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Comic-con International Independent Film Festival 2012 Call for Entries

Click to download the
2012 CCI-IFF
Entry Form

Oct. 1, 2011 -
Feb. 1, 2012

Comic-Con International (CCI), the nonprofit educational organization dedicated to creating awareness of comics and popular art, announced it will soon accept submissions for its 2012 Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival (CCI-IFF). CCI-IFF, now in its twelfth year, will be held during Comic-Con, July 12-15, at the San Diego Convention Center. The deadline for entries is February 1, 2012.

"We receive an impressive array of entries from all over the world," commented David Glanzer, director of marketing and public relations for Comic-Con. "Last year's entries included films from the US as well as Europe, South America, Asia and the Middle East, and featured some very talented filmmakers," added Glanzer.

Judged by a panel of industry luminaries, the CCI-IFF accepts genre-related films in the following categories: Action/Adventure, Animation, Comics-Oriented, Documentary (Pop Culture-Related), Horror/Suspense, Humor, and Science Fiction/Fantasy. Awards and prizes will be given out at Comic-Con, with film screenings all four days of the event.

Entries will be accepted from Oct. 1, 2011 until Feb. 1, 2012. All submitted films must be postmarked between those dates. Click here to download the rules and official entry form. Film submissions must include the entry form to be eligible for consideration.

The 2011 CCI-IFF award recipients were:

Best Action Adventure Film

The Debt Collector

Best Animated Film

Paths of Hate

Best Comics-Oriented Film:

Secret Identity

Best Documentary

Gahan Wilson: Born Dead, Still Weird

Best Horror/Suspense Film:

Recollection

Best Humor Film

Repeat After Me

Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Film

Heal

Judges' Choice Award

Paths of Hate

Special thanks to our judges:

Michael Gross, Eric Vespe, Kevin Walsh

And to Write Bros. for their movie writing software prizes for all the category winners.

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Special Thanks
Comic-Con International would like to thank Write Bros. for their sponsorship of the Film Festival by providing prizes for the award winners.

Comic-Con International: San Diego is a nonprofit educational corporation dedicated to creating awareness of and appreciation for comics and related popular art forms, primarily through the presentation of conventions and events that celebrate the historic and ongoing contribution of comics to art and culture.