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Congratulations to all of the official selections for our second Fentress Fest for Writers! We appreciate everyone who submitted their work to the competition; it was a tough decision for our jurors to make, but we are very proud of our festival lineup. Cheers!
POEMS: DOG (Written By Andrew Shire); UK The Ballad of Sonnetine (Written By Timothy Scott Ennis); USA Twilight in the Sculpture Forest (Written By James Morehead); Canada PLAYS: Don't Forget to Tip! (Written By Moon Abbott); USA Happier Days (Written By Jennifer Ju); USA Winter's End (Written By J.S. Puller); USA SHORT SCREENPLAYS: A Long Road Ahead (Written By Bernhard Riedhammer); Germany Blood Knot (Written By Michael Greene); USA Cabin (Written By Mark A. C. Brown); UK Call Me Dre (Written By Kenni York); USA Choice (Written By Bernhard Riedhammer); Germany FEATURE SCREENPLAYS: Closet Door (Written By Moon Abbott); USA Girl Aloud (Written By Mary C. Ferrara); USA Lion's Mane (Written By Alexandria Albanese); USA Off to the Island! (Written By Mike Meier); USA Stormé (Written By Julie Fergus, Samara Kanegis); USA Venefica (Written By Mackenzie Gibson); Canada Check back here tomorrow where we will announce the finalists of the festival!
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 Submissions are now closed for the Fentress Film Fest 2023! Thank you to everyone who submitted to year 3 of our festival; we are really looking forward to showcasing talented filmmakers from all over the world. Currently, our festival jurors are reviewing all submissions. The official selections for our 2023 program will be announced 12/19/2022, and the festival will take place from January 2nd-7th, 2023. Check out our Fentress Film Fest subpage to learn more: https://www.fentressfilms.com/2023.html#/
 Congratulations to all of the selected filmmakers & their films! We want to thank everyone who submitted to the festival this year (we had hundreds of submissions, but only chose 25 films for this year's program). Cheers!
 Submissions are now closed for the Fentress Student Film Fest! Thank you to everyone who submitted to year 2 of our festival; we are really looking forward to showcasing talented student filmmakers from all over the world. Currently, our festival jurors are reviewing all submissions. The official selections for our 2022 program will be announced 07/11/2022, and the festival will take place from July 25th-30th, 2022. Check out our Fentress Student Film Fest subpage to learn more: www.fentressfilms.com/2022.html#/
Congratulations to the four incredible award winners of the Fentress Fest for Writers: April 2022 edition!!
POEM: Mia/Me (Written By Annaliese Broughton); UK PLAY: Unfolding Temporary: A New Musical (Written By Elena C. Lockleis; Music/Lyrics By Gloria Muñoz and Mark Feinman); USA SHORT SCREENPLAY: The Scheme (Written By Diego Trovarelli); Italy FEATURE SCREENPLAY: Immaculate (Written By Kristen Swinkels); Canada Congrats to all of the finalists for the April 2022 Fentress Fest for Writers!! We had so many wonderful selections in our lineup, so choosing the finalists was a real challenge, but we cannot wait to announce the winners tomorrow. Cheers!
POEMS: Mia/Me (Written By Annaliese Broughton); UK Seismic (Written By Alan David Pritchard); UK PLAYS: Reptile Logic (Written By Matthew Paul Wexler); USA Unfolding Temporary: A New Musical (Written By Elena C. Lockleis; Music/Lyrics By Gloria Muñoz and Mark Feinman); USA SHORT SCREENPLAYS: Mismatch (Written By Bernhard Riedhammer); Germany The Scheme (Written By Diego Trovarelli); Italy FEATURE SCREENPLAYS: Hostage (Written By Tim Watson); UK Immaculate (Written By Kristen Swinkels); Canada The Man with the Dear Head (Written By Amanda Grafe); USA Congratulations to all of the official selections for our first quarterly Fentress Fest for Writers! We appreciate everyone who submitted their work to the competition; it was a tough decision for our jurors to make, but we are very proud of our festival lineup. Cheers!
POEMS: The molluscs revenge (Written By Silvia Pellegrino; Dir. Andrea Casella); Italy Mia/Me (Written By Annaliese Broughton); UK Seismic (Written By Alan David Pritchard); UK PLAYS: Red-Handed (Written By Alan David Pritchard); UK Reptile Logic (Written By Matthew Paul Wexler); USA Unfolding Temporary: A New Musical (Written By Elena C. Lockleis; Music/Lyrics By Gloria Muñoz and Mark Feinman); USA SHORT SCREENPLAYS: Mismatch (Written By Bernhard Riedhammer); Germany SCREENDDICTED (Written By Chaitanya Vyas); India The Locket (Written By Erin Elizabeth Rider); USA The Scheme (Written By Diego Trovarelli); Italy FEATURE SCREENPLAYS: Alice in Tranceland (Written By Marc Silveira); Brazil Call Me Thor (Written By Jamie Campbell); USA Hostage (Written By Tim Watson); UK Immaculate (Written By Kristen Swinkels); Canada M is for Mystery (Written By Jerzy Suchocki); Mexico River's Fall (Written By Steven Howard); USA The Jellyfish Girl (Written By Jerzy Suchocki); Mexico The Man with the Dear Head (Written By Amanda Grafe); USA The Wandering Runaway and the Barefoot Bandit (Written By Jerzy Suchocki); Mexico VAC (Written By Marc Silveira); Brazil Check back here tomorrow where we will announce the finalists of the festival!  Check out our NEW online writing festival, Fentress Fest for Writers!
We are looking forward to recognizing hard working writers from all over the world who are creating art to change the world! Not only are we looking for awesome works with superb concepts and writing , but we are also looking for hardworking and passionate artists that tell captivating stories! We are especially eager to see work with themes of: LGBTQ+ issues, BIPOC storylines, healthcare and mental health stories, and stories for social change; however, all genres and themes are encouraged and welcomed! We are accepting submissions every 3 months (4 times/year), and then we will select winners! The winners of each category will get physical prizes AND their work will be read out loud by professional actors in the next season of our IMDb certified web series, The Fentress Readings. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the filming of the readings will be 100% virtual and will be conducted over Zoom. This means we are accepting submissions from all over the world!! Yay!! We will also feature each selected writer, as well as the winners, on our website and social media. We have 4 total award categories: 1) Best Feature Screenplay -Each quarter, one writer will win the award for best feature screenplay! -1 submission category; 1 award opportunity -Decided by a jury 2) Best Short Screenplay -Each quarter, one writer will win the award for best short screenplay! -1 submission category; 1 award opportunity -Decided by a jury 3) Best Play -Each quarter, one writer will win the award for best play! -1 submission category; 1 award opportunity -Decided by a jury 4) Best Poem -Each quarter, one writer will win the award for best poem! -1 submission category; 1 award opportunity -Decided by a jury Submissions close soon, so be sure to submit your work: filmfreeway.com/FentressFestforWriters The official selections, finalists, and award winners for our April 2022 competition will be announced soon! Stay tuned!    Check out the fifth edition of the Fentress Fanzine, our arts magazine!
Our February 2022 edition (which is a special one year anniversary edition) came out today!! Woohoo! This edition of the magazine features 10 artists from all over the world: Florimond Le Goupil-Maier, Eduardo José Paco Mateo, Liam Hatch, Heidi Eikenhorst, Madyson DeJausserand, The Space Station, Grace Tshumamboya, and Valerie Griffin. Since we are celebrating one whole year of the Fentress Fanzine, this special edition features a brand NEW visual design! We hope to give a fresh, new look to our magazine each and every year we publish it. Enjoy! The magazine is available for purchase on our website as either a digital copy ($7) or a physical copy ($12). It is available to purchase worldwide. Thank you for supporting our small business and the magazine for a whole year! Woohoo! It's finally time for the Fentress Film Fest 2022! We are SO excited to get this festival started!! We are looking forward to recognizing hardworking filmmakers from all over the world who are creating art to change the world! The festival will be all this week, from January 3rd-8th, 2022 and will be 90% virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the festival will be mostly virtual, we will be hosting online events all week long so that the selected filmmakers can get to know each other, and so that the online community can engage with each filmmaker's work before the actual awards ceremony! We will also be hosting a very intimate in-person screening in Denver (USA) on Saturday, January 8th at 1pm EST! If you want to watch the films or vote for the Fentress Fan Favorite Award, please go to: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/fentressfilmfest2022 Voting for the FFF Award will close on Friday (01/07) at 11:59pm EST, so make sure to cast your votes soon!! Our nomination ceremony will be on Friday (01/08) at 9:00pmEST, and then the awards ceremony will be on Saturday (01/08) at 8:00pmEST. If you're interested in finding out the winners of the festival, please stay tuned for both of those videos, which will go live on our Youtube and/or website at: http://www.fentressfilms.com/20221.html#/ Thanks so much for supporting the festival!  |
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