top of page

local filmmakers program

We understand that the cost of making a film can be taxing, so to encourage rising talent, we waive the festival submission fee to local talent. With numerous worldwide locations for festivals, this provides great opportunity for filmmakers around the world to enter the international film scene. Every year this program allows about 2,000 filmmakers to enter the festival circuit which perhaps otherwise they couldn’t, thanks to approximately $20,000 of yearly support. This opportunity opens the world of film. Think global, act local, right? 

Currently we support local filmmakers in the following regions, by lowering the festival submission fee to local talent and even making it for free when submitting before the Extreme Early Bird Deadline: 
Hong Kong: Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival 
Australia: Sydney World Film Festival
Sydney (Australia): Doc.Sydney Documentary Film Festival

New York, NY (USA): Super Shorts New York Film Festival

Boston, MA (USA): Boston Short Film Festival
Boston and Somerville, MA (USA): Somerville International Film Festival

Massachusetts (USA): Doc.Boston Documentary Film Festival
Toronto (Canada): Toronto Arthouse Film Festival

Canada: Toronto Film Week
London: Super Shorts London Film Festival
Belgium: Brussels Independent Film FestivalBruges International Film FestivalViewpoint Documentary Film Festival, Obskuur Ghent Film Festival, Ghent International Short Film Festival

Italy: Venice Film Week

Verona (Italy): Verona International Film Festival
Greece: Athens Documentary Film Festival

The Netherlands: Amsterdam Independent Film Festival
France/Martinique: Martinique International Film Festival

Germany: Doc.Berlin Documentary Film Festival

KEV-Clemence-Hebert.jpg
vdffg_logo white transparent.png

Kev

Clémence Hébert

Belgium

© 2024 by Velvet Room for The Bigger Screen

Every year tens of thousands of films are being made worldwide. Many of these are amazing pieces with incredible messages, insight, beauty, and stories to offer society. However, only a small percentage of these films end up having a release. Far too many of these eye-opening, enriching pieces stay unnoticed, stories go untold, and exemplary talent is overlooked. Most of this is due to high cost and inaccessibility to the filmmaker.

 

Because of this, our heart and soul are in The Bigger Screen, where we aim to make film as an art form more accessible and more inclusive. We don’t want to see important pieces tucked away in the dark. And at The Bigger Screen, we work on both sides of the screen. We are behind the screen encouraging and supporting filmmakers in their quest to spread their work through grants and opportunity. We stand in front of the screen by welcoming audiences to enjoy this art form, no matter what their social or financial status is.

About The Bigger Screen

follow_us_on_facebook.png
bottom of page