Los Angeles – MovieMaker today announced that Catalina Film Festival has been named to its annual list of 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee, celebrating festivals that serve moviemakers and audiences in some of the most intriguing destinations in the world.
MovieMaker, a film magazine and website based in Los Angeles, compiles its annual list based on surveys, filmmaker testimonials, and visits to festivals, among other factors. Key considerations include how much assistance a festival provides to traveling filmmakers; recent premieres at the festival; opportunities to meet distributors, fans, fellow filmmakers and press; and whether festivals are Academy-qualifying.
“For 12 years we’ve kept our original team and pour our hearts into every cycle,” says executive director and founder Ron Truppa, whose reward is the “genuine smiles and comments when people hear and see what Catalina is all about.”
The former home of Marilyn Monroe and playground of Charlie Chaplin, Joan Crawford and Betty Grable now hosts a festival that truly puts rising filmmakers first, offering prizes that have included $25,000 camera packages and grants of up to $10,000 from the Catalina Film Institute.
“Since we’re all eager to travel, we gave extra points this year to festivals in magnificent destinations we might never visit if not for an excellent film festival. And we weighed whether those festivals make travel easy and affordable for filmmakers,” said MovieMaker editor-in-chief Tim Molloy. “Also, you caught us — there are over 50 festivals on this list. We very enthusiastically endorse every single one of these festivals, and decided it wouldn’t be right to force tie-breakers just to get to an even 50.”
MovieMaker is dedicated to the art and craft of making movies. The list of 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2022 is in the Spring 2022 issue, with past Catalina Film Festival Charlie Chaplin ICON award recipient, Nicolas Cage, on the cover. https://www.moviemaker.com/50-film-festival-worth-the-entry-fee-in-2022/
Here’s the list of MovieMaker’s 2022 List of Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee, in alphabetical order:
American Black Film Festival
Atlanta Film Festival
Austin Film Festival
BendFilm Festival
Bentonville Film Festival
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Blackstar Film Festival
Brooklyn Film Festival
Calgary International Film Festival
Camden International Film Festival
Catalina Film Festival
Cinequest Film & VR Festival
Cleveland International Film Festival
Cucalorus Film Festival
Edmonton International Film Festival
Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival
Fantasia International Film Festival
Fantastic Fest
Female Eye Film Festival
FilmQuest
FIN Atlantic International Film Festival
Florida Film Festival
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
Galway Film Fleadh
Hamptons International Film Festival
Heartland International Film Festival/
Indy Shorts International Film Festival
Hollyshorts Film Festival
Hot Docs Canadian International Film Festival
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
IndieLisboa International Film Festival
Indie Memphis Film Festival
Julien Dubuque International Film Festival
Locarno Film Festival
Louisiana Film Prize
Mammoth Lakes Film Festival
Miami Jewish Film Festival
Micheaux Film Festival
Nashville Film Festival
Nevada City Film Festival
New Orleans Film Festival
Oberhausen International Short Film Festival
Out on Film, Atlanta’s LGBTQ Film Festival
Portland Film Festival
San Luis Obispo International Film Festival
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
SCAD Savannah Film Festival
Slamdance Film Festival
Tallgrass Film Festival
Vancouver International Film Festival
Warsaw Film Festival
Whistler Film Festival