Entries must be made exclusively through the "FilmFreeway" online festival entry platform . Entries may NOT be submitted directly to the festival.
If your film is selected you MUST upload to the festival a digital file for screening. The file must be 1920x1080 or higher resolution and must not be an "UpRes" of a lower quality copy. This is 2018 people. DVD and standard Definition are DEAD. Just like VHS. Submitting a Blu-ray is only acceptable as a last resort. We have to rip your blu rays back to digital files to show them so why not just send us the digital files? We prefer DNxHD or ProRes .mov files. H.264 compression is not our favorite, but we can use it if it is high data rate. Unfortunately, we cannot yet accept DCP files, we are trying to work out this shortcoming and DCP will top the list of prefered formats as soon as we get the projection issues worked out.
All festival ticketing will be handled by Star Ranch. Star Ranch's web site is:
http://www.starranch.net/
Ticket info will be added to the web site soon.
Anyone wishing to attend the festival must make arrangements with Star Ranch for admission to the property. Star Ranch has limited, affordable accomodations for rent. Star Ranch also has a specific identification and background check procedure for anyone wishing to visit. Please see their web site for details. It's a little bit more complicated then just buying an all fest pass and showing up at a theatre.
Speaking of which, please be aware that TAN films will screen at a variety of venues, none of which are actual theatres. Some films will screen under the stars, some will screen in our social hall, others at another venue. Full details will be published with the screening schedule.
By entering, you give TANFF permission to show your film at the festival.
Entrants agree that if their film is selected for screening at TANFF, clips from their film and all other material related to their project may be used and/or published in the event program, through local/regional/or national media outlets, and/or the TANFF web site for any promotional purposes which TANFF deems appropriate.
No materials submitted to the festival will be returned to the filmmaker.
If selected, all commercial/private property including ALL trademark copy-righted materials shown or recorded on the project is the responsibility of the filmmaker. TANFF will NOT take responsibility for any infringement of copy-written materials. The film maker will indemnify TANFF against any complaint for your film breaching anyone else's copyright.
A feature film is any film of 40 minutes or longer. A short film is any film shorter than 40 minutes. A short screenplay is any screenplay of 40 pages or less (not counting cover and blank pages)
For purposes of this contest a 'nudist/naturist' film is one that addresses issues directly pertaining to the nudist/naturist community that arise out of the specific clothing optional environment and/or films that are primarily set in a nudist/naturist environment. For example, a documentary about the evils of strip mining is NOT a nudist/naturist film because the issue does not arise from the nudist environment. But a documentary about the current debate over accepting 'lifestyle' clubs into the family of nudist resorts would be a nudist/naturist film. If you have questions, please email us before entering. Due to the reduced entry fee for nudist/naturist films, films incorrectly entered in this category will NOT be automatically reclassified.
The cost of delivery and pick-up of all materials is the responsibility of the filmmaker.
TANFF is not responsible for lost or damaged submissions.
BY SUBMITTING AN ENTRY TO STAR RANCH'S TEXAS AREA NUDIST FILM FESTIVAL, YOU ATTEST THAT ALL INFORMATION IS ACCURATE AND COMPLETE AND THAT YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SUBMIT SAID ENTRY FOR CONSIDERATION AND THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO ALL TERMS OF ENTRY.