The American Motion Picture Society announced that submissions for its 2016 film festival in southern Utah will be accepted July 15 through Sept. 15. Winners will be announced in the comedy, drama, and documentary categories Nov. 15. Films may be submitted at filmfreeway.com or americanmotionpicturesocity.org. All submission rules, regulations and application procedures may be found on both websites.
The 2015 festival received entries from three continents, 10 countries, and a number of U.S. states but none from either Utah or Nevada. Garry Peter Morris, president of the organization, hopes that local filmmakers will participate.
“I have personally seen the incredible talent we have in our two states first hand and I just hope that our local filmmakers will share that talent by submitting their films,” Morris said. “Last year’s winners hailed from Belgium, Canada, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Myanmar, Switzerland, Ukraine and the U.S. submissions from California and New York were winners in the U.S. We hope we can include Nevada and Utah in the winner categories this year as well. But we need submissions from local filmmakers from those two states first.”
The American Motion Picture Society is located in southern Utah. Founded in 1926, the American Motion Picture Society is the oldest noncommercial film society in the U.S. It is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is “To foster and educate non-commercial, amateur filmmakers by helping them to expand and explore their passion for and creativity within the world of filmmaking.” Its vision is “To educate and enhance the art and craft of non-commercial, amateur filmmaking using competitive film festivals and educational seminars as tools for enrichment purposes.”
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