CONTEST PARTICIPANTS:
HIGH SCHOOL and UNIVERSITY STUDENTS:
Contestants must show proof of enrollment in a high school or university at the time the film was produced. This contest is for STUDENT ENTRIES ONLY.
Only ONE (1) entry per is allowed per director per category. For example: A director may enter a narrative film and a digital animation, but may not enter two narrative films.
There is no minimum or a maximum number of contestants. Actors are not contestants if that is their only role in the project.
Non-student involvement in the project is limited to sponsors and onscreen talent.
There is no limit in the number of submissions by school.
TIME LIMITS AND CATEGORIES:
FILM:
1) Narrative
2) Documentary, (This does not include Broadcast News or PSA’s)
ANIMATION
1) Computer/ digital animation and
2) Traditional animation (claymation, hand drawn, stop motion) This does not include live actors filmed and then edited to create a “strobe” effect.
TIME LIMITS:
Narrative and documentary films shall be 3- 7 minutes in length. Animation entries shall be 30 seconds to 5 minutes in length. This includes any credits.
TEXAS DIVISION:
There shall be a separate competition for Texas students. Texas high school and university students shall only compete against other Texas students and awards shall be issued separately from other competitors.
ELIGIBLE MATERIAL:
Submitted material must be original works and are required to have clearances for music or other copy-righted material featured in the project. A log of any music used shall be maintain and made available upon request by contest officials.
Contest officials reserve the right reject material found within their sole discretion to offend the moral standards of the community.
ENTRY PROCEDURES:
Submission Deadline - APRIL 15, 2022.
Submission of Film Entries shall be uploaded at FilmFreeway
FESTIVAL DATE:
The Brazosport Arts in Media Festival shall take place APRIL 23, 2022
EVALUATION OF ENTRIES:
Films submitted to the Festival shall be previewed, critiqued and ranked by our adjudicators. Originality, cinematic storytelling, and technical execution are the basis of the scoring.
