The CALL FOR ENTRIES for the Twentieth Annual Omaha Film Festival is now open! Films and Screenplays will be notified of festival acceptance in early February.
One of MovieMaker Magazine’s 2019 and 2020 “50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee” the 20th Annual Omaha Film Festival will be March 11-16, 2025 in Omaha, NE at the Aksarben Cinema.
All films chosen will be screened and attending filmmakers will have a chance to participate in a Q&A session after their screening.
All screenplay finalists chosen for will be eligible to participate in our Annual Writers Theatre where selections of the screenplays will be read by professional actors in a theatrical setting.
Film categories:
Narrative Feature, Documentary, Short Film, Animated Short, and Nebraska Short.
Screenplay categories:
Feature Screenplay, Teleplay, and Short Screenplay (under 30 pages)
Dates & Fees for our Call for Entries:
Feature & Documentary Films:
$40 – 07.08.24 – Early Deadline
$50 – 09.02.24 – Regular Deadline
$60 – 11.04.24 – Late Deadline
Short Films:
$30 – 07.08.24 – Early Deadline
$40 – 09.02.24 – Regular Deadline
$50 – 11.04.24 – Late Deadline
Feature Screenplays & Teleplays:
$35 – 07.08.24 – Early Deadline
$45 – 09.02.24 – Regular Deadline
$55 – 11.04.24 – Late Deadline
Short Screenplays:
$25 – 07.08.24 – Early Deadline
$35 – 09.02.24 – Regular Deadline
$45 – 11.04.24 – Late Deadline
Entry Forms:
Method to submit online
Omaha Film Festival proudly accepts entries via FilmFreeway.com, the world’s best online submissions platform. FilmFreeway offers free HD online screeners, Vimeo and YouTube integration, and more. Click to submit with FilmFreeway.