Applicants can submit up to three work samples that they have directed in the past five years. One MUST be a narrative piece (Narrative Short, Feature, Television or a Web/Digital Series). Do not label material as narrative if it isn’t – if you do not have narrative work, we will not consider your application.
– Feature
– Documentary / Docuseries
– Music Video
No spec music videos
– Commercial
No spec commercials
– Narrative Short
A narrative short film that has been accepted to a top-tier festival (See full Festival List below)
– Scripted Television
An episode of scripted television (applicants can have previously directed no more than one episode of U.S. primetime television)
– Narrative Web/Digital Series
A web or digital series must have been distributed on a major platform
Festival List
- AFI Fest (California)
- Academy Of Canadian Cinema & Television [Genie] (Canada)
- Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences [Student Academy Awards] (California)
- American Black Film Festival
- Ann Arbor Film Festival (Michigan)
- Aspen Shortsfest (Colorado)
- Athens Int’l Film Festival (Ohio)
- Atlanta Film Festival (Georgia)
- Austin Film Festival (Texas)
- Bamcinemafest (Brooklyn)
- Bentonville Film Festival (Arkansas)
- Berlin Int’l Film Festival (Germany)
- Bfi London Film Festival (U.K.)
- Borscht Film Festival (Florida)
- British Academy Of Film And Television Arts [Bafta] Awards (England)
- Cannes Festival Int’L Du Film (France)
- Chicago Int’l Children’S Film Festival (Illinois)
- Chicago Int’l Film Festival (Illinois)
- Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival (Canada)
- Cinequest Film Festival (California)
- Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (France)
- Cleveland International Film Festival (Ohio)
- Cucalorus Film Festival (North Carolina)
- Dances with Films (California)
- Deauville American Film Festival (France)
- Denver Film Festival (Colorado)
- Edindocs (U.K.)
- Encounters International Film Festival (U.K.)
- Fantastic Fest
- Flickerfest International Short Films Festival (Australia)
- Florida Film Festival (Florida)
- Foyle Film Festival (Ireland)
- Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
- Guanajuato International Film Festival, Expresion En Corto (Mexico)
- HollyShorts Film Festival (California)
- The Hamptons International Film Festival (New York)
- Hotdocs
- Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (California)
- International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Czech Republic)
- Krakow Film Festival (Poland)
- Locarno Film Festival (Switzerland)
- Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (California)
- Los Angeles Int’l. Short Film Festival (California)
- Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (California)
- Los Cabos International Film Festival (Mexico)
- London International Documentary Film Festival
- Maryland Film Festival (Maryland)
- Melbourne Int’l Film Festival (Australia)
- Montreal Festival Du Nouveau Cinema (Canada)
- Montreal World Film Festival (Canada)
- Morelia International Film Festival (Mexico)
- Nashville Film Festival (Tennessee)
- New Orleans Film Festival (Louisiana)
- New York Film Festival (New York)
- Nordisk Panorama – 5 Cities Film Festival (Five Nordic Countries)
- Outfest (California)
- Ottawa Int’l Animation Festival (Canada)
- Overlook Film Festival
- Palm Springs Int’l Festival Of Short Films (California)
- Pan African Film Festival (California)
- Rhode Island International Film Festival (Rhode Island)
- Rio De Janeiro International Short Film Festival (Brazil)
- St. Louis Int’l Film Festival (Missouri)
- San Francisco Int’l Film Festival (California)
- San Sebastian Film Festival (Spain)
- Santa Barbara Int’l Film Festival (California)
- Seattle International Film Festival (Washington)
- Shortshorts Film Festival (Tokyo, Japan)
- Siggraph
- Silverdocs
- Slamdance Film Festival (Utah)
- South By Southwest (Texas)
- Sundance Film Festival (Utah)
- Sydney Film Festival (Australia)
- Tribeca Film Festival (New York)
- True/False Film Festival (Missouri)
- Toronto Film Festival (Canada)
- Uppsala Int’l Short Film Festival (Sweden)
- Urbanworld Film Festival
- USA Film Festival – National Short Film & Video Competition (Texas)
- Venice Int’l Film Festival (Italy)