Digital Griffix film awards changed over the years and is now an IMDB listed international awards competition (Digital Griffix Film Festival).
Our trophy is now a beautiful crystal eagle head that can be shipped worldwide.
We are planning to do a live screening of some nominees with films of 40 minutes or less who also sent their film in the LIVE SCREENING category in summer 2024. If you receive a finalist badge, it means that your film will be screened.
Our jury determines the best films in each category. Note that we do NOT screen all films onsite. You have to be nominated in a category and you have to send your film in the Live Screening category as well to be considered. Our goal is to help filmmakers take the next step in their career.
Our jury is composed of award winning filmmakers who perfectly understand the hard work put in independent filmmaking.
We do NOT select everyone for the festival. Only nominees will be selected.
Our IMDB page :
https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0013432/2022/1
Our VFX Company IMDB page (members of the jury worked on the listed films) :
https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?companies=co0387595
Our Festival Director, Heloise Magny is also working at MPC Montreal (Moving Picture Company)
https://www.mpcfilm.com/
Just like you, we are artists and filmmakers
Best film of the year categories :
Best fiction film of the year
Best documentary film of the year
Best animated film of the year
PRIZES
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Winners will receive a 4-month InkTip Pro Membership. As an InkTip Pro Member, thousands of filmmakers can find and read your scripts, and you'll be able to pitch directly to production companies every week. With over 3,000 options and 400 movies made, InkTip is the place for independent film.
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If you are selected our partnership with Shami Media Group ( http://www.shamimediagroup.com) can help you with the distribution of your film.
Technical Requirements to submit to them:
Video -Film Master: •File specifications: Apple Pro Res 422 (HQ) in .MOV container. -Film Trailer: •File specifications: Apple Pro Res (HQ) in .MOV container.
Note* no artifacts, glitches, compression gradients, color shifting or other imperfections.
Audio -Film Audio: •PCM 48.000 kHz 16-bit Audio.
-Trailer Audio: •PCM 48.000 kHz 16-bit Audio.
*Must be in stereo if originally mixed in stereo.
Photos •High resolutions images and stills for press, marketing & special promotion.
*If available. Closed Captions (CC) • SCC format • English text in EIA 608 format in a Scenarist SCC formatted file, using the .scc file extension • Must be 29.97 FPS regardless of frame rate of the movie file. • Captioning workflows utilizing 23.976 FPS timecodes are acceptable, but the timecodes will be regarded as 29.97fps. • SCC files should preserve the timecode mode (drop frame or non-drop frame) used in your captioning process, not necessarily the mode represented in the Video Master. • All closed captions should be in english.
*FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMS ONLY | Subtitles in english should be delivered separately (not burned in) in valid .SRT format with correct timing and no misspellings.
Other Considerations
All films must contain at least one frame of black at the beginning and end, but no longer than 1 second. No watermarks, bugs, DVD logos, promotional intros, release dates, websites, color bars, slates, countdowns, advertisements or MPAA ratings. For trailers, files are preferably to be 60 Second long.
Winners of the Digital Griffix Awards for best film of the year in one of the three main categories receive a cash prize of up to 100$ if they decide to not order the trophy - so you can choose between the trophy or cash prizes * only paypal is accepted as a money transfer method
Onsite screening judges Melanie St-Onge and Alicia St-Onge
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