COVID-19 UPDATE: Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic crisis, the Board of Trustees has decided to cancel the in-person event - originally scheduled for Friday, September 11th and Saturday, September 12th. Because the in-person event has been canceled, finalists will NOT be required to present their films in person. As a result, all finalists will instead allow their film to be screened online with a secure link. ALL selected Finalists will receive the same $150 cash award! All other Finalists also receive Laurels designating them as such.
IMPORTANT CHANGES:
1) License release: Entrant to grant Mountain Shadow public performance rights to their film, to be included on the secure video link, free of charge. (The secure video link will be disabled after the shows.) Applicant further declares their work has taken care of all necessary permission use of any copyrighted material (e.g. music) used in their film.
2) Finalists are to provide a brief two minute video introduction of themselves and their film, to be included in the compiled online show
3) Finalist will agree to participate in a 30 minutes Q&A discussion with the audience members, via is a ZOOM link following each of the two online screenings
Submission Fee: For the sixth year in a row, and — in keeping with our mission to support independent filmmaking -- there is NO SUBMISSION FEE. However:
Submissions: Short Films (running time: 1 Minute – 25 Minutes)
Categories: Animated, Live-action/ Narrative, or Documentary
How recent? The film should not have been completed any earlier than January 1, 2019. Films completed earlier than Jan. 1st, 2019 will not be considered.
Prior release restrictions: The film should not have been broadly screened in any commercial venue or public media (local PBS, for example): Prior festival screenings OK.
License release: Applicant grants Mountain Shadow public performance rights for its two shows, free of charge. Applicant further declares their work has taken care of all necessary permission use of any copyrighted material (e.g. music) used in their film.
Finalists will be selected by a Jury comprised of Mountain Shadow Film Society members and professional filmmakers (non-contestants).
All submissions selected as a Finalist will be notified by Aug. 15, 2020
Entry Deadline: June 30, 2020
Notification Date: Aug. 15, 2020
Event Dates: Sept. 11, 7:30 PM & Sept. 12, 3:30 PM & 7:30 PM.