About Us Telefest is the first independent television festival to offer 'Viewers Choice' in addition to 'Industry Choice', uniting artists, sponsors and viewers in an interactive experience - effectively bridging the gap between three pivotal groups of people that collectively create a show's success.

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Submissions Whether you are an established professional, an emerging writer/filmmaker or a complete novice, Telefest offers a unique platform to visually pitch your concept to television programming buyers, respected industry producers and viewers worldwide.

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Viewers Telefest is the first festival to open the voting process to the audience. With the firm belief that television viewers are far more savvy and diverse than programming buyers give them credit for, we are most excited to see how the Viewer's Choice finalists compare to the Industry Choice finalists.

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Community The Telefest Community offers filmmakers and viewers social networking features to share, communicate, vote and engage in the Telefest Festival's exclusive LIVE STREAM of all live events, panels and the Telefest Award Show.

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Telefest - The Venue

The city of Palm Springs is the perfect place to hold the Telefest Festival.

We will host our Telefest Opening Night Party, Telefest Q&A Panels with our judges (separated by category), and the Telefest Awards Show in the city of 'The Rat Pack' and 'Old Hollywood'.

A great reminder of the first revolution of television.