CIFF Filmmaker Information

Come experience an amazing 5-Days filled with great films, impressive programming, hosted lodging, great parties, Q&A sessions, educational panels and networking events with fellow filmmakers! 

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Please note, in addition to the yearly festival, with your permission, films have an option to be screened again as part of the following special programs:

 

Movies in the Park - continuing a 29 year tradition as an Artown Legacy event, Cordillera is proud to present movies under the stars. Classics, Festival Favorites and the best in up-and-coming films from the Festival Circuit are seen by an audience of almost 2k, every Friday in July. 

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Fright Night - Spend Halloween in Virginia City - named by USA Today as one of the nation's most haunted towns. We'll screen spooky short films at the infamous...and scary Piper's Opera House!

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Here are the Categories:​

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FILMS

 

Narrative & Documentary Features

All Narrative Features, 41 minutes or longer, are invited to submit. Our programming encompasses a broad range of themes. We're looking for films that engage and entertain in ALL genres.

 

Narrative, Documentary, Music Videos & Animated Shorts
All Narrative Shorts, 40 minutes or less, are invited to submit along with all Music Videos that are 5 minutes or less. Our programming encompasses a broad range of themes. We're looking for films and music that engage and entertain in ALL genres.

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SCREENPLAYS

Selected Screenplays will have the opportunity to see a selection of their script brought to life during the Festival at a table reading featuring professional actors. 

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Features

All Feature Length Screenplays, 61 pages or longer, are invited to submit. Our programming encompasses a broad range of themes. We're looking for screenplays that engage and entertain in ALL genres.

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Shorts

All Short Length Screenplays, 60 pages or less, are invited to submit. Our programming encompasses a broad range of themes. We're looking for screenplays that engage and entertain in ALL genres.

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Selected Screenplays will have the opportunity to see a selection of their script brought to life during the Festival at a table reading featuring professional actors. 

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Special Award Categories:

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Female Focus - Features & Shorts - $500 Cash Prize

All works entered must either be created with a women in a key creative role  (writer, producer, or director) or of interest to women.  Preference will be given to fictional and non-fictional stories that feature the everyday lives of women and feature three dimensional, well-formed female characters.

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Native American / Indigenous Filmmakers - Features, Shorts & Screenplays - $500 Cash Prize

All works entered must either be created by artists that identify as Native American in a key creative role (writer, producer, or director) or contain a strong Native American theme. Preference will be given to fictional and non-fictional stories that feature the everyday lives of the Indigenous community and feature three dimensional, well-formed characters. 

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LGBTQIA+ Films & Filmmakers - Features & Shorts - $500 Cash Prize

All works entered must either be created by artists that identify as LGBTQ+ in a key creative role (writer, producer, or director) or contain a strong LGBTQ+ theme. Preference will be given to fictional and non-fictional stories that feature the everyday lives of the LGBTQ+ community and feature three dimensional, well-formed LGBTQ+ characters.

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Nevada Filmmakers - Features & Shorts - $500 Cash Prize

All Nevada Short Filmmakers with films are invited to submit their film. To qualify as a Nevada Filmmaker Short, the submitted film must have been created while the director or directors were residents of Nevada, or where production primarily took place in Nevada.