AP'N3 FILM CHALLENGE - THE ONLY FILMMAKING EVENT IN ASBURY PARK.
The AP'N3 Film Challenge is a fun 3 weeks in which budding directors and filmmaking teams create a no longer than 3-minute short film highlighting an aspect of, and shot entirely within, the City of Asbury Park. All the entries will be reviewed and the top ten will be chosen by a panel of local judges. Finalists will be screened ON THE BIG SCREEN to an audience at the Jersey Shore Arts Center (JSAC). The top 3 winners, and an audience favorite entry chosen by the assembled audience on premier night will win prizes that can be used in future filmmaking endeavors. With permission by the filmmakers, an assortment of the top videos will be shown on the Asbury Park Arts Council website, YouTube channel and on APTV - the Asbury Park cable access channel.

The AP'N3 is a storytelling activity for filmmakers to engage with the community in a positive light, and use imagination, teamwork and video technology. The timed aspect of the format creates a production that leans on spirit and enthusiasm for a participatory reflection of the uniqueness of our small town.

Participants: Anyone who thrives on the fun of filmmaking within the parameters of a challenge and who is ready to shoot their short film in Asbury Park.

CATEGORIES
Narrative: All genres - animation, drama, comedy, horror, experimental, action/adventure, music video, PSA, commercial, documentary - are acceptable.

Student Film:
Currently a student? Try your hand at a 3-minute story. Contact us at greetingsapac@gmail.com for a student discount password.

Awards & Prizes

The AP'N3 Trophy Statuette -locally designed by Hot Sand Glass Studio - will be awarded to the top three winners. Prize packages that can be used in future filmmaking endeavors will be announced as the entry deadline approaches.

Rules & Terms

1. Timeline: Individuals and teams will have 3 weeks - starting Monday August 5th , 2024 @ 10AM to write, shoot and edit a 3-minute short, uploading a finished film to the AP'N3 FilmFreeway site by Monday, August 26th, 2024 no later than 6PM. You may register your intent to submit prior to submission as early as June 27th, 2024. TO REGISTER your project, fill in your project page and submit your entry fee on FilmFreeway, use the time now before the start of the shoot on August 5th to consider your concept, form your team, find your actors, select your equipment and location scout.

It's up to you whether you take 3 HOURS, 3 DAYS or the entire 3 WEEKS to create your film. However, all PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY must take place between August 5th and August 26th in ASBURY PARK, NJ.

2. Eligibility: To be eligible, entries must be the original work of the entrant; must not infringe on any third-party's rights; must be suitable for publication (i.e., may not be obscene or indecent); must not contain obscene or pornographic material; may not contain defamatory statements about any person, company, organization or entity; may not invade privacy or other rights of any person, company or entity; may not in any other way violate applicable laws and regulations; and may not contain any copyrighted elements. Entries containing prohibited or inappropriate content as determined by the AP'N3 Film Challenge, in its sole discretion, to be inappropriate will be disqualified. AP'N3 Film Challenge reserves the right to make the final determination as to which entries are eligible.

3. Production Package: All entrants or teams will receive notification of their production packets download link via email on Monday August 5th, 2024 as of 10AM.
4. The following elements MUST be included in your short, but won’t be revealed until Monday August 5th, 2024 at 10AM:
-- the supplied theme of the short
-- the supplied line of dialogue
-- the designated exterior visual location in Asbury Park
-- the designated prop easily found in Asbury Park
-- The AP'N3 logo
5. Music: Each participating team may only use licensed music from a legally sanctioned source or music written for the film by one of the members of the team.

6. Running Time: The finished film cannot be any longer than 3 minutes. Credits at the end of each film are limited to a maximum of 20 seconds, in addition to the 3-minute maximum time limit. For example, you may have a 3-minute film plus 20 seconds of credits for a total running time of 3:20:00. Films any longer than 3:20:00 are not eligible.

7. Format: The finished film/video must be submitted via your project page on FilmFreeway.

8. Entries: No entries will be returned and all submissions MUST be made through the FilmFreeway portal via your project page. AP'N3 and its sponsor, the Asbury Park Arts Council, retain the rights to use, disseminate and otherwise replicate the entries, in part or in whole for, but not limited to, advertising and promotion. A submission fee will be required at the time of your project page completion and entry into the Challenge. Any questions about the submission fee, please email greetingsapac@gmail.com
9. Refund of submission fee will not be given if your film does not meet our requirements above and is not accepted as part of the AP'N3 Film Challenge. Any film submitted that is not made for the Challenge and does not use the items and requirements will automatically be disqualified.
10. The AP'N3 Film Challenge organizers at the Asbury Park Arts Council reserve the right to amend these rules up until the festival. If you have any questions regarding the challenge, please email Co-Festival Director Mike: mike@asburyparkartscouncil.org.
11. TO ENTER:
a) Create a "project page" as early as June 27, 2024. Click the SUBMIT button on the AP'N3 Challenge FilmFreeway page.
b) Fill out the required information to either log in or set up an account with FilmFreeway.
c) Add a Project - this project page HOLDS your entry slot in the Challenge. Simply title it "AP'N3", fill in pertinent contact information and SAVE your project.
d) Now search for APin3 under 'festival search' or click this link: https://filmfreeway.com/APN3Challenge to ENTER your project form in the Challenge. Follow the prompts to checkout your entry through the Secure Checkout.
e) Click Pay and Complete Order and you're entered in the Challenge.

This process adds you into the group who will be sent a link to the Production Resources Package on August 5th containing the specific elements you'll need to complete your film.

f) Your entry is considered incomplete at this point, as it has no video file associated with it - as yet. When you complete your film on August 26th,
- you'll return to your project page,
- amend an appropriate title,
- fill in the remainder of information about your film and
- upload your video file. Your entry is now complete and ready for judging. That's It!