Calendar – Past Event

There will be seven (7) competitive awards in 2012, including Best Documentary, Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You® and the Gotham Audience Award. All eligible submissions must meet the following basic criteria for competitive awards:

• Filmmaking with a point of view.
• Feature-length (over 70 minutes).
• Films made with an economy of means.
• Films must be directed and/or produced by a US-born or based filmmaker.
• The film must be submitted on DVD by the deadline or made available for screening by nominating committee. (Not applicable to the Gotham Audience Award)
• Films must be scheduled for a theatrical or digital platform or Pay TV release during calendar year 2012.

Theatrical release: The release can be through a specialty division of a studio, an independent distributor, or via self-distribution. The film must be screened for paid admission in a commercial motion picture theatre in New York City and/or Los Angeles County. It must run for at least seven consecutive days. The film must be advertised and marketed during the New York and/or Los Angeles County run in a manner considered normal and customary to the industry. The film must be publicly exhibited by means of 16mm, 35mm or 70mm film, or in a digital format, delivered to the screen by an image and sound file format suitable for exhibition in existing commercial cinema sites.