The Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival (CCI-IFF) is now accepting submissions for its 2013 event, to be held July 18-21 during Comic-Con International at the San Diego Convention Center. The deadline for entries is February 4, 2013.

Judged by a panel of industry luminaries, the CCI-IFF accepts genre-related films in the following categories: Action/Adventure, Animation, Comics-Oriented, Documentary (Pop Culture–Related), Horror/Suspense, Humor, and Science Fiction/Fantasy. Awards and prizes will be given out at Comic-Con, with film screenings all four days of the event.

Entries will be accepted from Sept. 24, 2012 until Feb. 4, 2013. All submitted films must be postmarked between those dates. Click here to download the rules and official entry form. Film submissions must include the entry form to be eligible for consideration.

The 2012 CCI-IFF
award recipients were:

Best Action Adventure Film:

Bridges – A Living Graphic Novel

Best Animated Film:

Wolf Dog Tales

Best Comics-Oriented Film:

Lost Rites

Best Documentary:

GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling

Best Horror/Suspense Film:

The Absence

Best Humor Film:

Natural 20

Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Film:

Wait for Rain

Judges’ Choice Award:

The Absence

Good luck! To view photos from Comic Con 2012 please visit this page: