March 19th, 2012
BORSCHT CORP. ANNOUNCES CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR 8TH BORSCHT FILM FESTIVAL
Miami, Florida – The Borscht Film Festival launched its new website today (www.borschtcorp.com) with a call for entries to Miami filmmakers. Borscht Corp. seeks submissions from emerging directors, screenwriters, and producers for the eighth edition of The Borscht Film Festival, which will take place in late 2012.
The Borscht Film Festival accepts submissions of work at all stages, treatment to final cut. The only stipulation is that the work come from emerging filmmakers born, raised, inspired by, or living in South Florida. Any form, any genre, any subject matter is welcome—as long as it deals with South Florida in some way.
Borscht encourages producers, directors, writers, or even those with only an idea for a film to reach out to them.
Borscht partners with emerging filmmakers to support their work in a variety of ways:
Commissioned Films: Deadline May 1st, 2012
Projects submitted to Borscht in their initial stages are eligible for selection as a work commissioned from the filmmaker. Borscht provides funding, guidance, and professional support (if necessary), throughout the filmmaking process, as well as a platform for exposure after the film is completed.
To submit your project for consideration as a Commission, fill out the entry form via www.borschtcorp.com no later than May 1st, 2012.
Finishing Funds: Deadline July 1st, 2012
In rare instances, Borscht provides finishing funds to films and filmmakers that fit our criteria.
To apply for finishing funds, fill out the entry form via www.borschtcorp.com before July 1st, 2012.
Completed Films: Deadline October 1st, 2012
Films submitted upon or near completion are eligible to screen at an official Borscht presentation or event. Borscht continues to expand its programming each year and we are excited to offer more screening opportunities during our 2012 season.
To submit your completed project, fill out the entry form via www.borschtcorp.com no later than
October 1st, 2012.
All entry forms can be found on the Borscht Film Festival’s new website:
Entry forms can be found at at:
http://www.borschtcorp.com/submitfest.html
ABOUT BORSCHT CORPORATION
Currently in its eighth year, Borscht Corp. commissions and produces films by emerging artists that tell Miami stories that go beyond the city’s insipid exterior. It also showcases them at a popular quasi-yearly event called the Borscht Film Festival. Borscht’s 2011 films received rave reviews from a capacity crowd of over 1,700 at the Arsht Center, and previous films have gone on to screen at Sundance, Cannes, SXSW, Tribeca, and Clermont-Ferrand Film Festivals to critical acclaim. Films from Borscht 7 have screened at 38 international film festivals and counting.
Borscht was recently named the “Best Film Festival in Miami,” was compared to “Sundance on psychotropic mushrooms” by the Miami New Times, and called the “most eclectic and electric film festival in South Florida,” by The Miami Herald.
In 2010, Borscht received a Knight Arts Challenge grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
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