"Give it a few more years until PRIDE becomes the Cannes or Toronto of the Midwest."
-The Herald Times

SUBMIT A FILM!

PRIDE, a Bloomington, Ind. film festival exploring a wide variety of issues and situations involving the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities, is seeking full-length and short films and videos for its January 29-31, 2009 festival. The films can be on any topic relating to a diverse range of gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and/or transgender issues. The deadline for submissions is Sept 1, 2008. The Midwest festival spans three days, with multiple screenings at the historic Buskirk-Chumley Theater in downtown Bloomington.

Select filmmakers will be invited to attend the festival and speak about their work, and three cash awards will be given to the Audience Favorite, Jury Selection, and the Alfred C. Kinsey Prize winners. The Alfred C. Kinsey Prize is given annually to a film that furthers our understanding of gender and sexuality. PRIDE seeks films that express a range of viewpoints and feature many different personality types and situations, advocating community-wide attitudes of awareness, acceptance and appreciation of diversity. The goals of the festival are to strengthen the local community and celebrate artistic talent and achievement.

The film must be recent: no entries of films produced earlier than 2007, please. You may enter by sending a VHS preview tape or DVD along with details of the film, including length, format, year of production and a short synopsis. Films will be accepted until September 1,  2008. Films are watched and judged as they are received and are evaluated on diversity, technical accomplishment, and overall theme. Screening copies will be returned. Please send screening copies and media kits to the address below.

Length: Short films – maximum 30 minutes; feature-length films – maximum 120 minutes
Submission Formats: VHS (NTSC) and DVD
Presentation Screening Formats: VHS broadcast quality video, miniDV, Beta SP and DVD
Entry Fee: None

Cash prizes will be awarded in 2008 including Jury Selection, Audience Favorite and the Alfred C. Kinsey Award.  

Buskirk-Chumley Theater
Attn: PRIDE Submissions
PO Box 1323
Bloomington, Indiana 47402

Email Danielle McClelland for more information.

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