The 18th annual San Antonio Film Festival has been expanded to seven days with additional screening locations, thanks to San Antonio’s Santikos Theatres. The festival will be held June 18-24, 2012.
“Our new home is the Santikos Theaters,” said Festival Director and Founder Adam Rocha. The theaters will include the Palladium, the Bijou and the Rialto theaters. The Instituto Cultura de Mexico and the Pearl Brewery also will host two days of free screenings.
Rocha added that he is enthusiastic about the amount of entries so far, which he indicated were three times as many as this time last year. The deadline for entries is Feb. 24 with a fee of $40, and the late deadline is March 23 at $60.
The SA Film Festival is looking for narrative, animation, documentary, or experimental films in the following five categories:
1. Feature Length Films – More than 45 minutes long;
2. Short Films – Less than 45 minutes;
3. College Films - Films made by college students;
4. High School Films - Films made by high school students;
5. Films made in San Antonio - Films made in Bexar County.
Submissions are allowed on DVD or via withoutabox.com, which offers a $5 discount on fees.
The SA Film Festival will award 10 prizes, including: a Grand Prize, Jury Prize for Best Performance, Jury Prize for Best Narrative Short, Jury Prize for Best Documentary Short, Jury Prize for Best Animated Short, Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature, Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature, Jury Prize for Best San Antonio Filmmaker, Jury Prize for Best College Filmmaker and Jury Prize for Best High School Filmmaker.
Rocha also said festival workshops are in the works.
For more information or to volunteer, go to safilm.com. Or call (210) 977-9004.
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