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The 2009 List: 25 Festivals Worth the Fee

Every moviemaker has dreams of his or her film landing at Sundance or Cannes and instantly acquiring the enduring acclaim that fests of that caché can offer. There’s nothing wrong with striving for those rarified venues, but moviemakers need not get their celluoid in a bunch if it doesn’t happen, because now more than ever there are excellent alternatives—festivals that go the extra mile to make certain that a moviemaker’s efforts are well-compensated.

Whether the payoff comes in the form of a generous cash prize, the opportunity to hobknob with an industry titan, or just a fattening of one’s press kit and crew Rolodex, the festivals that are worth your fee and your time can make all the difference in your burgeoning career.

Now more than ever, with our country deep in a recession, coughing up the entry fees for a number of film festivals can be an unfeasible expense, so moviemakers need to choose wisely and target those fests that can offer a potential return on their investment.

But how can you choose where to submit? You already know many of the larger names, so to find worthy alternatives we searched the country (and our good neighbor to the north) to bring you a list of 25 of the finest, though perhaps lesser-known, festivals that are very much worth the fee. And maybe because of the recession, this year we paid special attention to festivals that emphasize shorts.

Here, then, in alphabetical order, is MM‘s 2009 list of 25 Festivals Worth the Entry Fee:

Action on Film International Film Festival
Angelus Student Film Festival
Ashland Independent Film Festival
Austin Film Festival
Bermuda International Film Festival
Boxur Shorts Film Festival
Calgary International Film Festival
Dark Carnival Film Festival
DC Shorts Film Festival
Doorpost Film Project
Elevate Film Festival
L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival
Mammoth Film Festival
Marfa Film Festival
Myrtle Beach International Film Festival
Napa Sonoma Wine Country Film Festival
Ottawa International Animation Film Festival
Oxford International Film Festival

Palm Springs Shortfest
Poppy Jasper Film Festival
Red Rock Film Festival
Screamfest Horror Film Festival
SILVERDOCS
Syracuse International Film Festival --
Whistler Film Festival

 This Year's Tribeca Film Fest Winners

Congratulations to the following winners of the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival!

The Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature – "About Elly (Darbareye Elly)," directed and written by Asghar Farhadi

Best New Narrative Filmmaker – Rune Denstad Langlo for "North (Nord)," written by Erlend Loe

Best Actor in a Narrative Feature Film – Ciarán Hinds in "The Eclipse," directed and written by Conor McPherson

** Best Actress in a Narrative Feature Film – Zoe Kazan in "The Exploding Girl," directed and written by Bradley Rust Gray

Best Documentary Feature – "Racing Dreams," directed by Marshall Curry

Special Jury Mention: "Defamation (Hashmatsa)," directed by Yoav Shamir

Best New Documentary Filmmaker – Ian Olds for "Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi"

New York Competition Categories:
Best New York Narrative – "Here and There (Tamo i ovde)," directed and written by Darko Lungulov

Best New York Documentary – "Partly Private," directed by Danae Elon

Short Film Competition Categories:
Best Narrative Short – "The North Road (La route du Nord)," directed and written by Carlos Chahine

Best Documentary Short – "home," directed by Matthew Faust

Special Jury Mention: The Last Mermaids, directed by Liz Chae

Student Visionary Award – "Small Change," directed and written by Anna McGrath

Special Jury Mention: "Oda a la Piña," directed and written by Laimir Fano

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