SHORT FILMCompetition

WITH GREAT POWER COMES... A short film competition

Hi there, so you've probably ended up here as you heard there was a short film competition happening? Well... there is!

We are very excited to announce a short film competition sponsored by 'A World Without Unicorns' from AJF Web Design.

We want you to create a short film, no more than 5 minutes in length, including titles and credits. You can submit something you have previously made as long as it fits the theme and is no more than 18 months old.

As this is the first time running this competition we had decided to keep it local to Moray but after many enquiries we decided to open it up to anyone in the UK.

"So what's the theme?!" I hear you cry, well the theme of the competition is "Inspired by... Industrial Light and Magic or Comic Books... or both!"

The competition is open to short films of all production techniques and genres... as long as it fits the theme. So feel free to create an animation, drama, comedy, action, romance, etc.

The film needs to be family friendly, so watch the language and gore. Also you'll need to make sure you have persmission/licences to use any music, images or footage in your film... strictly no copyrighted material to be used.

That's the basic list of do's and dont's (full T's & C's below), we want you to create something awesome that you want to show to the world. Once you are ready to submit simply login to your dedicated Google drive folder (to be assigned) and upload your finished blockbuster.

Your films will be marked by judges on a few different aspects and results will be correlated to pick a winner. * Judges to be announced *
Your film, along with the other entries, will be screened during this years Elgin comic book convention EL-CON on the 24th on June 2018, at a the Elgin Town Hall, and it is here we will announce the winner of the first ever "With Great Power Comes... Short Film Competition".

*** There are plans to try and have an extra screening before the El-con event so we will keep you posted. ***

Your film, along with the other entries, will be screened all day at this years Elgin Comic Book Convention, held on Sunday the 24th of June 2018 at the Elgin Town Hall. We plan to have multiple TV screens around the venue as well as an area people can sit and watch all the films but will keep you posted on this. Winners and runners up will be announced on the day of the El-Con event.

So the bit you're probably most interested in is the prizes:

First place: £100 prize money, a cool trophy, bragging rights.

Runner up: a smaller, but equally cool trophy and £25 prize money.

One last thing, there is a £10 entry fee per film submission, any profits from this competition are going directly to charity.

ALL ENTRIES NEED TO BE SUBMITTED BY 11.59PM ON THE 17th OF JUNE 2018

So that's it really, if you would like to enter the 'With Great Power Comes... short film competition' then fill out the form below. You will also find full T's and C's down there. Any questions, fire them across... Good Luck!

ENTRY FORM BELOW, YOU DON'T NEED TO PAY UNTIL YOUR SUBMISSION IS READY.

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Terms and Conditions

• The deadline for entries is 23:59hrs (BST) on Thursday 17th June 2018
• Films must be submitted via the Google drive account.
• You'll need a gmail account to submit, but they are free to create over at gmail.com (Full details for submission can be found on the submissions page.)
• The duration of your film(s) must not exceed 5 minutes including titles and credits, but can be shorter in length if you wish.
• The "WITH GREAT POWER COMES... A short film competition" is open to short films of all production techniques and genres... as long as it fits the theme. So feel free to create an animation, drama, comedy, action, romance, etc. We will not accept advertisements or propaganda films.
• We will only accept films created in the last 18 months, but we imagine you'll probably be making them from scratch just for this competition.
• Feel free to submit as many films as you like, although there is a £10 submission fee for EACH FILM submitted.
• The primary contact completing the submission process must be authorised to submit the film(s) and must have obtained necessary permissions for the inclusion of copyrighted music and/or images within the films as well as actor release forms if required.
• If the original language is not English, please ensure that the film includes English subtitles.
• While we hope to screen all films submitted we may have to create a shortlist if there are a huge number of entries. If this happens we will let everyone know.
• You will need to provide us with 3 stills from your film (or I can grab them directly from your submission if you prefer), a synopsis and a bio about your team.
• You must be located in the UK to enter the competition.
• Please ensure that your film is submitted in a readable format, preferably in an .mp4 format using H.264 video codec (If you are stuck with any of this let me know and I'll try and help out.)
• The film makers retain the ownership rights to the film entries submitted, but by entering the competition you grant us the rights to screen your film at a judges screening, public screenings and at the El-Con event. Any profit raised from the showing of these films will be donated to charity.
• By entering the competition you also grant us permission to use stills and film info submitted to us by you in the promotion of this competition both online and in print.

Please visit this page regualrly to check for any changes to these Terms and Conditions.
If you have any questions or concerns please get in touch at shortfilm@ajfwebdesign.com