“Bow Valley Quaranfilm Festival” is a local project aimed at filling the gap provided by the absence of our annual One-Act Play Festival, which cannot currently be presented due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The festival is presented by Pine Tree Players and is organized on a volunteer basis.

Prizes shall be distributed as follows:
Best Film Winner: Gift certificate valued at $100 to a Bow Valley Business of your
choosing and a medallion or trophy.
Best Film Runner-Up: Gift certificate valued at $50 to a Bow Valley Business of your
choosing and a medallion or trophy.
Audience Favorite Winner: Gift certificate valued at $100 to a Bow Valley Business of
your choosing and a medallion or trophy.
NOTE: Any films selected for screening are eligible for reimbursement of up to $50 in fees and expenses generated in the creation of their film. This can include but is not limited to editing software, royalty free video or images, script editing, props, etc. Receipts are required and must be submitted to treasurer@pinetreeplayers.com

JUDGING PANEL:
WENDY LUMBY, Talent Agent, Faces of Wendy
SHAWNA CHURCH, Talent Agent, RJ Talent
SANDY LARSON, Talent Agent, Patti Falconer Talent Agency
JP THIBODEAU, Artistic Director of Storybook Theatre Calgary
HALA NASR, Actress and Screenwriter, Jasmine Road and The Narrator

-Films must be a minimum of 3 minutes long and a maximum of 15.
-No excessive nudity, swearing, or excessive violence. Pine Tree Players reserves the right not to screen a film that does not fit their audience.
-Participants must follow all relevant Alberta Government COVID-19 guidelines, including but not limited to Mass Gathering Restrictions (https://www.alberta.ca/restrictions-on-gatherings.aspx), Guidance for the Screen-based Production Industry and Guidance for Indoor Events.
-Films and information must be submitted via our FilmFreeway event.
-The deadline for entries shall be Sunday, February 28, 2021 (subject to change as per Alberta restrictions). Each film will be initially screened (not judged) by the two to three members of the Pine Tree Players board to determine suitability for our community audience. We reserve the right not to screen any film at our own discretion. If your film is not approved, you will be contacted privately. Board members who are also entrants of the festival will not be assigned their own films for approval.
-Approved films will then be advanced to a judging panel of at least five people drawn from the local arts community, of whom at least two members must self-identify as a Person of Color, and at least one must self-identify as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community. The panel will select one First-Place Winner and one Runner-Up.
-There will also be an audience favorite award for favorite overall film, to be determined by online voting via a poll on the Pine Tree Players website, and/ or ballot voting at the screening event, should it be an in-person event.
-The film screening/ awards ceremony event will take place on Friday, March 26. Whether this event will be in-person or live-streamed will be decided closer to the date, dependent upon COVID restrictions at the time. At the event, all approved films will be screened. We also reserve the right to show a montage from any film entries, whether approved for screening or not.
-After the screening event, all films will be uploaded to the Pine Tree Players’ YouTube channel.
-This is a locally focused film festival. Each entry must have at least one team member (cast or crew) with a Bow Valley address attached to the project (for the purposes of this festival, Bow Valley shall refer to Canmore, Banff, Lake Louise, Exshaw, Deadman’s Flats, Lac des Arcs, Morley, and/ or Harvie Heights).
-Your submission is your declaration that you own the rights to any stories and/ or footage used. We recommend that you use stories that are original, in the public domain, or royalty-free stock footage. If you wish to use a play from a company such as (but not limited to) Samuel French or Dramatist’s Play Service, you must obtain permission from the company and/ or playwright to use the material in video format for online viewing, and you must provide Pine Tree Players with a copy of this permission. Be aware that there will likely be a fee. Pine Tree Players and this festival will not be held responsible for any fault or legal fees accrued from plagiarism.
-It is the responsibility of each entrant to stay up to date on COVID-19 restrictions within Alberta. As we know, this is ever-changing.
-There is no age requirement to enter.
-There is no fee to enter.
-You may enter as many films as you like, but please remember that they may not all be selected for screening.
-No person who is an entrant in any capacity (cast or crew) may sit on the judging panel, though they may help with the volunteer organization.
PLEASE VISIT HTTPS://PINETREEPLAYERS.COM/QUARANFILM-FESTIVAL FOR TIPS AND FREE WORKSHOPS THAT WILL HELP YOU CREATE YOUR FILM.