Film Festival & Distribution Deadline Watch

Track opportunities for independent filmmakers and screenwriters. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days that are new, newly open, or close within 21 days and have not appeared in this Tab: submission deadlines and fee tiers for Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca, TIFF, Telluride, NYFF, AFI Fest, Slamdance, Hot Docs, True/False, Austin, Palm Springs ShortFest, Fantastic Fest and Oscar-qualifying festivals; screenwriting competitions and labs including Nicholl, Austin, PAGE, Final Draft Big Break and Sundance labs; grants and finishing funds from ITVS, Sundance Institute, Tribeca, Ford, Catapult and state film offices; fee, revenue share and policy changes at Filmhub, Kinema, Vimeo OTT and distribution aggregators; streaming licensing and marketplace changes affecting independent films; SAG-AFTRA, WGA and DGA low-budget agreement changes; and state and city production incentive changes with dates. Prefer festival and program pages, FilmFreeway, guild announcements, film offices and established film industry reporting; ignore pay-to-screen festivals and unverified posts. Put the festival, program or platform first in the title with the deadline and the fee. Use high severity for a deadline within 7 days for a top-tier festival or competition, a grant of $25,000 or more, or a distribution fee change affecting most indie films. Return no more than 8 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what is open, who qualifies, the fee or amount, how to apply, the deadline, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.