Join us for the first annual Rutherford Film Festival at the Williams Center in Rutherford, NJ.
Held in an artist-run art center, unlike any other, there will lectures, parties, and celebrations of the beauty and versatility of cinema. Three screens, including the 101-year-old Rivoli Theater, will be dedicated to up-and-coming filmmakers from across the Tri-State Area. Submit your film, and help us start the newest and truest film festival in the state.
Awards & Prizes
Best Feature
Best Short
Best Documentary
Best Cinematography
Best Art Direction
Best Sound Design
Best Music and Score
William Carlos Williams Screenplay Award
* Awards TBA
Rules & Terms
1. Submissions must be accompanied by the applicable submission fee PER ENTRY and a completed online entry form. All films must be in English or have English subtitles at the time submitted.
2. Submissions must be submitted as an online streaming video via a participating submission platform (FilmFreeway), or a password-protected streaming URL.
3. In the event of a password change or link change after submitting, you must email the Festival at info@willliamscenter.co immediately with that change so we may update your record. If the Festival is not notified of the change and the link is found to be inactive or the password to be incorrect, the submission may be deemed ineligible.
4. RFF screens films as digital files during the Festival and does NOT screen films on Blu-Ray, HD-CAM, or DCP. If you are unable or unwilling to provide us your film as a digital file for exhibition, DO NOT SUBMIT your film.
5. Films with US distribution (obtained prior to being selected for RFF screening) or films produced, financed or initiated by a major film studio or television network are ineligible for competition, but may be considered for a special screening. Selection for screening will be determined no later than one month prior to the festival. Films that have screened on US network or cable television or distributed to theaters prior to the festival dates are also ineligible for competition.
6. RFF reserves the right in its sole discretion to reject or disqualify any ineligible entries, without a refund.