THE SUBMISSION PERIOD FOR OUR 2010 FESTIVAL IS NOW OPEN! SUBMISSION DEADLINE: AUGUST 1ST!

Film Makers, Artists and Musicians interested in being a part of this year’s festival can email the following materials to Festival Organizers for review:

-CONTACTS INFO: NAME, EMAIL, PHONE
-SAMPLES TO YOUR WORK: WEBSITE, ARTICLES, YOUTUBE LINKS, PHOTOS ETC.

ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE EMAILED TO: FAMFEST@LIVE.COM

HARVESTING THE FAM IS A JURIED FESTIVAL. NOT ALL SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

What We’re Looking For:

1. Independent Film Makers, Artists and Musicians of ANY genre, medium and
discipline to showcase, promote and/or sell their work. The goal of this event is to
promote artistic diversity; we want to include as much work of artistic merit as possible.

Examples:

  • Film: Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Short Piece, Feature, Music Video etc.
  • Art: Painting, Sculpture, Photography, Graphic Design, Illustration, Mixed Media,
  • Fashion, Jewelry, Literary (Comics, Poetry, Books)etc.
  • Performance Art: Dance, Spoken Word, Movement, Mimes, Jugglers, Skaters, BMX etc.
  • Music: Rock, Hip Hop, Acoustic, Electronic, Hard Core, Jazz, Blues, Folk, Punk, Experimental, etc.

    2. The festival is located at a variety of theatres, galleries, and music venues throughout
    the downtown core of Windsor, Ontario. Works will be exhibited over three days
    (October 2nd-4th/2009). Musicians must be available for performances between the
    hours of 7:00PM and 2:00AM for each day of music they apply for, unless otherwise
    stated within the application. Film Makers & Artists (with wall displays) do not have to
    be in attendance but must make their work available no later than September 25th. Artists
    displaying work at tables must be available October 3rd & 4th between 2:00PM and
    10:00PM.

    3. This is a grassroots festival. We are trying to build a self-sufficient system that
    continually creates opportunity and exposure for all of the artists involved. With the
    success of each festival, we will be able to acquire what we need to efficiently run events
    that are increasingly beneficial to you, as our efforts are focused toward the success of the
    FAM exhibitors themselves. We want creative talent interested in developing the festival
    with us for betterment of our community’s dynamic and exciting cultural scene.
    How It Works:

    1. This festival is designed to allow you, the creative talents, the chance to promote
    yourselves and sell your work to a diverse array of fans and culture supporters, all in a
    large scale, three-day event. The festival takes 0% commission from the sales of artist’s
    work. Financial compensation is given on an artist to artist basis.

    2. All applications have a mandatory package that must be submitted. The submission
    packages can be e-mailed to: famfest@live.com

    Benefits Of Being Part Of The F.A.M.:

    1. The opportunity to sell and promote your work to a new/large diverse crowd.
    2. Networking opportunities with a vast array of independent creative talents.
    3. Gain industry knowledge and experience.
    4. Guaranteed promotion through our website, local and national media, myspace,
    facebook, twitter, blog, posters, programs, flyers and word of mouth.
    5. Artists involved receive priority in future events (non-commission art shows, paying
    film screenings and music gigs).
    6. It’s a great party!