Moondance International Film Festival
Moondance
Contact
Boulder, CO 80302
303-818-5771 (voice)
Web:
http://www.moondancefilmfestival.com
Email:
mermaid7seas@gmail.com
Contact: Elizabeth English, Founder & Executive Director, Artistic Director
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Objective
The objective of the Moondance International Film Festival is to inspire, motivate, promote and encourage the best writers & independent filmmakers, from every country in the world, and to inspire a greater understanding about the vital role of the arts in enhancing creativity, community spirit, and the preservation of our cultural heritage. Moondance also promotes & rewards work which depicts women & girls in a positive light, &/or has lead roles for women actors over 40. We strongly encourage films, TV movies & pilots & written works which show viable alternatives to gratuitous violence & that depict non-violent conflict resolution, which we actively promote within the international film community.
- The Moondance International Film Festival is much more than an annual film festival! It is a unique community, a supportive, productive, and creative year-round collaboration between independent filmmakers and movie audiences, between writers, composers and the world of filmed entertainment. Show More
Rules
Submission categories:- ANIMATION FILM
- FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM
- FEATURE FILM
- FEATURE FILM FOR KIDS
- FEATURE MUTI-MEDIA FILM
- SHORT DRONE FILM
- TRAILERS
- FEATURE SCREENPLAY
- FEATURE SCREENPLAY FOR KIDS
- FILM SCORE
- LIBRETTO
- MUSIC VIDEO
- MUSICAL FEATURE SCREENPLAY
- MUSICAL SHORT SCREENPLAY
- ORIGINAL TV MINI-SERIES (1 HR)
- SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM
- SHORT FILM
- SHORT FILM BY KIDS 18 & UNDER
- SHORT FILM FOR KIDS
- SHORT MULTI-MEDIA FILM
- SHORT SCREENPLAY
- SHORT SCREENPLAY BY 18 & UNDER
- SHORT SCREENPLAY FOR KIDS
- SHORT STORY BY KIDS*
- SHORT STORY FOR KIDS*
- SHORT STORY*
- STAGEPLAY
- STAGEPLAY FOR KIDS
- TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK (MOW)
- TV EPISODIC (1/2 HOUR)
- TV EPISODIC (1 HOUR)
- TV FEATURE FILM
- TV PILOT SCRIPT
- RADIO PLAYS (drama & comedy)
- RADIO DOCUMENTARIES
- TREATMENTS
- DRONE FILMS
* up to 3 stories for single fee
COMPETITION GUIDELINES: Please go to: http://moondancefilmfestival.com
Awards
SPIRIT OF MOONDANCE AWARD
This award category is for women writers, filmmakers and film score
composers. Men may be co-writers or co-filmmakers, but the entry must be submitted by a
woman.
MOONDANCE SEAHORSE AWARD
This award category is for men writers, filmmakers and film score composers.
Women may be co-writers or co-filmmakers, but the entry must be submitted by a
man.
MOONDANCE SANDCASTLE AWARD
This award is for male and female writing or filmmaking teams where both men
and women or a man and woman work as a team on the project.
MOONDANCE SEASHELL AWARD
For men and women radio play writers. Comedy and drama, fiction and
non-fiction, half-hour and hour long.
MOONDANCE COLUMBINE AWARD
Films and writings may be submitted by either a man, a woman, a male/female
team or a young person 18 and under. The work must reflect non-violent conflict
resolution, alternatives to violence, or show why violent resolution to
conflict is counter-productive. The submitted material should not contain
gratuitous violence.
MOONDANCE DOLPHIN AWARD
This award is for young people 18 years of age or younger, male or female.
Moondance accepts submissions for this award in the genres of short narrative,
documentary or animation video film, as well as short screenplays, short
stories or short stageplays.
MOONDANCE CALYPSO AWARD
This award is to encourage a spirit of enterprise in saving the environment,
habitats and wildlife by creative individuals from around the world. The award
is presented to the person who expands knowledge of our world, seeks to
improve our quality of all life on the planet.
MOONDANCE GAIA AWARD
This award is to encourage and inspire contemplative, meditative, spiritual
and inspirational films and scripts. The award is presented to the person who
seeks to elucidate and improve the spiritual quality of all life on the planet,
and contributes to the betterment of the world spirit.
MOONDANCE ATLANTIS AWARD
This award is for writers and filmmakers who have submitted projects from a
foreign country outside the US.
MOONDANCE STARFISH AWARD
This is an award for comedy projects submitted by writers and filmmakers.
MOONDANCE NEPTUNE AWARD
This unique award is presented to a male or female writer or filmmaker, over
the age of 75, who has created either a single work of the highest quality or
a body of quality work, and who continues to strive for excellence in his or
her career in the entertainment industry, and who inspires and encourages
others by his or her example.
THE MOONDANCE ABYSS AWARD
This new Moondance award was created for very well-made and meaningful thriller, horror or supernatural films, written works & film scores. An abyss, usually in the ocean, is a chasm that is so deep and vast that its extent is not readily visible, without further exploration. The winning works in this awards category also have a deeper, and often hidden, message, lesson, moral, or important idea that bears further thought.
MOONDANCE MERMAID’S PEARL AWARD
The award is presented to honor and recognize women in the film industry who have contributed most to insuring that women’s work is recognized and appreciated for its worth, who help women achieve success in film, writing & music, and who have themselves contributed a vital body of work, and who continue to contribute to this vital effort. The pearl in the award is a symbol of women’s efforts to make something meaningful and valuable from our struggles to overcome that “grain of sand” women often encounter, when trying to express themselves and succeed within the international film and entertainment industry. The resulting lovely pearl is a reminder of what beautiful things women can accomplish.
MOONDANCE SEVEN SEAS AWARD
A new award category has been created: the MOONDANCE SEVEN SEAS AWARD. This is an award for a winning project created by writers, filmmakers & composers, who enlighten others, help change perceptions about another culture and/or place, and promote cross-cultural knowledge and awareness, through the art of film, writing or music, and, thus, encourage a better understanding of the world’s people.
Moondance
Contact
Boulder, CO 80302
303-818-5771 (voice)
Web:
http://www.moondancefilmfestival.com
Email:
mermaid7seas@gmail.com
Contact: Elizabeth English, Founder & Executive Director, Artistic Director
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Moondance International Film Festival
Contact
Boulder, CO 80302
303-818-5771 (voice)
Web:
http://www.moondancefilmfestival.com
Email:
mermaid7seas@gmail.com
Contact: Elizabeth English, Founder & Executive Director, Artistic Director
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Signficance: |
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(2.2/5.0) |
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Contest News
MovieBytes Interview:
Screenwriter John Alarid
An interview with screenwriter John Alarid regarding the Moondance Writing Competition.
Q: What's the title of the script you entered in this contest, and what's it about?A:
A KODAK MOMENT is a “what if” conspiracy thriller about a grandfather and grandson team of conspiracy theorists and a fiery female “want-a-be” journalist efforts to publicize their discovery of a 43-year-old roll of film which reveals the truth about JFK’s assassination. When a NSA Agent learns about the films existence, the United States Attorney General and the Illuminati themselves are quick to move in to prevent the photos' publication.
A:
I entered my script in the Moondance competition because they claim that they promote the winners' and finalists' material as well as make an effort to help find an agent, get it sold and/or optioned.
According to the Moondance folks if you win or are a Moondance finalist, you get promoted to ALL of the production companies listed on their website. This is what made it a very enticing competition to enter.
In my opinion, a grand prize like this is far better than winning some cash, especially if one obtains representation and/or sells their screenplay.
A KODAK MOMENT was a Finalist in the 2006 World-Fest Houston International Film Festival.
A:
I was extremely satisfied. Elizabeth English did wonderful job with the administration of the festival. The folks working the festival were friendly and very attentive. All deadlines were met accordingly.
At the awards ceremony, I was presented with a lovely Moondance plaque. I now patiently await the results of the Moondance promotional efforts. Hopefully, someone will be interested in material and offer representation and/or a deal. I'll keep you posted.
A:
I didn't get any notes or anything like that on my script, although, there was an option to receive notes on your material for a price. I selected not to but I was told that I had a great story and a well-written script.
Acknowledgement like that definitely encourages one to keep on pursuing the dream.
A:
So far, I have not yet been contacted by anyone on the Moondance list of companies. I believe it may be too early yet.
Being one of the Moondance Columbine Best Feature Screenplay winners has provided me with a little more clout. I have made dozens of quiries marketing myself a Moondance Winner and have received a couple of responses to submit my script A KODAK MOMENT.
At time marches on, more will be reveal. I'll keep you posted.
A:
I am a television news journalist and I edit news stories for the evening news for NBC and KNBC News. I have written six screenplays and one manuscript.
My script AND SO IT IS, a dramatic supernatural thriller about a 9/11-widowed father who regains his faith when he discovers that his prayers create instant results and media attention, just recently won a Bronze Remi Award for Dramatic-Original Screenplay.
A: I live in beautiful downtown Burbank, California. I guess you can call it Los Angeles.
Q: What's next? Are you working on a new script?A:
My intentions are to turn this KODAK MOMENT into an opportunity that will lead me to representation and/or the sale of my material.
I am currently working on two projects.
THE HOPI ANT PEOPLE is an action adventure thriller rich in Native American values about a team of U.S. Marshals ordered to track down a Native American fugitive on the Hopi Indian Reservation who accidentally accessed top-secret files exposing the biggest government/military cover-up in history – the existence the Hopi Shrine and the Hopi Ant People.
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL is a present day sci-fi thriller about a struggling 47-year-old television news reporter who makes International news when her abduction by benevolent aliens is caught on tape. She learns that a race of aliens known as the Lufiercians has secretly infiltrated the White House and plan to take over the world and to enslave mankind. It’s up to her to save mankind.
Thanks.
John Alarid
johnalarid@sbcglobal.net
Posted Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Moondance International Film Festival
Contact
Boulder, CO 80302
303-818-5771 (voice)
Web:
http://www.moondancefilmfestival.com
Email:
mermaid7seas@gmail.com
Contact: Elizabeth English, Founder & Executive Director, Artistic Director
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Feedback: |
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Signficance: |
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