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"As the only Film Festival affiliated with the United Nations Department of Public Information, the annual Artivist Film Festival remains the only event dedicated to raising awareness for Humanity, Animals, and the Environment through international films."

Diaky Diaz
Artivist Co-Founder / President

"By unabashedly and boldly encouraging filmmakers to combine art, entertainment, and social activism, ARTIVIST is breaking the rules of a long held industry standard that believes social messaging and entertainment are best kept respectfully apart. In so doing, Artivist is fostering a growing movement of filmmakers using storytelling in new creative ways to effect and inspire positive change."

Peter Bratt, Filmmaker
LA MISSION
Artivist Award Winner

!!!! 2012 FILM SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN !!!!

Mission & Objective 

Founded in 2003, ARTIVIST is the only film festival dedicated to raising awareness for Human Rights, Children's Advocacy, Environmental Preservation, and the Humane Treatment of Animals. Since its inception, Artivist has screened 400+ advocate films representing more than 60 countries, and has produced film festival tours in the USA, U.K., Mexico, Portugal, and Japan, reaching more than 35 million people with its public relation campaigns.

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

 Director Peter Bratt of "La Mission," said it best:

"By unabashedly and boldly encouraging filmmakers to combine art, entertainment, and social activism, Artivist is breaking the rules of a long held industry standard that believes social messaging and entertainment are best kept respectfully apart. In so doing, it is fostering a growing movement of filmmakers using storytelling in new creative ways to effect and inspire positive change."

The Artivist Film Festival has Premiered such Films as: Super Size Me, Born Into Brothels, God Sleeps in Rwanda, Fast Food Nation, La Mission, the Zeitgeist Trilogy, Stolen Childhoods, Emmanuel's Gift, ReGeneration, and many more.

The Artivist Film Festival and Artivist Awards honor the contributions of Filmmakers, Community Leaders, and Celebrity Advocates. Past honorees include: Peter Fonda, Olivia Wilde, Ted Danson, James Cromwell, Kristen Bell, Alyssa Milano, Matthew McConaughey, Joaquin Phoenix, Ed Begley Jr, Tipi Hedren, Claes Nobel, Sonia Sanchez, Dr. Noel Brown, and more.

Artivist has been publicly endorsed by international NGOs such as Amnesty International, UNICEF – the United Nations Children's Fund, HSUS – Humane Society of the United States, Global Green, Greenpeace, and by the United Nations Department of Public Information.

All proceeds benefit the Artivist Film Festival and year round programs dedicated to creating platforms for socially conscious "Artivists" to share their inspirational and informative films with the world.

GENERAL RULES  

FILM SUBMISSIONS POLICY: 

The Artivist Film Festival ONLY accepts Films (Narrative, Fiction, or Documentary) that address some kind of social, global, political, human rights, animal rights, or environmental issue. English subtitles or dubbing is required for Films not produced in the English language. 

The following must accompany every submission:

1. Completed Withoutabox Online Entry Form.

2. Two (2) DVD copies of your Film.

3. Entry Fee - check or money order in USA funds made payable to ARTIVIST COLLECTIVE. The Artivist Film

Festival also accepts on-line payments through Withoutabox.com.

4. Publicity material, including, but not limited to:

a) Three production prints or stills in digital format (jpegs, tiff, etc) from the Film.

b) Your Photo and brief biography of the director/filmmaker(s).

c) Synopsis of the film.

NOTE: YOUR FILM SUBMISSION MUST INCLUDE ALL ITEMS LISTED ABOVE OR IT WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED. 

FEE WAIVER POLICY & PROCEDURES:

We sincerely recognize the financial difficulties that filmmakers face. At this moment, operating as a non-profit Film Festival, the film submission fees are necessary for covering Festival costs and it is not financially feasible to waive submission fees.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

1. The Artivist Film Festival requires TWO (2) copies of your Film.

2. DVD must be NTSC or PAL format.

3. Multiple entries may be conveniently placed on a single DVD. We then require TWO (2) copies of that DVD. However, separate entry forms are required for each entry. Filmmakers submitting multiple entries must be either the director or producer of each of the multiple entries submitted. The submission fee for each additional film is ONLY $20 ($15 for WAB members) for EACH ADDITIONAL ENTRY submitted. THE DISCOUNTED "ADDITIONAL FILM" SUBMISSION FEE IS APPLICABLE ONLY IF MULTIPLE FILMS ARE BEING SUBMITTED BY ONE SUBMITTER.

4. Artivist strongly prefers standard commercial 5-1/4" x 7-1/2" DVD cases.

5. The Artivist Film Festival cannot be held responsible for loss or damage caused by the Postal system. Please do not send originals.

6. Filmmakers must secure ALL music and talent rights to their films prior to submitting their Print / Master.

ROUGH CUT POLICY:

The Artivist Film Festival STRONGLY encourages Filmmakers to submit a finished version of their Film whenever possible. However, if you must send a rough cut of your Film, please label it as such by printing ROUGH CUT on both the case and DVD label.

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