The Fort Lee Film Commission is seeking films for the 2006 Cliffhanger Film Fest -- which has a top prize of $500. From the official announcement:

The Fort Lee Film Commission Celebrates Asian-American Filmmakers at April Cliffhanger Film Fest

The Fort Lee Film Commission, celebrates Fort Lee's diversity and honors its
role as birthplace of the American motion picture industry in this annual
Cliffhanger Film Festival salute to Asian-American filmmakers.

The Fort Lee Film Commission will screen selected films at various venues
including Asian-American restaurants and art galleries within the borough
throughout the month of April 2006. The final screening will take place at
the Fort Lee Historic Park Theater (exact April date and time TBA) where our
panel will announce the winning film.

Fort Lee's diverse population includes Korean-Americans and this film
festival seeks to inspire young Korean-American students, and students of
all nationalities, in Fort Lee to pursue a career in film.

Formats: VHS (can be projected on our digital projector) / DVD

Entry fees: None

Press Kit must be included with entry

Send entries / films / videos and press kits to:

Fort Lee Film Commission
c/o Tom Meyers - Executive Director
309 Main Street
Fort Lee, NJ 07024

Submission Deadline: March 20, 2006

Mission Statement:

The Fort Lee Film Commission celebrates Fort Lee's role as Birthplace of the
American Motion Picture Industry. Studios such as Universal, 20th Century
Fox and Paramount have their roots in Fort Lee. In addition, pioneer
African-American filmmaker Oscar Micheaux shot many films in Fort Lee as an
independent filmmaker from 1920 through 1948. Alice Guy Blache, the first
woman film director, built her Solax Studio in Fort Lee and directed many of
her films in Fort Lee. Today we celebrate independent filmmakers through our
Cliffhanger Film Festivals. The term "CLIFFHANGER" was coined in Fort Lee
when one of the first film stars, Pearl White, shot her "Perils of Pauline"
movie serials atop the cliffs of the Palisades. Today we hold our
"Cliffhanger" film festivals in a theater atop the Palisades not far from
where Pearl White dangled from the cliffs in the early 1900s. We hope to
encourage young filmmakers to shoot and screen their films in Fort Lee. We
celebrate the diversity in film today and we hope to make this first
Cliffhanger Asian-American Film festival an annual event.