The 3rd Babelgum Online Film Festival

This year's festival will feature simultaneous mobile and online viewing and voting by the global public in four categories.
As part of the festival, Stolichnaya Vodka will present the inaugural Stoli Emerging Filmmaker Award.

In Association With 

For this year's edition, Babelgum has partnered with Shooting People, the world's largest network of independent filmmakers, to reach its 35,000+ global membership and the 2 million plus constituents of its partner organizations.

Meet Our Jury

Acclaimed filmmakers and industry experts including writer/director Richard Linklater (Before Sunrise, School of Rock, Me and Orson Welles), writer/director Sally Potter (Orlando, Yes, RAGE), director/producer Annie Sundberg (The Trials of Darryl Hunt, The Devil Came on Horseback, Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work), producer Eric Watson (Pi, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain), and director/curator Jason Wishnow (Oedipus, Director of Film & Video, TED), will be among those serving as Jurors for the festival. 
Meet The 3rd Babelgum Online Film Festival Jury HERE.

2nd Babelgum Online Film Festival
Awards Night & Reception
New York City, April 27, 2009

Check out the Awards reception at Tribeca and the winners' interview from 2009.

  

Submit Your Film

Films with running times up to 15 minutes are eligible to enter each of the following categories:
Animation - stop-motion, anime, hand-drawn, CGI, paper cut, or any other animation form (5 min max.)
Narrative - story-based, fictional live-action films in any genre (15 min max.)
Nonnarrative - live-action artists' film and video (5 min max.)
Documentary - observational, presenter-led, narrated, real-life storytelling (15 min max.) 
For each category (Animation, Narrative, Non-Narrative and Documentary) click the banners below to submit your film(s) to each category. Don't forget to review the Terms and Conditions prior to your submission(s).
March 28th submission deadline! Best of luck to all!

  

Why Babelgum Online Film Festival? 

The Babelgum Online Film Festival was created to celebrate and reward the very best in international independent short filmmaking by providing exposure and cash awards for emerging talent. With its non-restrictive submission guidelines and international visibility, the festival supports and encourages talent and continues to provide a unique venue for filmmakers to showcase their craft.

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