EVENT DESCRIPTION
The International Motion Picture Film Festival is located in the State of New Jersey, USA .
IMPFF is bought to you by What On Earth Productions LLC.
IMPFF is an annual film festival.
What On Earth Productions knows the struggle every filmmaker goes through in this tough industry and that's why we offer this platform for you to have an opportunity to not only get noticed, but to also get recognized and respected in this industry and show that your film has been worthy of an award.
What better way to tell the world about you and your film than to do it on the Radio! Yes, all 1st place winners of each Feature Category will win a spot on Hamilton Radio and IHeart radio to PLUG you, you movie and your cast! This is a win win for everyone.
So, what are you waiting for? Take the next step and bring your hard work to light. Give your cast and crew something more to be excited about. Show them they are all on this journey together, and now all their hard work is getting recognition.
International Motion Picture Film Festival Annual Film Festival also known as IMPFF is an International film festival designed for filmmakers to promote their work through an online platform.
INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE FILM FESTIVAL is a live venue. We accept short films, documentaries, and features of any genre. Our judges, watch, review and rate the submitted films.
We are unable to provide a specific review for not- selected films.
OUR MISSION
We at IMPFF bringing out the Best Short, Documentary, Music video and web series from around the globe and to promote and present it all on one single platform which is our website.
Winner's of our 2024 Festival will be announced on April 20th 2024. The Venue will be held at Smodcastle Cinemas located in Atlantic Highlands New Jersey owned by Actor Kevin Smith from the movie Clerks
We have a great lineup of Judges which includes:
* Frank Modica - "Gotham" and "The Irishman" - Producer, Director, Writer, Actor of "The Gilbert Diaries - The Movie"
* Paul Venier - Comedian, Director, and Actor in "The Gilbert Diaries - The Movie"
* Cheryl Dobbins - "The Streetz 2" "The Gilbert Diaries - "The Movie"
* Fran Cernera - "The Streetz", "Moth", and "Keys"
* Gene Pierro - Owner Hamilton Radio
* Jimmy Diele - Celebrity Spotlight Host at iHeartRadio
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Additional judges will be announce and updated here.
AWARDS AND PRIZES
Awards are given in various categories and are presented at the end of the festival. All juried awards are at the discretion of the judges. Winners need not be present to receive an award.
Laurels for selected films and winners, Online Screening for Officially Selected films and winners. "Digital Certificate" and Awards for 1 selected best Narrative Feature Film and Best Narrative Short Film of all Films . All winners of other categories will receive a Digital Category Winner Certificate.
Every winner filmmaker will get a Digital Certificate and one wavier code per film for their next film submission. For Awards, the filmmaker/submitter has to pay the shipping fee.
In addition, 1st Place Winners of all Features will win a spot on Hamilton Radio and IHeart Radio to get interviewed and tell the world about yourself and your film. Your cast can also join you! More goodies coming soon!
Film Categories:
Best New Jersey Feature
Best New Jersey Short
Best Narrative Feature
Best Narrative short
Best Horror/Thriller
Best Comedy Feature
Best Comedy Short
Best Web Series/TV Pilot
Best Student Film
Best Music Video
Best Trailer
* AWARD and OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE for the "BEST OF" winner, by only paying for shipping and handling fees
* Complimentary digital Certificates for all our winners.
* Media coverage on our social media platforms and websites to professionals in the Industry
* Promotional laurels
* Our judges are filmmakers, Directors, and Actors who understand your hard work
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RULES AND TERMS
1- In order to submit a film, you must own the rights or have permission from the owner.
2- The Festival relationship will exclusively be related to the film submitter.
3- Any Foreign film that is not in English must have English subtitles.
4- All fees are non-refundable.
5- IMPFF will not be responsible for damaged copies.
6- Students must present a valid Student ID in order to receive our student discount.
7- Not all the submissions are selected for the official competition. Our Judges are free to make their own choices and no answers will be given about not selected films.
8- IMPFF can consider any film to be disqualified if the festival considers the content inappropriate.
9- Filmmakers can submit the film in multiple categories in order to become a multi-award film. Still, the decision about the selection is strictly determined by our judgement team.
10- The applicants (submitters) must accept Rules and Terms.
11- Dates and Place of any Event can be changed
12- No political films
13- Submitting to the festival for consideration is not a guarantee of being programmed
14- Acceptance Encode settings include MP4, DCP, H264, with resolution no bigger than bigger than 2K (We do not accept ProRes or H265)
PLEASE NOTE: if any category does not meet the standard deemed award worthy by the judging committee, it's possible that there will be no award announced in that category.