FILM SUBMISSION: 15th ANNUAL FESTIVAL

Festival Dates: TBD
Entry Start Date: Currently accepting submissions
Entry Deadline: October 15, 2010
Form: Please download and complete the Tampa Bay Jewish Film Festival Submission Form (PDF).

Mission: The Tampa Bay Jewish Film Festival is dedicated to using film for its contemporary and popular value to celebrate Jewish culture and reflect the diversity and richness of the Jewish experience. The festival seeks to use the power of film to entertain, educate and challenge conventional perspectives on complex issues facing the Jewish people and global community alike.

About Us: The Tampa Bay Jewish Film Festival (TBJFF) is produced by the Tampa Jewish Community Center, and the Suncoast Jewish Community Center. Founded in 1995 by the Tampa Jewish Community Center, the festival explores the diversity of Jewish life and culture and promotes discussion of relevant issues and concerns within and beyond the Jewish community. The festival is a celebration of the finest newly released international films focusing on the Jewish experience and is one of the most inclusive and pluralistic Jewish events in the greater Tampa Bay area. The festival brings audiences an extraordinary collection of gripping dramas, thought-provoking documentaries, eclectic shorts and offbeat comedies appealing to everyone from the most discerning film critic to family audiences. Selected screenings are enhanced by providing a dynamic forum for audience dialogue with visiting actors, producers, writers and other expert panelists.

The festival has quickly grown in size and reputation and has succeeded in increasing its attendance year after year, reaching an expanding multi-cultural and multi-generational audience and in particular beginning to attract a younger demographic. The outstanding films are shown in venues in Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater and the University of South Florida and attract moviegoers from every social and economical background from Hillsborough, Pasco and Pinellas counties.

Submission Guidelines:

• Complete the entry form below.
• Submit a screener (see form for format details).
• If available, submit via email an electronic press kit (preferred) or a hard copy press kit via regular mail.
• TBJFF is open to U.S. and international entries.
• English language or English subtitles are required.
• To qualify for consideration, all submissions must meet our mission statement and have some relevance to the Jewish experience.
• TBJFF retains sole discretion to accept or decline submissions for any reason.
• Submission of a film does not guarantee exhibition in the festival.
• The decision of the TBJFF Steering Committee is final.

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