Support the Phoenix Film Foundation while you shop on Amazon.com!

Thanks to a program on Amazon.com, you can support the Phoenix Film Foundation while you shop. By clicking the link below, you will be able to support the Phoenix Film Foundation and our educational programs while you pick out that perfect present because of Amazon's new program, Amazon Smile.

Through Amazon Smile, once you have made the Phoenix Film Foundation your charity of choice, Amazon will donate 0.5% of your purchase's price to help us on our mission: to support and develop the artistic appreciation, educational opportunities and growth of independent film within Arizona. We do this through our educational programs that teach the art of independent filmmaking to hundreds of Arizona students every year.

Here's the best part, almost everything you buy on Amazon.com is eligible — clothes, books, appliances. Need a Norman Rockwell painting? There's one on Amazon for $4.8 million. You get a present for yourself and you support us as well!

As always, we thank you for your support of the Phoenix Film Foundation. So what are you waiting for? Click below and start shopping! But don't forget to always start your amazon.com shopping at smile.amazon.com!

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Support the PFF by shopping at Safeway, Fresh & Easy or just eating out! PFF is a part of eScrip!

If you have kids in elementary school, you know all about eScrip. If not, by just registering , you can help us earn some much needed money for the Phoenix Film Foundation. And the best part is, all you have to do is sign up and a percentage of what you spend is automatically given to the Foundation. Plus, you can benefit up to 3 different organizations, so if you are already enrolled for your school or church, just add us to your existing account! Click on the banner to the right or read on to sign up and support us!

WHEN SEARCHING FOR ORGANIZATIONS, BE SURE TO LOOK FOR

THE PHOENIX FILM FOUNDATION (eSCRIP ID: 500046125)

 

  There are 3 ways to  help us out, and it's all FREE!  

Sign Up and Add Cards

You can add your Safeway Shopper's card or your Fresh & Easy card. Plus, if you are out of AZ, you can add any number of shopper's cards. Just plug in the numbers and the savings start adding up for us!

SIGN UP AND ADD CARDS  (be sure to use our eScrip ID: 500046125)

eScrip Dining

Contribute up to 5% of your entire bill to The Phoenix Film Foundation when dining at any of the thousands of participating restaurants across the country. Just add the card that you pay with when you go out to eat and the savings will automatically get transferred to us. Not sure if you would be dining at any of the restraunts that qualify? There are about 250 in the Phoenix area alone that do!

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eScrip Online Shopping

Have some shopping to do? Click below and help out the Phoenix Film Foundation! By starting at the eScrip online mall, you can shop most anywhere on the web -- Target, Macy's, Nordstrom, hotels.com -- even Starbucks!  Just click on the logo to the right to learn more

2015 Phoenix Film Festival Award Winners

On Sunday night, the Copper Wing Award Winners were announced at the Sunday Night Award Party in the Party Pavilion. It was a big night for so many of our filmmakers and we look forward to having encore screenings of many of the winners this week. Below are the winners....

 Click here to see the schedule for the festival

Feature Film Awards

Best Arizona Feature: Unsound

Best Acting Ensemble: Wildlike

Best Screenplay:Frank Hall Green, Wildlike

Best Director: Khalil Sullins, Listening

Best Documentary: Angel of Nanjing

Best Picture:Wildlike

Cox Audience Award: Far from Home

World Cinema Awards

Best World Cinema Short: In the Clouds

Best World Cinema Documentary: Dennis Rodman’s Big Bang in Pyong Yang

Best World Cinema Director: Zdenek Jirasky, In Silence

Best World Cinema Picture: In Silence

World Cinema Audience Award Winner: Glories of Tango

International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Fest Awards

Best Sci-Fi  Short: Air

Best Sci-Fi Feature: Clew

Best Horror Short: Dead Hearts

Best Horror Feature: Blood Punch

Short Film Awards

Best College Short: Drone

Best Arizona Short: Ouroboros

Best Short Documentary: Anna

Best Animated Short: The Ocean Maker

Best Live Action Short: Contrapelo

Foundation Awards

Arizona Filmmaker of the Year: Randy Murray

Volunteer of the Year: Dan Gluck

Dr Sydney K Shapiro Humanitarian Award: Angel of Nanjng

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Are You an AZ Filmmaker?

Are you a local Arizona filmmaker who wants to get more involved with the local film community? IFP Phoenix (Independent Feature Project, Phoenix)  supports and develops the growth of independent filmmaking in Arizona through comprehensive training, networking, exhibition and filmmaking opportunities. Additionally, the organization aspires to continually reach out with support for all other filmmaking-friendly organizations in Arizona and be the resource that helps connect everyone in our filmmaking community.

How do you get involved?  Join IFP Phoenix today, and get involved in the various programs and events that are scheduled through out the year, just for filmmakers.  If you believe independent film is critical to our culture and to the future of cinema here in Arizona, visit IFPPHX.org today.

Congratulations to the winners of the 2015 Phoenix Film Festival Short Screenplay Competition!

Thank you to all who submitted their screenplays to the 2015 Phoenix Film Festival Short Screenplay Competition. We are very excited to announce this year's winners!

First Place: Tattoo by R. Wayne Gray from Welles River, Vermont.

The wife of an old man is less-than-thrilled when he tells her he wants to get a tattoo..

• $300 from the Phoenix Film Foundation
• One InkTip.com Script Listing on InkTip.com. InkTip Script Listings provide writers with the opportunity to get their scripts read by InkTip’s extensive network of producers, reps, manager, agents, and other qualified industry professionals.
• Script review and consultation from the Director of Development at Script Pipeline
• A 5-year membership to Writers Database provided by Script Pipeline
• One free entry to any Script Pipeline writing or idea competition
• A Phoenix Film Festival prize pack
• Listing on Phoenix Film Festival website
• Two VIP Passes to the 2015 Phoenix Film Festival (accommodation and air fare not included).

Second Place: The Loop by Matthew Himlin from Scottsdale, Arizona.

Two scientists successfully test a time machine, but are they prepared for the implications of time travel?

• A 5-year membership to Writers Database provided by Script Pipeline
• A Phoenix Film Festival prize pack
• Listing on Phoenix Festival website
• Two VIP Passes to the 2015 Phoenix Film Festival (accommodation and air fare not included).

Third Place: Ghost in the Gun: Vintner's Folly by Andrew Chen from Mountain View, California.

A man left for dead in the desert comes across a possessed gun and transforms into a gunslinger bent on avenging his murdered family, but unbeknownst to him the gun has a vendetta of its own.

• A 5-year membership to Writers Database provided by Script Pipeline
• Listing on Phoenix Film Festival website
• Two VIP Passes to the 2015 Phoenix Film Festival (accommodation and air fare not included).

Top Ten Finalists:

A Challenge To the Dark by Anna Imhof from Los Angeles, CA

No matter what anybody else says; Frankie, a 9-year-old tomboy, is convinced that in due time John Wayne will appear in her sleepy Midwestern hometown, pick her up on his horse and take her to the Wild West to fulfill her destiny.

Away From the Slough by Danielle Barcena from Concord, CA.

An abused woman struggles to free herself from her brother's web of control when a grocery store clerk offers her the chance to escape.

Crank by Matthew Himlin from Scottsdale, AZ.

Lou is such a cranky son of a b!tch that he's going to a wake to settle a score with a corpse.

Golddigger by Phil Yuhas from Orange, CA.

A couple's anniversary celebration is spoiled by the antics of a pretentious young blonde and her very elderly date.

Haunted House Hunters -- LA by Heidi Willis from Montgomery, AL.

Watch Jeff and Laura, a ghost couple, shop for a new home to haunt when Haunted House Hunters hits Los Angeles.

John Mott by Suzy Stein from Phoenix, AZ.

No one asks the Devil for happiness. Sell your soul to the Devil and he takes it away immediately and puts it in a box until you die. You can't be happy without your soul, no matter how much money you have. But John Mott can get that box back. For a price, John Mott can set you free. Unless the Devil stops him first.

True Blue by Phil Yuhas from Orange, CA.

The virtue of loyalty is explored through the eyes of an aging shelter dog.

Contact information for winning screenplays is available for producers by emailing submissions@phxfilm.com.

 

 

2014 Award Winners Announced!

2014 Phoenix Film Festival Award Winners

International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Fest Awards

Best Sci-Fi  Short: The Developer

Best Sci-Fi Feature: S.O.S: Save Our Skins

Best Horror Short: The Carriage or Dracula and My Mother

Best Horror Feature: Billy Club

Short Film Awards

Best Grade/High School Short: As Always (Come al Solito) - Rodolfo Lissia --  Liceo Luigi Galvani  Bologna, Italy

Best College Short:  Til Death - Connor Gaston   --  University of Victoria, BC Canada

Best Arizona Short: Long Way

Best Arizona Short Documentary: For the Love of Dogs

Best Short Documentary: Eugene

Best Animated Short Film: Estefan

Best Live Action Short Film: Ice

World Cinema Awards

Best World Cinema Short: Mr. Invisible

Best World Cinema Documentary: The Aryans

Best World Cinema Director: Petr Nikolaev, Godfather’s Story

World Cinema Best Picture: When I Saw You

World Cinema Audience Award Winner: The Aryans

Foundation Awards

Arizona Filmmakers of the Year: Josh Kasselman and Stephanie Lucas

Volunteer of the Year: Marty Freetage

Feature Film Awards

Dan Harkins Breakthrough Filmmaker Award: Eddie Jemison and Sean Richardson for King of Herrings

Special Achievement in Acting: Elias Koteas in Jake Squared

Best Ensemble: Teddy Bears

Best Director: Henry Barrial – The House That Jack Built

Best Screenplay: Joseph Vasquez – The House That Jack Built

Best Documentary: The Joe Show

Best Picture: The House That Jack Built

Cox Audience Award: Life Inside Out

Congratulations to the winners of the 2014 Phoenix Film Festival Screenplay Competition

Thank you to all who submitted their screenplays to the Phoenix Film Festival Screenplay Competition. We are very excited to announce the winners of the 2014 Phoenix Film Festival Screenplay Competiton!

First Place: Sardis the Merciful by Christian Thomas from California

When a king wakes up to the sound of assassins creeping into his bedchamber, he knows his past has caught up with him. He must escape and make his way through mysterious caves, erotic brothels, and savage battlefields...to get one last chance at redemption, and bloody revenge.

• $300 cash from the Phoenix Film Foundation
• Script review and consultation from the Director of Development at Script Pipeline
• A 5-year membership to Writers Database provided by Script Pipeline
• One free entry to any Script Pipeline writing or idea competition
• A Phoenix Film Festival prize pack
• Listing on Phoenix Film Festival website
• Two VIP Passes to the 2014 Phoenix Film Festival (accommodation and air fare not included).

Second Place: Bob Dooley by Margina Sisson from Torrance, CA

When Emily, a sixth-grader with a bad reputation for lying is suddenly required to write a TRUE STORY about an ancestor, she struggles for ideas because she thinks true stories are boring, until Grandmother shares the amazing story of Bob Dooley, the Capuchin Monkey and the Kennedy Fair. But will anyone believe her? 

• A 5-year membership to Writers Database provided by Script Pipeline
• A Phoenix Film Festival prize pack
• Listing on Phoenix Festival website
• Two VIP Passes to the 2014 Phoenix Film Festival (accommodation and air fare not included).

Third Place: Wish You Were Here by Austin Kase

Harvard valedictorian Adam Getz is unexpectedly forced to move back in with his parents after his high-paying Wall St. employer is revealed to be a Madoff-esque con artist. With no choice but to take on a minimum wage job at a local fast food joint,  Adam reconnects with some old friends from the high school orchestra. Together, they embark on a series of misadventures that help Adam realize just how much of life he's missed out on.

• A 5-year membership to Writers Database provided by Script Pipeline
• Listing on Phoenix Film Festival website
• Two VIP Passes to the 2014 Phoenix Film Festival (accommodation and air fare not included).

Top Ten Finalists:

Generations by Jack Bennett from Glenwood City, WI.

Running from every government agency imaginable, an exiled US Marshall and a special woman search for her brother who holds the secret to how she became the most wanted person in the world.

Gone Monkey Gone by Marc Ketchem from Los Angeles, CA

David Thompson is a struggling magician with a monkey for an assistant. After his monkey is kidnapped, David must travel the country to retrieve his monkey before a televised magician's talent show.

Hooligan by Tony Cammarata from California

After his placement in child protection, Chico bounces between foster care and juvenile corrections due to his behavior and inability to complete a trial adoption. Tempted by the excitement and acceptance of a street gang, Chico begins the gang initiation process when he commits an act of violence, causing his victim to take an active interest in his life.

Jenna’s Gone by Russ Meyer from New Prague, MN

An untried deputy and a hunting guide find their lifelong friendship turning lethal as they track after the kidnappers of the waitress they both love, each suspecting the other of a role in her disappearance. 

Murmansk Run by Wendy Joseph & Sam Hakam from Mt Vernon, WA

May, 1942. After getting separated from their convoy and naval escort, American merchant seamen, with Russian men and women sailors rescued from a torpedoed Soviet ship, attempt to bring an American Liberty ship, her holds filled with supplies and munitions for the Red Army, into Murmansk alone.

Waterloo by Brian Samuel Davis from Phoenix, AZ

After 45 years in prison, Chuck 'Daddy' Dobbins is released. With the haunting memories of his crimes still fresh in his mind, he chooses to atone for his sins by helping Lacy, an AIDS infected heroin addict. The journey to redemption isn't always a righteous path.

Contact information for winning screenplays is available for producers by emailing submissions@phxfilm.com.