Call for Film Submissions: Below the Line Film Festival at Episcopal Actors Guild

We’re live & in-person!

Chill Bucket Productions returns, seeking short film submissions for its annual Below the Line Film Festival.

Named for all the crew members and creatives who do not get the fancy billing and publicity that Hollywood is known for, the gaffers, the props department, the set dressers, the electricians, the animators, the PAs - all the people who make films happen every single day, Chill Bucket is proud to present The Below the Line Film Festival. Filmmaking is a community venture; we know that, and we believe all members of the community should be honored. This year’s festival allows Chill Bucket to combine digital media and virtual performance with its first live screening in NYC!

Submissions will be accepted through January 14, 2023. Selections will be announced in February, streamed online for the entire month of March and then screened at the Episcopal Actors Guild Hall in New York City March 31 - April 1.

Category prizes will be awarded where there is a competitive mass to adjudicate. Categories may include, but are not limited to: drama, comedy, documentary, LGBTQIA+, technical excellence, horror, youth filmmaker, and animated. Our judges are professionals with working experience in the film/television industry as producers, directors, writers, actors as well as various below the line crew positions. Cash prizes of $300 each will be given for a Judges’ Award and an Audience Award. All awards will be presented at the end of the live screening.

Chill Bucket Productions is a group dedicated to advancing classics and showcasing our history to inform our present, bringing issues and thought-provoking art to new and old audiences.

www.chillbp.com