Anarcho-Film Festival

Founded by critically-acclaimed and award-winning maverick British writer-producer-director, Michael O'Bernicia, Anarcho-Film Festival is dedicated to providing a launch platform for voices which the world needs to hear, irrespective of whether they are established filmmakers or aspiring first-time writers, producers and directors.

What makes this brand new festival of cinematic gems so unique is that our top three prizes are development, production and distribution deals from award-winning A-FP Media Group [the sponsors of this competition], who recently won Best Impact Media Production Company in the Corporate Vision Global Business Awards.

A-FP is an innovative UK-based virtual studio, founded by producers with a proven track record of developing, making and distributing popular, critically-acclaimed, award-winning films, in cinemas, on DVD and major streaming platforms, using tried and tested digital marketing strategies to maximise the impact of every release with targeted ads campaigns on social media, newsletters to in excess of 20,000 existing subscribers and social posts with a current reach of 100,000-1,200,000.

Here you can read the extraordinary story of how the founders of A-FP co-produced and sold a #1 hit action comedy starring a Danish acting legend, executive produced a triple Oscar-nominated historical drama with an all star cast, produced and distributed a 5 star critically-acclaimed coruscating documentary feature about institutionalised UK mortgage fraud, as well as how they produced an award-winning low-budget retro cult classic about friendship, karma and the moral perils of travelling the hedonistic road of excess, twenty years before the movie's release.

The selection process will take place in three stages:

1. Officially Selected films will compete for Nominations, which will screen at the Anarcho-Film Festival in an independent UK cinema over two competition days.

2. The Nominations will be made on the notification date.

3. The Anarcho-Film Festival winners will be announced and the prizes presented at the end of the festival, which will close with a party to celebrate every filmmaker who contributes to the success of our first annual event.

Official Selections for the Anarcho-Film Festival will win:

1. Free advertising for the film in the festival's marketing campaigns.
2. At least one screening on A-FP Premium's VOD platform.
3. An official selection laurel.

All nominated films will win:

1. A UK theatrical screening in an independent cinema.
2. A promotional review of the selected title.
3. A filmed interview with the director that can be used to promote the film.
4. A nomination laurel.
5. An invitation to the awards ceremony.

All winning films will be awarded one of the following prizes:

1. A script to screen development deal.
2. A production services deal.
3. A UK distribution deal.

As well as:

1. An Anarcho-Film Festival Statuette.
2. An award certificate.
3. A winner's laurel.

1. Only feature films of at least 70 minutes which meet our minimum quality standards will be Officially Selected. Nothing that is pornographic or gratuitously violent or propagandist will be considered but the unwanted entry of such films will not warrant a refund of the entry fee.

2. Independent, censored and dissident filmmakers are encouraged to enter, as are first time feature directors but all films will be judged on the same criteria as every other submission.

3. Films which have already been released theatrically in the UK [excluding the theatrical screenings at another festival] cannot be entered.

4. By entering a feature film the rightsholder must agree that, in the event the film concerned is nominated for an award at the festival, the director, producer, writer or lead actor/actress will attend the screening at the festival, as well as the awards event.

5. They must also agree that festival has the legal right to use the film's digital marketing materials to promote the festival.

6. Every rightsholder must also guarantee that they have the legal right to enter the film, that the title is free from copyright disputes and that the festival, its parent company and its tradenames shall be held harmless and indemnified against any claims or complaints of such [if any] in the future.

The Home of Independent, Censored and Dissident Voices

Selection Process

The Three Stages of The Selection Process

Awards Competition

Categories Official Selections Will Compete For

Prizes & Awards

The Prizes & Awards Winners Will Receive

Official Selections for the Anarcho-Film Festival will win:

All nominated films will win:

All winning films will be awarded one of the following prizes:

As well as:

Competition Rules

The Strict Rules Which Apply To Every Film