Call for Entries

The CALL FOR ENTRIES for the Fifteenth Annual Omaha Film Festival is now closed. Films and screenplays will be notified of festival acceptance by approximately February 6, 2020.

One of MovieMaker Magazine’s 2019 “50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee” the 15th Annual Omaha Film Festival will be March 3-8, 2020 in Omaha, NE at the Aksarben Cinema.

All films chosen for OFF’20 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 OFF’20 will have an opportunity to participate in our Annual Writer’s 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:
$30 – 07.08.19 – Early Deadline
$40 – 09.09.19 – Regular Deadline
$50 – 11.11.19 – Late Deadline

Short Films:
$25 – 07.08.19 – Early Deadline
$35 – 09.09.19 – Regular Deadline
$45 – 11.11.19 – Late Deadline

Feature Screenplays & Teleplays:
$25 – 07.08.19 – Early Deadline
$30 – 09.09.19 – Regular Deadline
$40 – 11.11.19 – Late Deadline

Short Screenplays:
$15 – 07.08.19 – Early Deadline
$20 – 09.09.19 – Regular Deadline
$30 – 11.11.19 – Late Deadline

Entry Forms:

Film
Screenplay

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.