ELIGIBILITY and FILM CRITERIA
-All submissions should reflect and speak to the theme of the festival, "Global Citizen." Failure to do so will result in ineligibility.
-Films should have a maximum running time of 3:59 minutes or less including credits.
-There is a limit of one (1) entry per participant.
-Footage must be created exclusively with Smartphones.
-The film festival is open to EVERYONE worldwide.
-There is NO entry fee.
-Any non-English language film must be submitted with subtitles in English.
-Written comments describing entries are encouraged.
-Films participating in other film festivals will not be restricted.
-Any film or edited version of a film produced in the last 3 years (2016 – 2019) is eligible.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE & REQUIREMENTS
-Deadline for film submissions is August 16, 11.59pm EST (US) / 23h59 (US)
-Films should have a maximum running time no longer than 3 minutes including credits and should be submitted to FilmFreeway (https://filmfreeway.com/GlobalCitizen) as a YouTube or Vimeo link (which must not expire) or as .mp4 between June 17 and August 16, 2019.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Filmmakers agree to the following:
-By submitting your film to CARAVAN’s Smartphone Film Festival you accept and agree that you grant CARAVAN for non-commercial purpose a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive right and license to use, screen and publish the Film on the CARAVAN website and our social media channels, screen, without compensation to the provider of the Film.
-Your film must not be in breach of any copyright, including music or sound used in your film. All copyright material(s) used in the final cut must be cleared by the Applicant before submitting. Any issue(s) that may arise due to infringement of copyrights is the Applicant’s sole responsibility.
-All persons or private spaces that appear in the short films must do so under their consent. We don't accept short films that contain discriminatory material and/or violate the dignity of persons.
RULES
-A panel of judges will select 30 films from those submitted to be shown at a public premiere screening on September 20, 2019 (6pm) at Burning Bush Gallery in Wheaton, IL, USA. Then from September 21 – November 15, 2019, all 30 films will showcased on the CARAVAN website. All decisions by the judges are final and no correspondence shall be entered into regarding selection.
JUDGING CRITERIA
1. Expression of the Theme
2. Originality/Creativity
3. Direction
4. Cinematography
5. Sound/Music
6. Editing
7. Overall Impact