Cassowary Coast Short Film Competition

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Mission Beach Film Festival – Short Film Entry Information Imagine More... What the World Could Be

The Mission Beach Film Festival Short Film Competition has been created to encourage filmmakers to tell stories about the world in which we live and what the world could be if we imagined more.

Each film must follow the theme of sustainability, but as a creative storyteller, we encourage you to be lateral in your interpretation. As a Festival we celebrate the independent spirit of interesting and original storytelling. Diverse voices and films that push the limits of style and narrative. There is no single aesthetic that we look for over any other. Films entered can take any storytelling form, whether documentary, animation, reality, drama or recorded performance. We are looking for compelling stories and interesting points of view.

Each short film entered will be screened at the 2010 Mission Beach Film Festival as part of a short film program. The winner of the short film competition will be awarded a winners certificate and a cash prize.

We accept short films up to 15 minutes in duration. Each short film must be submitted on DVD format. Please ensure you fill in and sign the application form and have it accompany your short film entry. The Festival cannot accept any entry that does not have a signed application form. (Tip: Make sure you keep a copy of your entry DVD and application in case it goes missing in the post. MBFF do not take responsibility for any loss or damage in transit.)

The Mission Beach Film Festival is in its second year but is already regarded as Australia’s number one Sustainability Film Festival. This year the Festival promises to build on the success of 2009 with an expanded program of films and side bar programs.

Deadline for entry:

5pm Friday 3rd September 2010


Entry is free

Classification: The Festival organizers retain the right to classify each entry and may withhold screening should the short film be deemed unsuitable for it’s audience including children under the age of 15 years.

DVDs must be submitted with the application form available here and remember to keep your own copy!

Please send your DVD and Application Form to:
Mission Beach Film Festival
PO BOX 352
Mission Beach QLD 4852.

General enquiry & Entrants' Enquiries to:
e: info@missionbeachfilmfestival.com.au

 

Cassowary Coast Short Film Competition Results for 2009:

  • Gold Prize Winner
    Julia Summerling for THE HUNGRY TURTLE
  • Silver Prize Winner
    Peter Matthews for MARCH OF DA FLIES
  • Highly Commended Prize Winner
    12 year old Eva Blakemore for SUSTAINABILITY.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

There are strict licensing laws regarding the use of popular music and licensed images. If you use any images, sound or video in your story that does not belong to you, it is essential that you get written permission from the rightsholder.

For copyright reasons, you cannot copy music from a popular CD and put it in your story without permission. There are many sites that offer content under Creative Commons licenses. Under these licenses, creators put their works online and specify how other people can use them. A good starting point is the web site: http://creativecommons.org

If you interview anybody for your story, it is important that you get a written clearance to use the sound or video recording of them.

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