Hey folks,

If you've made your own independent movie and you'd like to see it screened at a real film festival, you should consider submitting to The Mini-Cinema Film Festival. Created in the mold of the "for the people" stance taken by the Tromadance Film Festival, Mini-Cinema is a completely free film festival, meaning there are no entry fees to filmmakers or cover charges to film fans. Held semi-annually at the Book N Bean house of coffee in Fairmont, WV since 2003, the festival has screened films from all over the world and from all genres and circles of filmmaking. Mini-Cinema welcomes the up-and-coming filmmakers right alongside the independent efforts of established film personalities and is open to all genres. It truly is a festival the caters to filmmakers and the connoisseurs of indepedent art. In 2004, The Mini-Cinema Film Festival was listed among "the rest of the best" North American film festivals in FilmThreat creator Chris Gore's [u]Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide[/u].

Submissions are being accepted for the next event (which will be held in late-February or March 2006; dates TBA) up until January 31st, 2006. Shorts and features are accepted, but to be honest, because of our lack of availible time slots, short films have a much better chance of being selected than features.

If you are interested in submitting, then please visit the official website at http://www.minicinema.co.nr and please make sure to have your films postmarked by January 31st!