Crown Point International Film Festival (CPIFF) is a monthly and annual IMDb qualifying competition for filmmakers all over the world. All categories are awarded monthly except Best of Fest awards (best of the year).

Our mission is to promote and celebrate films and filmmakers from all around the world and be another step forward to the filmmakers' careers. The Crown Point International Film Festival is all about encouraging filmmakers to cultivate creativity. Our founders have been in the industry for over 20 years and understand a true filmmakers passion, that they deny mediocrity and focus on making a huge impact on culture and humanity through their art and ALL the while having fun doing it. The ones who pursue and achieve their goals time and time again because they are so dedicated and frankly, that giving up is never an option.

When you submit to our monthly competition, at no additional cost you may be selected to move on to compete for our Best of Fest awards (best films of the year). All Best of Fest nominees will be announced in January every year, the event for our Best of Fest nominees is every Spring. We are among the few festivals that can offer gaurenteed distribution (through Entertainment Oxygen) for all of our annual Best of Fest nominees. It is optional and not mandatory after the annual festival has concluded.

Best of Fest (Annual Awards) selected from the monthly winners. No additional cost.

MONTHLY COMPETITION CATEGORIES:

MAIN CATEGORIES
Best Narrative
Best Documentary
Best Animation
Best Drama
Best Comedy
Best Horror
Best Thriller
Best Sci-Fi
Best Experimental
Best Web/TV Series
Best Music Video
Best Student FIlm

SUB CATEGORIES
Best Director
Best 1st time Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Score
Best Costumes
Best Trailer

Each month, our jury will award the best films through private screenings. Our jury may award honorable mentions to stand out performances or films that do not win a category award.

* All monthly winners will receive our official laurel leaves.

* All monthly winners will receive a free print ready certificate (PDF/JPG file) via email.

* All monthly winners can order statuettes for your team members for the cost of production and shipping.

*All annual nominees will have their film screened virtually.

*All annual winners will receive our official Best of Fest laurel(s), digital certificate and free official crown statuette at our live awards ceremony.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR: We accept films of any genres, length and language. Non-English films must have English subtitles.

BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR FILM PLEASE READ ALL RULES AND REGULATIONS:
1. Crown Point International Film Festival is hereby granted the rights to utilize an excerpt/parts of your film (including trailer/teaser/film/poster/stills) submitted for promotional purposes.
2. Entry fees are non-refundable.
​3. Multiple entries are allowed for each filmmaker and each entry may enter into multiple categories.
4. Winning categories vary each month depending on the submissions we receive. If we think the categories submitted are not to the standard of the Crown Point International Film Festival win, they will be removed. If you submit your film to the category, Best 1st time Director, it must be your first time directing a film (any kind of film), otherwise your film will be disqualified from that category. ONLY the annual Best of Fest winners will receive one free statue (per category) if present at the in person awards. Trophies are optional, monthky winners may order a trophy by paying production and shipping costs. The Competition reserves the right to refuse entries and the jury can remove a movie from the competition at anytime.
5. The individual or company submitting the film hereby warrants that it is authorized to commit the film for possible screening (private and/or public) and understands and accepts these requirements, rules and regulations. Only the best films selected by the jury will be considered for Best of Fest (film of the year awards) and may be screened live and/or a secure virtual platform. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Crown Point International Film Festival from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees, and costs of the court) which may be incurred by reason of any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity, screening, and loss or damage of the screening video/film(s) entered. By submitting your film, you acknowledge you have read, understood and accepted all rules and regulations.

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  • Richard Oliver

    "God is good. Thank You to the prestigious Crown Point International Film Festival for their award consideration win for my new humanitarian film entitled: “HUMANITY” for the children of Gaza. I worked so hard on this film to the brink of exhaustion. Because of its historic, sensitive (and some might say) controversial subject matter. I knew that it would be hard to get the funding I needed.
    So I decided to forge ahead and fund and produce it myself.

    As budding filmmakers, to have our work or passion projects reviewed and acknowledged by distinguished and reputable accomplished judges, is truly an honor in itself and in my opinion, this is what makes this festival all the more special. This acknowledgement my 2nd from India gave me the clarity and assurance to accept that I was spiritually led to produce the right project at the right time in our history. It also gave me the confidence to keep following my creative vision and instincts. To push the limits of music, art and cinema to the next level of greatness. I want to fly down so bad to be a part of their festival experience, if it's God's will, then it may happen.

    I want to again thank the Crown Point International Film Festival for this award. And I look forward to submitting more of my work in the future. But to be honest I want no awards, fame or fortune for my film at all. My only hope is that it will help reconnect us all, back to our HUMANITY. Crown Point International Film Festival, I thank you for your Humanity. I proudly accept this award on behalf of the children of Gaza, who inspired my film" - Richard Oliver Jr.

    May 2024
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    Response from festival:

    Continue to cultivate your creativity Richard! Continue making a huge impact on culture and humanity through your art and ALL the while having fun doing it.

  • Herschel Zahnd

    Thank You for presenting our film Beyond the Shoreline: The Channel of Bones; and Honoring it with "Best Documentary Feature" Looking forward to submitting future films!

    May 2024
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    Response from festival:

    Congratulations Herschel! We look forward to your next project!

  • Fun times -- great festival!

    May 2024
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    Response from festival:

    Thank you so much for the review and sharing your project with us Diana!

  • Ron Perrin

    Great EVENT, I will be back with my next project!

    May 2024
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    Response from festival:

    Thank you Ron! We can’t wait to see it!

  • Claudia Parker

    I'm very appreciative of the Crown Point International Film Festival for awarding, Five Minutes of Faith, winner for Best Web Series.
    They communicated with me expeditiously and provided excellent marketing and branding materials to help bring more exposure to my film. I would highly recommend this festival and competition.

    May 2024
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    Response from festival:

    Thank you so much for the review Claudia and thank you for sharing your inspirational project with us!