#AoBFF22 Call For Entries
Films, Series, and Screenplays
Oct. 18, 2021 - May 2, 2021
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. One of our 2021 award-winning shorts is being developed as a feature, one feature premiere got distribution, and two others are in talks as of October 2021. Over a dozen of our premieres have gained distribution and one became an HBO series.
We are a hybrid festival, producing live, in person screenings in neighborhoods across Brooklyn (Covid permitting) and streaming screenings and panels in real time on a set schedule to an international audience with studio grade DRM protection via our Virtual 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.
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. For our 12th edition we will follow NYC’s guidelines closely to determine what in-person events are possible in June 2022, based on rules for indoor gatherings as well as venue availability. The safety of our community is always our priority as we strive to deliver a world-class film festival experience.
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 a different film professional to act as Guest Festival Director for the season, and in 2020 the search went international. If you're interested in submitting yourself for the position please contact us at filmfestival@theartofbrooklyn.org. Our short list always includes women and/or people of color, and the position has been held by members of underrepresented groups over 66% 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.
We never require filmmakers to purchase blocks of tickets for their own screenings. We don't make filmmakers pay for their own trophies. And we never charge filmmakers for marketing or promotion. We believe that film festivals exist for filmmakers, not the other way around.
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. One of our 2021 award-winning shorts is being developed as a feature, one feature premiere got distribution, and two others are in talks as of October 2021. Over a dozen of our premieres have gained distribution and one became an HBO series.
We are a hybrid festival, producing live, in person screenings in neighborhoods across Brooklyn (Covid permitting) and streaming screenings and panels in real time on a set schedule to an international audience with studio grade DRM protection via our Virtual 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.
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. For our 12th edition we will follow NYC’s guidelines closely to determine what in-person events are possible in June 2022, based on rules for indoor gatherings as well as venue availability. The safety of our community is always our priority as we strive to deliver a world-class film festival experience.
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 a different film professional to act as Guest Festival Director for the season, and in 2020 the search went international. If you're interested in submitting yourself for the position please contact us at filmfestival@theartofbrooklyn.org. Our short list always includes women and/or people of color, and the position has been held by members of underrepresented groups over 66% 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.
We never require filmmakers to purchase blocks of tickets for their own screenings. We don't make filmmakers pay for their own trophies. And we never charge filmmakers for marketing or promotion. We believe that film festivals exist for filmmakers, not the other way around.
All FilmFreeway Gold members receive a discounted entry fee.
Or use code AOBFF22 to save 20%!
Or use code AOBFF22 to save 20%!
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EARLY BIRD DEADLINE:
Nov. 19, 2021 FEATURES: 40 SHORTS: 30 SCREENPLAYS: 30 |
REGULAR DEADLINE:
Feb. 20, 2022 FEATURES: 65 SHORTS: 55 SCREENPLAYS: 55 |
LATE DEADLINE:
April 11, 2022 FEATURES: 85 SHORTS: 70 SCREENPLAYS: 70 |
EXTENDED DEADLINE
May 1, 2022 FEATURES: 95 SHORTS: 80 SCREENPLAYS: 80 |
