2023 REEL Recovery Film Festival & Symposium®
The Annual REEL Recovery Film Festival & Symposium® is a multi-day exhibition event showcasing first-time filmmakers and experienced professionals who make films about addiction, treatment, recovery, sobriety and mental health issues.
Our audience is treatment professionals, people in recovery, members of the entertainment industry, media representatives, educated moviegoers, and the general public. We honor the men and women who have passed through the eye of the needle and exemplify the gifts of a valuable and productive sobriety.
This yearly international festival is unique in its focus on drug addiction, alcoholism, recovery and mental illness. The realistic portrayal of these issues in cinema can be a catalyst for honest conversation and personal transformation.
Types of Films: Shorts, features, documentaries, music videos, educational, student, and all other films/videos of any length that deal with the subjects of addiction, alcoholism, treatment, mental illness and recovery. Films should be editorially diverse, portraying a wide range of ideologies, experiences, cultural backgrounds, opinions and identities.
Review Process: W.I.T. is currently accepting films all year round. Reviews will be conducted by Reel Recovery Film Festival judges and/or other qualified advisors in the treatment/recovery/entertainme
By submitting your film to W.I.T. for consideration, you agree that W.I.T. has the right to screen your film at the REEL Recovery Film Festivals and at the Virtual Reel Recovery Film Festival at will, in all current and future Reel Recovery Film Festival & Symposium in the US and internationally.
Please mail to:
Writers In Treatment
PO Box 1745
Studio City, CA 91614
Submission Details:
Submission Fees:
Narrative or Documentary Shorts – between 2 and 20 minutes – $15.00
Narrative or Documentary Features – no longer than 160 minutes – $25.00
- Checks should include the name of your film and be made out to: Writers In Treatment; or pay by credit card at http://www.writersintreatment.org/payment/
If you need additional information, please contact Leonard Buschel at (818) 762-0461 or info@reelrecoveryfilmfestival.org.
2023 REEL Recovery Film Festival
Film Submission Application
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Reel Recovery Film Festival Submission Application
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