staff is not responsible for loss or damage to films.
  4. Deadline and Formats: Deadline for submissions is February 14, 2008. Film selected for screening and award winners will be notified by March 15, 2008. Selected entries must have a 35mm print, DVD, or DV formats shipped to the New Strand Film Festival office by April 15th. The filmmaker will be responsible for the shipping expense of sending their film to our office. We also request that a press kit accompany the screening copy-which will be suited for festival programs, promotion and media outreach. Please note: foreign language films must have English subtitles or an English language audio track available.
  5. Non-Winning Entries: The New Strand will do our best to notify every filmmaker who submits a film if you are not selected for screening at the festival. With the large number of entries we screen, it is sometimes very difficult to notify every entrant. To help us help you, be sure your email address, telephone number, or numbers and mailing address is clearly printed on the entry form.
  6. Late Entries: Films may be accepted for late submission contingent on the nmber of entries the Festival Director receives.

Mail the Entry Form, submission fee, and preview copy (DVD) to:

New Strand Film Festival
C/O West Liberty Public Library
400 N. Spencer St.
West Liberty, Iowa 52776

Please note: Incomplete submission packages may result in non-consideration.

For more information contact Festival Director, Janette McMahon at 319-627-2084, jmcmahon@wlpl.org.

Thank you for your interest in the New Strand Film Festival and we wish you the best of luck!!