Legacy

International Film Festival

Prove your skills, convince your audience, and get it made!

As the first ever crypto funded studio, we believe in accessibility, transparency, and fairness. We want to give up-and-coming artists not only the chance to be seen, but to get their work produced! The Legacy International Film Festival provides these opportunities, independent of the limitations filmmakers face when trying to break into the entertainment industry.

At LῙF, all film and screenplay award winners get a chance to pitch. The projects that convince our team will go into production!

Categories & Awards

Film Awards

Short Films:

  • Best Drama

  • Best Comedy

  • Best SciFi/ Fantasy

  • Best Horror/ Thriller

Pilots:

  • Best Drama

  • Best Comedy

  • Best SciFi/ Fantasy

  • Best Horror/ Thriller

Performance Awards

Best Picture

Best Director

Best Actor

Best Actress

Best Script

Best Cinematography

Best Sound Design

Best Editing

Best Production Design

Best Stunt Performance

Screenplay Awards

Best TV Pilot Screenplay

Best Feature Film Screenplay

“At LῙF, we are constantly looking for new talent to work with. The festival gives us the chance to scout!”

C. Montgomery-Bender (Founder)

the Jury

Prepare for a one day event, full of cinema with a lineup of awe-inspiring screenings that will ignite your imagination. Each genre will have its own theater and each screening block will be followed by inspiring Q&A sessions that unveil the creative minds behind the magic, leaving you inspired, connected, and exhilarated. The theaters are connected by a bar area, where you can mix and mingle fellow creatives in between screenings. But that's not all – the excitement continues with a glamorous black tie, red carpet event with high quality press, music and great cuisine to celebrate your day and meet with our guests. The night of our festival will end with our film award ceremony which marks your grand cinematic celebration with special industry guests, family and friends.

The event

As dawn breaks upon the first year of the Legacy International Film Festival, a galaxy of stars, filmmakers, and cinephiles will converge at the iconic Universal Cinema, an AMC Theatre, Universal CityWalk Hollywood. Against the backdrop of starlit skies and cinematic heritage, LIFF will set the stage for a new age of filmmaking, where the impossible becomes possible and the extraordinary becomes the norm.

The Rules

1. Non-Refundable Fees: All fees are non-refundable.

2. Submission Platform: All projects must be submitted via FilmFreeway.

3. Submission Format: All projects must be submitted as a DCP (Digital Cinema Package) file.

4. Legal Rights: The submitter must hold all legal rights for the submission.

5. Production Timeline: Submitted projects must have been produced or written within the last 5 years.

6. Maximum Length: The maximum length for short films is 20 minutes, and for pilot episodes it's 40 minutes. The maximum length for TV pilot screenplays is 60 pages, and for feature film screenplays it's 130 pages. Projects exceeding these requirements will not be considered.

7. Language Requirement: All submissions must be in English or have English subtitles.

8. Content Restrictions: Submitted projects cannot promote racism, discrimination, or criminal behavior of any kind.

9. Content Guidelines Shorts/ TV Pilots: Projects can be submitted in one or multiple genre categories and will be judged separately in each. Projects can have any content and story lines that are in accordance with rule 8.

10. Content Guidelines Screenplays: Submitted screenplays must involve one (1) of the following topics: film3, web3, cryptocurrency, AI, metaverse. Any level of relevancy of that topic to the story is acceptable. Submitted screenplays can be in any genre and follow any story lines that are in accordance with rule 8.

11. Final Decisions: All decisions regarding award winners are considered final and incontestable.

12. Pitch Eligibility: Only recipients of a Short Film, TV Pilot or Screenplay (not produced) Award (Jury Award or Honorable Mention) are eligible to pitch their project. In addition, the projects have to function as a proof-of-concept only. LIF does not pick up fully produced feature films or seasons. Only short films that serve as proof-of-concepts for feature films or series, as well as pilot episodes that serve as proof-of-concepts for series are eligible for pitching. Filmmakers must have a professional pitch ready to be considered.

13. Production Guarantee: LIF does not guarantee production or hiring.

14. Required Materials: Upon acceptance, filmmakers must provide high-resolution digital photographs, synopsis, credits, poster or other press kits or promotional materials for each film. Filmmakers must also provide a copy of the film trailer (if applicable) and press screeners upon request.

15. Marketing Use: The festival reserves the right to use images from films selected in the Festival for marketing purposes.

16. Confidentiality: All personal contact information is to remain confidential and not to be shared with any third parties.