Submissions through Film Freeway ONLY.
FALL 2023
Ocean Life Documentary
The Whaler
Director Philippe Blanc
in Ocean Life Documentaries
Switzerland
May 12, 2024
Opening Date
May 31, 2024
Earlybird Deadline
June 30, 2024
Regular Deadline
July 31, 2024
Late Deadline
October 31, 2024
Extended Deadline
November 23, 2024
Last Chance
December 8, 2024
Notification Date
June 20 – 21, 2025
Event Date
We've put a lot of effort into ensuring that our film festivals give
you a way to keep doing well.
All our festivals have helped hundreds of filmmakers worldwide get the
recognition they deserve by giving them exposure, a truly deserved
award, and a chance for distribution with long-established worldwide
distributors.
We created our festivals by implementing a rule that all others have
yet to adopt. If your film gets rejected, we will let you know why and
give you a chance to fix it, then resubmit it for free before we close
submissions or the following season.
Welcome to the Nature Without Borders International Film Festival,
where distribution and exposure opportunities abound.
NWBIFF is a sister festival to the Documentaries Without Borders
International
Film Festival and the Depth of Field International Film Festival, a
FilmFreeway "Top 100 Reviewed" festival.
NWBIFF accepts worldwide Films/Documentaries under many major
categories and sub-categories.
Distribution:
Over the years, our sister festivals have sent hundreds of winning
films to long-established distribution companies, many signing for
distribution. NWBIFF operates with that same vantage! Your top award
with NWBIFF gets you into our distributor review group.
Remember Feedback: The one
aspect that most festivals overlook.
Everyone who submits to the Nature Without Borders International Film
Festival will receive either of the two benefits:
1): your film is already competition caliber and receives Official
Selection status OR
2): If your film is not selected, you will receive a letter outlining
what needs corrections. Make the suggested changes and resubmit for
free, even if it's for the following season. If we tell you to make
changes to your film, it helps you improve it and make it more
marketable. It also makes it more likely that you will be accepted at
festivals other than ours.
We only live-screen the Best of
Festival winners.
Our screening event is to collect audience reactions to be used by our
distributors. We don't conduct after-screening networking parties or
seminars.
Video interviews of the viewing audience may be conducted and shown on
WRPN.tv
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Awards & Prizes
The
"Best of Festival" winners will be reviewed by Worldwide Motion
Pictures Corporation, Adler & Associates, and Cardinal XD
Distribution for possible worldwide distribution.
Opportunities for Sub-Category Awards include cinematography, score,
original concept, direction, SFX, acting, writing, editing, and many
more!
Best of Festival Award: Given to outstanding entries chosen from among
the Best of Show Winners based on genre and national or international
origin.
"Best Of Show" is selected by genre and domestic/foreign, so there will
be over one BOS, i.e., BOS Documentary (Domestic), BOS Documentary
(Foreign), and so on.
"Award of Outstanding Excellence,"
* (Please note: If there is insufficient competition within any
category, we reserve the right to withdraw a "Best Of" presentation.)
Other award levels include:
"Award of Excellence,"
"Award Of Exceptional Merit,"
"Jury's Choice Award,"
"Award Of Merit,"
"Kudos Endeavor Award,"
NWBIFF is a live screening festival and virtual competition: We invest
in getting distributor recognition for quality films to give them a
life beyond a one-time festival showing.
We live-screen only the Best of Festival winners.
Our screening event is to collect audience reactions to be used by our
distributors. We don't conduct after-screening networking parties or
seminars.
Video interviews of the viewing audience may be conducted and shown on
WRPN.tv
Long-term screening opportunities are available on WRPN.TV
Entertainment Network (optional)
Our founders are active Committee Members of the Universal Film and
Festival Organization (UFFO.ORG), a U.K.-based non-profit founded to
implement the best business practices for festivals.
If your film is not selected, you will receive a letter outlining what
needs corrections. Make suggested corrections and resubmit for FREE,
even next Season.
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RULES AND TERMS
Subscribing to our
WRPN.tv mail list is highly recommended to ensure you receive award
notifications and additional discounts.
We are not responsible for winners missing
opportunities because of failure to receive or read emails.
NWBIFF
is granted the right to use an excerpt from any film submitted and
accepted for competition at the festival for promotional purposes.
A clip of winning entries may also be streamed on the NWBIFF.COM
website and WRPN.TV.
The number of awards granted at any level will fluctuate based on the
total number of entries received for each competition deadline. Just as
entering major categories doesn't guarantee you'll be chosen or win an
award, entering sub-categories doesn't. Suppose a filmmaker only enters
a sub-category and not a major category. In that case, the film may
only be accepted if the judges think the sub-category is suitable, even
if the film itself is good and could have won an award. Conversely,
films may also receive awards for sub-categories written by the judges,
even if the filmmaker did not submit them.
Also, your film name will appear in the Official Selection list only if
you have submitted the entire film into one of the main (full-price)
categories (films submitted for judging in the reduced-rate, production
value sub-categories will not be listed).
Subscribing to our WRPN.tv mail list is highly recommended to ensure
you receive award notifications and additional discounts.
We are not responsible for winners missing opportunities because
of failure to receive or read emails.
The individual or corporation submitting the film warrants that it may
commit the film for screening and understand and accept these
requirements and regulations.
The competition reserves the right to refuse entries, and there are no
waivers.
DVDs WILL NOT BE RETURNED!
Refund Policy: If you withdraw your submission before it is officially
selected, you will receive a refund.
If you withdraw AFTER being Officially Selected, there will be NO
refunds.
All our judges (selection and awarding) are paid. We don't use unpaid
volunteers.
We live-screen only the Best of Festival winners.
Our screening event is to collect audience reactions to be used by our
distributors. We don't conduct after-screening networking parties or
seminars.
Video interviews of the viewing audience may be conducted and shown on
WRPN.tv
Submissions other than the English language must be subtitled or dubbed.
If there is insufficient competition within any category, NWBIFF
reserves the right to withdraw a "Best Of" presentation.
NWBIFF has set up a system where entries don't compete against each
other but are instead judged on their own merits, ensuring that each
film is studied and rated on its own.
They compete against themselves; each entry is scored according to an
inherent value system.
When it is your turn to be evaluated, the judge's focus is on your film
rather than on all the other films on cue, which ensures that they are
not thinking about comparisons when they should think about you.
Judges score on a performance scale, and winning entries are recognized
and awarded Best of Festival and Best of Show, as well as two Awards of
Excellence levels, two Awards of Merit levels, a Kudos Endeavor Award,
or no award.
The top-scoring entry or entries for each season are given the Best of
Festival and Best of Show awards.
Awards of Excellence are granted to entries with exceptional artistic
and technical achievements.
Notable achievements are recognized at the Award of Merit and Kudos
award levels.
Submitters must protect Nature Without Borders International Film
Festival, WRPN.TV, and ROMAN PICTURES from and against all claims,
liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (including, but not limited
to, attorney's fees and court costs) that may be caused by any claim
involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity, screening, and loss
or damage to the screening videos entered.
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