The Cinema Arts
Centre’s Youth Advisory Board presents
WINTER SHORT FILMMAKING CONTEST
Last Chance Extended Entry Date - enter by Friday, February 27th
Submit your completed film by Friday, March 6th at 7 PM!
Registration Per Team: $40 Public | $30 Members (6 max members per team)
First place prize - $150 and a chance to program a film screening at the Cinema!
Local filmmaking
teams will compete to create short films demonstrating several specific
filmmaking techniques. Filmmaking teams have until Friday, March 6th to
make a short film. All creativity -- writing, shooting, editing and adding
a musical soundtrack -- must be original work. Teams are allowed a
maximum of 6 members.
The winning team
will receive a $150 cash prize, and get to be “Programmer for a Day” at the Cinema
Arts Centre, choosing a film to screen and bringing up to 10 guests for free,
with free popcorn and soda for those guests!
Each member of the top 3 teams will receive one year of CAC membership. The
winning team will be announced at the screening on Friday, March 20th at
7 PM and will be promoted on the CAC website, social media, and email list as
the Cinema Arts Centre’s Short Filmmaking Partner.
Programmer for a
Day prize:
Be a Cinema Arts
Centre programmer for a day. Suggest three films, and we will book one of them
for an evening (Monday-Thursday, depending on availability). We will advertise
the film as your pick through all of our promotional mechanisms! You may host
the evening, inviting up to 10 guests to attend for free, as well all official
team members. You may introduce the film to the audience. See one of your
favorite films up on the big screen the way it was meant to be seen, sharing it
with your own guests and our CAC audience! Includes red carpet photo
opportunity, and free popcorn and soda for you and your guests. Must be
redeemed within one year.
Films must be 1 to 5 minutes in length.
Films can be
informative, narrative, documentary, abstract, or any other form. They can employee
any filmic conceits or genre tropes, and can explore any plot or theme. Each
film must include all of the filmmaking elements listed in the rules below to
qualify to win.
Films must
also include the Cinema Arts Centre logo, clearly visible, at some point in the
film.
See all of the
films at a special screening on Friday, March 20th at 7:00 pm,
Admission $11 Members | $18 Public | All Team Members Attend for Free
Films will be
judged by the Cinema Arts Centre Youth Advisory Board.
If at least 6 teams
haven’t registered by Friday, February 27th, registration fees will
be refunded and the contest will be cancelled.
REGISTRATION
To Register please pay with the link above or at the CAC box office and also
complete the Registration Form, all by Friday, February 27th.
There is no
in-person launch event at registration, so if you have any questions, please
reach out to Ted Cavooris at (631) 423-7610, x. 13.
RULES: WHAT YOU MUST DO
- You Must complete The Registration Form
and purchase contest entry by February 27th.
- The entire content of the Short film
must consist of original content.
- The duration of your Short film must be
between 1 and 5 minutes, including your titles and all end credits.
- Your submission must include a Team
Intro at the start of your film as part of your single submitted film
file. This must be LESS than 30 seconds. (This isn’t part of the 1 minute
to 5 minute length.)
- Your Short film MUST include the Final
closing credit: “This film was made as part of the Cinema Arts Centre’s
Short Film Competition”
- To be eligible to win, each film must
include:
- A match cut
- A Dutch angle shot
- A wipe transition
- An over-the-shoulder shot
- An extreme close-up
- (For questions about each of these
filmmaking elements, please contact ted@cinemaartscentre.org)
- The Entry must be in an mp4 or mov File
format, 16:9 Aspect Ratio, submitted on a USB memory stick. (USB sticks
cannot be returned).
- The file should be named with your Team
Name (without spaces, punctuation or non-alpha-numeric characters)
followed by ’2026'. Under Score _ is acceptable as a replacement for a
space separator. Do not use your Film title – just the Team Name.
- Any featured music must be created
specifically for this project. No licensed music is permitted. Composers
and music contributors must fill out a release form.
- All teams must fill out the wrap sheet
(when you drop off your film) before 7 pm on Friday, March 6th.
- All participants must fill out and sign
a release form (signed by Parent/Guardian if under 18) that is to be held
by the Team leader, including property release forms for identifiable or
private properties, business buildings, or managed spaces such as Shopping
Malls, Airports, Museums, schools etc. Even participants who aren’t
official members of the team must fill out a release form.
RULES: WHAT YOU MUST NOT DO
- Don’t be late. Your film is due at 7pm
on Friday, March 6th.
- Don’t include any unlicensed
copyrighted material or sound in your short. This includes images and
sounds that may appear in the background such as TV, radio, or music.
- Don’t submit Tapes, CD files or DVD’s
of your film. They are not accepted.
- Do not screen your short prior to the
screening. Do not upload your short to any file sharing network or website
such as YouTube or vimeo until after the screening event.