Submissions are now open for the 20th Annual Tall Grass Festival

Tallgrass Film Association (TFA) announces that the call for nominations opens tomorrow for the 20th Annual Tallgrass Film Festival, September 28 through October 2, 2022 in and around downtown Wichita, Kansas.

In addition to showcasing the best of independent cinema from around the world, including documentary, narrative, global, animated, LGBTIA +, retrospective, and preview films, the 20th Tallgrass Film Festival is specifically looking for films to feature. in the following special programs and projectors:

• Gordon Parks Award for Black Excellence in Filmmaking – Feature film without a traditional distribution agreement at the time of the festival. Open to films of any production budget from any country of any genre with a director who identifies as black, African American, or part of the African diaspora.
• Vortex Animation, Experimental and VR Shorts – This is for all animation, experimental, hybrid or virtual reality projects.
• Murmurations – The Murmurations category is open to short and feature films that meet the following requirements: fifty percent of the production is based in Spain OR the author, director or producer is based in Spain; the original voice is in Spanish or one of the co-official languages ​​of Spain (Basque, Catalan, Aranese and Valencian); and subtitled in English.
• Female Filmmaker Spotlight – Feature Films Directed by Women (changed from DOXX category to all feature films)
• Stubbornly Independent Films: National narrative feature films made for less than US $ 750,000 without traditional distribution
• Timothy Gruver Spotlight on Kansas Filmmakers – Kansas Filmmakers Submit Free – see below for official rules)
• Joel Fein Emerging Filmmakers Program – short films by filmmakers (19 and under) can be submitted for free – see below for official rules

The Tallgrass Film Festival will award cash prizes in the following categories:

Stubborn Independent: $ 5,000 and one-of-a-kind Tallgrass faucet handle

Spotlight on Female Directors: $ 5,000 and Prizes

Gordon Parks Award for Black Excellence in Filmmaking: $ 5,000, a Panavision camera rental valued at $ 15,000 and a prize.

Kansas Filmmaker’s Best Documentary Short: $ 500

Kansas Filmmaker’s Best Short Narrative: $ 500

Best Emerging Documentary & Narrative Short: $ 500

Best Short Narrative and Documentary: $ 500

Best Narrative and Documentary Feature: $ 500

Best Vortex Short Film: $ 250

Best Murmurations Film: $ 250

Award-winning documentary and narrative feature film: $ 2,500

Audience Award-Winning Short Narrative and Documentary: $ 1,000

For more information visit: https://tallgrassfilm.org