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River City Short Film Festival Competition and Entry Guidelines
The minimum of Rules & Regulations apply to this Festival.
1) Keep your film under the 7 minute maximum (including credits) - a TV
advertisement manages to tell a story in around 60 seconds - the Cannes
Festival winners in the short film category average 4 minutes - a good
short film shows an ability to tell a story concisely, without losing
the essence of the original idea - so keep it short
2) Made in New Zealand - sorry, to overseas short film makers - in its
inaugural year, this Competition is open only to films made in NZ - watch
this space in 2003!
3) New Talent - films completed prior to 2002 for other festivals may
be entered - but consider the options - either entering a film that has
been proved to be a success or a flop, or showing what has been learned
from past experience and revealing a depth of talent with a brand new
production - your choice of course.
4) Medium - feel free to make your film in any medium - submit your entry
on a VHS copy - label the cassette with the film title & running time
- you will be notified if you are a semi-finalist & we will arrange
a courier pick up & return, of either your Original Master Copy or
preferably an SP Beta copy - River City Film Festival will take care of
all transfers of this material for final judging & classification
- couldn’t be easier.
5) Copyrights - check with the Recording Company or the Artist for permission
to use Music - get it in writing - there will not necessarily be a fee
for use - Phonographic Performances (NZ) Ltd, Auckland do ‘clear’
sound recordings for a fee - better to DIY or change the music - even
original compositions & performances by friends should have written
permission for use - ask all actors who appear in your film to sign a
‘release’ - just a short note will do - “I agree to allow
my image to be used in this film called (The name of your film) the film
to be exhibited to the public at the River City Film Festival & other
future festivals.”
6) Classification - the 24 semi-finalists will have their films shown
to the public - the Festival will arrange for Classification & Labelling.
7) Entry Fee - $30 non-refundable - this covers the administration costs
of processing your film through judging, classification, programming etc.
8) Awards & Prizes - Awards will be made in the categories of Best
Film, Director, Script, Cinematographer, Editor, Actor and Actress - Prizes
are yet to be announced.
Best Film will be submitted for entry into the Cannes International Film
Festival.
9) Finalists - 12 finalists and 12 ‘best of the rest’ will be
selected for continuous filming at the Festival - the 12 finalists receive
a ticket for the Presentation Dinner along with category winners who may
be connected with films other than the top 12.
10) Judge - the Judge is to be a high profile personality in the film
industry - name to be revealed at a later date - the Judge’s decision
is final & no correspondence will be entered into.
11) Sounds good? - Well then - what are you waiting for? - Get started
- now!
12) Register - send the Festival an Email to show your interest in participating
(see next page).