From the creators of
the Depth of Field International Film Festival, Docs Without Borders
Film Festival and the WRPN.tv Women’s International Film Festival
(among a few other successful festivals) and, under the umbrella of the
WRPN.tv Network we bring you the LGBTQ Unbordered International Film
Festival (LGBTQ-U)
Distribution: LGBTQ-U, in
cooperation with our distribution colleagues, is proud to offer
guaranteed
distributor review to the top winners in Best of Festival Category*:
"Best of Festival Award: Selected by genre, category and
domestic/foreign, Presented to an outstanding entries from among
the Best of Show Winners."
"Best of Show" selected by genre, category and domestic/foreign, so
there will be over one BOS, i.e. BOS Documentary (Domestic), BOS
Documentary (Foreign) and so on.
* (Please note: If there is insufficient competition within any
category, LGBTQ-U reserves the right to withdraw a "Best of"
presentation in that category.)
Other award levels include:
“Outstanding Excellence,”
" Excellence,"
" Exceptional Merit,"
"Jury's Choice Award,"
" Merit,"
"Kudos Endeavor,"
SCREENPLAY WINNERS
- PLATINUM gets
scripts submitted to Polaris Pictures, a film finance company, and a
100% discount for ANY service from
ScreenReaders. Permanent placement on WRPN.tv
Winners' Wall.
- GOLD receives
a 50% Discount for ANY service at Screen Readers. Permanent placement
on WRPN.tv Winners' Wall.
- SILVER, BRONZE, and
HONORABLE MENTION get a 50% Discount for ANY service at
ScreenReaders.
Don’t
forget Feedback: The one element most festivals ignore.
We
don't just ask you to pay a fee and then forget about you if you're
refused. With us, rejected films get access to Feedback: a factor that
most festivals overlook.
Rather than paying submission fees and receiving nothing in return,
EVERYONE who submits to LGBTQ-U will receive ONE OF TWO benefits:
Either 1) your film is already competition-caliber and becomes an
Official Selection, or 2) you will receive a letter stating exactly why
it was not accepted. If you can make changes, you can resubmit for
free.
When was the last time you received a letter from a festival explaining
WHY your film was rejected? Much less will they allow you to resubmit
for FREE the following season (In case you did not have enough time to
fix it)
Rules
and Terms
•
LGBTQ-Unbordered is granted the right to use a promotional snippet from
any film submitted and accepted for Competition at the Festival.
• A brief clip of
the winning entries will be available on the LGBTQ-U website and
WRPN.TV.
• The total number
of awards given at each level will vary depending on the number of
entries received for each competition deadline.
• Do not expect to
be selected or win a prize just by entering sub-categories. It doesn't
matter if the movie itself was good enough to win an award; judges can
reject filmmakers who enter sub-categories alone even if the movie
itself was good enough. Even though the director didn't apply for these
sub-categories, films can still win awards from the judges, even if
they didn't apply for them. Your film's name will also show up on the
official list if it was submitted to one of the 20 Major (full-price)
Categories (films submitted for judging in reduced-rate, production
value sub-categories only, will not be listed).
• You are
automatically added to our mailing list when you submit a video to
LGBTQ-U. You will get emails from LGBTQ-U and WRPN.TV about the status
of your film. This mailing list is private and will not be shared with
other people or groups. You can unsubscribe at any time.
• The individual or
corporation submitting the film certifies that it has the authority to
commit the picture for screening and understands and accepts these
rules and regulations.
• There are no
waivers, and the Competition reserves the right to deny entries.
• DVDs CANNOT BE
RETURNED!
• Other than
English, submissions must be subtitled, dubbed, or provide an English
transcript.
• If a category has
inadequate competition, LGBTQ-U reserves the right to remove a "Best
Of" presentation in that category.
• We developed a
mechanism to ensure that each film and screenplay are reviewed and
rated individually so that entries do not compete against one another
but are recognized for their particular merits. For all intents and
purposes, they compete against themselves: we judge each entry on its
own merits and assign points based on an innate value system. We want
to make sure that when it's your turn to be tested, the judges'
attention is on you, not on all the other films in queue: this ensures
that they don't make comparisons in their heads when they should be
completely focused on YOU.
• Judges assign a
performance scale to each entry, and winning entries are recognized and
given not just for Best of Festival and Best of Show, but also for two
Awards of Excellence levels, two Awards of Merit levels, a Kudos
Endeavor Award, or no award.
• The top scoring
entry/entries for each season get Best of Festival and Best of Show
honors; Awards of Excellence are given to entries with extraordinary
aesthetic and technical achievements, and remarkable achievements are
acknowledged at the Award of Merit and 'Kudos' award levels.
You agree to indemnify and hold
harmless the LGBTQ Unbordered International Film Festival, WRPN.TV, and
ROMAN PICTURES from all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and
expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees and court costs)
resulting from any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits,
publicity, screening, and loss or damage to the screening videos
entered.
What makes us different?......
What
makes us different?......
Top-winning films at our other
successful festivals have already received distribution through our
exclusive distributor relationships:
- Guaranteed distributor review by
Adler & Associates for features and shorts, and “Cardinal XD
Distribution PLUS Polaris Pictures (for Screenplays) among others that
visit our on-line network, WRPN.tv, every so often.
All for selected: Best of Festival.
- Other festivals claim to invite
distributors to a venue: We Deliver Them To You Directly, Guaranteed.
- A festival that runs as a web-based
competition PLUS, a few TOP Awards will screen at WRPN.tv sponsored
Multi-Festival Event Rehoboth Beach, DE 2021 and Berkeley Springs, WV
(At our discretion and by invitation and dependent on COVID-19 status)
- LBGTQ-U, with WRPN.TV Entertainment
Network, will also offer a unique opportunity to show your film to a
world-wide community of video fans from dozens of countries that
filmmakers would not normally have access to, in the form of an
optional on-line video exposure opportunity. This feature will be
available for "Best Of festival" “Best Of Show,”
“Outstanding Excellence,”
“Excellence,” and even some “Exceptional Merit” winners.
- We give any film NOT accepted a
free synopsis of the judge’s notes, at the filmmakers' request, for free
-Opportunities for Sub-Category
Awards include cinematography, score, original concept, direction, SFX,
acting, writing, editing and many more!
- FREE Early bird entry of any
rejected film, into LBGTQ-U’s next competition, upon completion of the
suggested corrections outlined in your rejection letter
- $30 flat fee for ALL STUDENT FILM
ENTRIES regardless of deadline status (proof required of student status
at the time of filming: no refunds if your ID is not legitimate)
- Unique Category distinctions:
“Dust Collector” category for
pre-2009 films
“Tight Shorts, ” and “Loose Shorts”
distinction between running time of less than 15 minutes and those
between 15-59 minutes
“Horror” and “Sci-Fi” separated into
two distinct categories
- Finally, our founders are
registered Committee Members of the Universal Film & Festival
Organization (UFFO.ORG). The UFFO is a nonprofit operating out of the
U.K., which exists for promoting best business practices for film
festivals. This guarantees that your film will enjoy a fair and
thorough judging process.
Awards &
Prizes
LGBTQ-U,
in cooperation with our distribution colleagues, is proud to offer
guaranteed
distributor
review to Best of Festival winners in the Major categories*:
"Best
of Festival Award: Presented to an outstanding entry from among
the Best of Show Winners."
"Best
of Show" selected by genre, category and domestic/foreign, so
there will be over one BOS, i.e. BOS Documentary (Domestic), BOS
Documentary (Foreign) and so on.
*
(Please note: If there is insufficient competition within any
category, LGBTQ-U reserves the right to withdraw a "Best of"
presentation in that category.)
Other
award levels include:
“Outstanding
Excellence,”
"
Excellence,"
"
Exceptional Merit,"
"Jury's
Choice Award,"
"
Merit,"
"Kudos
Endeavor,"
SCREENPLAY WINNERS
- PLATINUM
gets scripts submitted to Polaris Pictures, a film finance company, and
a 100% discount for ANY service from ScreenReaders. Permanent placement on WRPN.tv Winners' Wall.
- GOLD receives
a 50% Discount for ANY service at Screen Readers. Permanent placement
on WRPN.tv Winners' Wall.
- SILVER,
BRONZE, and HONORABLE MENTION get a 50% Discount for ANY service
at ScreenReaders.
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Dates & Deadlines February 11, 2022
Opening Date
March 31, 2022
Earlybird Deadline
42 Categories
May 31, 2022
Regular Deadline
42 Categories
June 30, 2022
Late Deadline
42 Categories
July 31, 2022
Extended Deadline
42 Categories
November 7, 2022
Last Chance
42 Categories
November 20, 2022
Notification Date

BEST OF FESTIVAL
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