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Entries for the 2025 AoBFF are open October 21st, 2024 to May 1, 2025
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Fees + Deadlines
SCREENPLAY CONTEST
TESTIMONIALS
FAQs
THE ART OF BROOKLYN is a an award-winning international film festival designed to connect Brooklyn's vibrant indie scene with their peers around the world. Founded by working artists in 2011, we are a filmmaker-focused event, platform and showcase for emerging creators and established voices.

We are generating significant growth each year with an expanding international footprint among audiences, filmmakers, and the entertainment industry. In 2020 we entertained guests from 15 countries, and 3 of the features we premiered gained distribution, despite the fact that we were fully digital due to the pandemic. O
ver 35 of our premieres have gained distribution — and one became an HBO series.

We are now a fully hybrid festival, producing live, in person screenings in neighborhoods across Brooklyn and streaming screenings and panels to an international audience, with studio grade DRM protection via the Eventive Festival Platform. We have produced film events in 20 different venues for diverse audiences in 10 different Brooklyn neighborhoods, including those underserved by art and culture organizations. 
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Adding streaming to our event enables us to host global events locally, bringing the largest possible audience to our films. We also partner with local Brooklyn bars and restaurants for both formal and informal networking events with after party drinks specials for the entire run of our festival-- in addition to our famous Launch Party's open bar. 

Equity is organic to our mission. We bridge the opportunity divide by making media accessible to everyone, including those who are underrepresented on either side of the camera. Every year AoBFF invites different film professionals to act as Guest Festival Director for the season, and in 2023 we had a team of GFDs for the first time! If you're interested in submitting yourself for the position please contact us at [email protected]. The position has been held by members of underrepresented groups over 70% since we started the program in 2016. One of the things we are consistently noted for is the outstanding quality of our curation, which has only improved as we've opened up to exciting new voices.

We have a Transparent and Ethical Submission Policy in which every film we receive until midnight of the last day of late submissions is viewed in its entirety and considered for programming. We never pre-select films for competition, fill a template or set our schedule before submissions close. Every single submission is screened multiple times, first by our selection committee, a diverse (racially, by gender, and age) group of film professionals and film fans, who represent the popular taste of our audience. They leave detailed notes on each film for the Guest Festival Director, who makes final decisions based on their own complete viewing. We have curated films we’ve received at the very end of our submission process several times, resulting in more than one AoBFF award-winner. So don't hesitate to spend on a late submission to AoBFF, it's worth it. 
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• We DON'T require filmmakers to purchase blocks of tickets for their own screenings.
• We DON'T make filmmakers pay for their own trophies
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We DON'T charge filmmakers for marketing or promotion.
• We DON'T use AI to read or score any entries.

​We believe that film festivals exist for filmmakers, not the other way around.

2025 DEADLINES & ENTRY FEES

EARLY BIRD: 
Nov. 8, 2024
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FEATURES: $50

SHORTS: $45

SHORT FILM & 30 Min. TV SCREENPLAYS:
$45


FEATURE FILM & 1 Hr. TV SCREENPLAYS
$50
REGULAR:
Feb. 19, 2025

FEATURES: $70

SHORTS: $60


SHORT FILM & 30 Min. TV SCREENPLAYS:
$60

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FEATURE FILM & 1 Hr. TV SCREENPLAYS
$70
LATE :
 April 9, 2025

FEATURES: $90

SHORTS: $80
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SHORT FILM & 30 Min. TV SCREENPLAYS:
​$80

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​FEATURE FILM & 1 Hr. TV SCREENPLAYS
​$90
EXTENDED: 
May 1, 2025

FEATURES: $95

SHORTS: $85


SHORT FILM & 30 Min. TV SCREENPLAYS:
$85

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​FEATURE FILM & 1 Hr. TV SCREENPLAYS
​$95
* All FilmFreeway GOLD members receive a discounted entry fee *
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"We're thrilled to be friends with the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival — one of the most trusted festivals in the industry."

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2025 Screenplay Competition

The future of narrative storytelling is in the hands of the next generation of writers — and AoBFF believes in celebrating diverse creative voices from all over the world. For 2024 we're continuing our tradition of exciting industry partnerships, valuable prize packages, and great networking opportunities.

** As part of our mission to support emerging writers, everyone who enters will receive a FREE webinar from Roadmap Writers.**
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Short and Feature Film, 30 min. and 60 min. TV scripts (in English) in any genre are eligible. Entries are scored by a team of professional script readers, managed by our Script Contest Director, Gina Leone. All entrants receive a free webinar from Roadmap Writhers. Our Official Selections, Semi-Finalists and Finalists will be named as part of the 2023 AoBFF. We will announce Official Selections for all accepted screenplays, then award laurels for winners in the following categories:

Build your career in 2024 with the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival Screenplay Competition, featuring Prizes from Roadmap Writers, InkTip, ScriptHop, Lit Entertainment and more.

2024/25 Screenplay Competition Partners:

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2025 GRAND PRIZE:

• NEW FOR 2025: Guaranteed Development Deal from Midnight Lantern Productions
"Midnight Lantern Productions is excited to team up with the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival to find the next creative and original script and storyteller. We will work with the winner for a minimum of twelve months to develop the script and bring it to the next stage of development."t stage of development."

• 1 free month in the Pitch Fitness Club from Roadmap Writers

• 4-month Pro listing on InkTip

• 6-month membership on ScriptHop

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'Fade In' Screenwriting Software


• An All-Access AoBFF Festival pass

• Free webinar from Roadmap Writers

Screenplay Competition Prizes:

For all Quarter-Finalists:
• 1 All-Access AoBFF Pass 
• Free webinar from Roadmap Writers



For all Semi-Finalists:
• 1 All-Access AoBFF Pass
• Free webinar from Roadmap Writers

• 'Pitch Fitness Club' from Roadmap Writers

For all Finalists:

• 1 All-Access AoBFF Pass
• Free webinar from Roadmap Writers
• 'Pitch Fitness Club' from Roadmap Writers
• A 4-month Pro listing on InkTip
• A 6-month membership on ScriptHop
• 'Fade In' Screenwriting Software


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The Art of Brooklyn is a 501c3 non-profit dedicated to the independent film, media and art of Brooklyn, New York and beyond.
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