Fearless Film Festival call for entries issued
28 Sep 2009
by: Diane Wolfe
FORT WORTH--The call for entries has gone out for the fourth annual Fearless Film Festival, the event that brought moving pictures to MAIN ST. Fort Worth Arts Festival’s “Off MAIN” series of programs and events allied with the Southwest’s biggest fine arts festival.
Film festival organizers began accepting entries today, and early submissions merit a $5 discount off entry fees through Dec. 16. Films can be entered for $10 each through Dec. 16, with regular entries fees of $15 per film charged Dec. 16 through Feb. 15. Late entries will be accepted through March 15, but entry fees rise to $20 per film after Feb. 15.
Launched in 2007, the Fearless Film Festival has attracted short films, music videos and trailers from across the world. International entries won best of show the festival’s first two years, but North Texas filmmakers took top honors in 2009 with Pleasant Dreams, a sci-fi short directed by Lam Chui and written and produced by Evan Odell.
The 2009 festival also introduced film industry panels that, like all events at MAIN ST., were free and open to the public. The eclectic roster of films and bonus panels featuring respected industry experts attracted standing-room-only crowds, and organizers expect film fest crowds to grow again in 2010.
Fearless Film Festival is open to short films of up to 20 minutes and honors the best in categories ranging from documentary and narrative to experimental, animation, dance, music video and trailer as well as best of show. Winners are awarded cash and non-cash prizes.
Winning films will be screened Saturday and Sunday, April 10 and 11 during MAIN ST. Fort Worth Arts Festival’s 25th annual show. Film screenings and panels to be announced are free and open to the public.
For more information, filmmakers should contact Melissa Kirkendall at fearlessfilmfest@gmail.com.
Updates, submission information, last year’s winning films and more are available online.
MAIN ST. packs downtown Fort Worth each spring with a celebration of fine arts and crafts, music, film and food stretching from the Tarrant County Courthouse to the Fort Worth Convention Center. More than 200 juried artists and fine crafts exhibitors line brick-paved Main Street, joined by musicians and dancers on three stages. Performance artists and food and drink vendors complete the scene.
The festival is among the most honored shows in its class. It is ranked among the top three nationwide in the 2009 edition of Art Fair SourceBook, the bible of the art show world, and was chosen one of the American Bus Association’s Top 100 Events in North America for group travel in 2010. The film festival has added yet another art form to what has become an internationally recognized arts event, one garnering its second Grand Pinnacle Award from the International Festivals and Events Association in as many years.
MAIN ST. Fort Worth Arts Festival is presented by Coors Light and produced by Downtown Fort Worth Initiatives, Inc. Art festival hours will be 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday, April 8; 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 9-10; and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, April 11, 2010. Admission is free to the public. For more information, visit MAIN ST. online or drop by Downtown Fort Worth, Inc.
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