We are looking for a First Draft Short Film, 3-10 minutes in length celebrating specific locations on the California, Oregon, and Washington coastline to join an art festival dedicated to preserving and celebrating our beautiful West Coast.
The project is about connecting to place, so this could be drama, documentary, nature film, etc. We are looking for work in its first draft form that gives us a sense of what a particular place is like.
For The Seventh Generation is a truly amazing art experience, in pursuit of creating art and community around specific beaches along the West Coast. The Elisabeth Jones Art Center in Portland, OR is creating a 2ft x 1 mile pano-mural which includes paintings done by local artists for every 1,320 miles of the California, Oregon and Washington coastline. A culminating festival will occur alongside the 7th Gen First Draft Film Festival and spoken word readings in Lincoln City, Oregon in July 2021. This festival will be open to the public, but we will also have streaming capabilities so that participants not in Oregon can still attend.
Local screenings will take place at the below dates online while gearing up for the 7th Gen First Draft Film Festival, with gift certificates and prizes from local surf shops.
The dates of the online screening and locations that we are looking for short films to be the subject of are below:
March 21st, 2021, Encinitas, CA- Cardiff, Swami's, Solana Beach, Moonlight
April 4th, 2021, Newport Beach, CA- The Wedge, Corona Del Mar, Newport Point
April 18th, 2021, San Luis Obispo, CA- Morro Bay, Cayucos, Piedras Blancas, Pismo Beach
May 2nd, 2021, Santa Cruz, CA- Mavericks, Steamer Lane, Capitola
May 16th, 2021, Coos Bay, OR- Bastendorff, Whiskey Run, Arago, Sunset Bay
May 30th, 2021, Seattle, WA-Discovery Beach, Alki, golden gardens
June 13th, 2021, Bellingham, WA-Locust Beach, Teddy Bear Cove, Marine Park, Friendship Arch
June 27th, 2021, Port Angeles, WA- Olympic National Park, Hollywood Beach, Straight of Juan de Fuca
Short films for local screenings are due 3 days before the local online screening.
All who do not enter by this date but would still like to be in the running for The Seventh Generation First Draft Film Festival will be a part of a general screening on July 6th, 2021. Sponsor's prizes will be available only for the local screenings. (If you would like to do a film about another beach not listed above please indicate that on the application below.
To express interest, and to make sure you have a spot for the local screening and are eligible for local gift certificates, please fill out this short application AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Application link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1UUptKSIdfSw9H9HTq0Q0k00xaUy2cCqQf2RiaVnxV8A/edit
If you have any questions, please email alexis@elisabethjones.art.
All skill levels are encouraged to apply.
Once the location is confirmed, please submit the short film to this site, FilmFreeway.
$250, $100 and $50