The Direct Your Hearts Film Contest is a local contest currently open to high school students in Westfield Indiana (Pilot Program). Students are requested to submit either a 60 second film or a 30 second animation on a mental health topic of their choice.

OUR MISSION

We expect that this contest will result in youth creating film that will be a good representative of their attitudes and conversations about mental health. We then want to look at using these films as content for several different stigma campaigns for Hamilton county Indiana in the hopes that these attitudes and conversations can trickle up to those older than high school age.

Awards & Prizes

Awards & Prizes

Judges will select one film to receive $500 towards a school mental health program you design or for a mental health organization of your choice.

Rules & Terms

Rules & Terms
ELIGIBILITY

You will be eligible for selection if:

1. You are submitting a short film (60 seconds in length).
2. You are submitting an animation short film (30 seconds in length).
3. The party submitting the film owns the copyright to every aspect of the film and does not infringe the copyright of any third party.
4. Any films not in English must have English subtitles.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1. By completing the entry form and delivering the film, you have applied to enter the film into the Direct Your Hearts Film Contest.

2. The producer is the sole and exclusive owner, or has permission from the sole and exclusive owner, of the copyright in the sound recordings comprising of the soundtrack of the film and the music and lyrics reproduced in those sound recordings.

3. All details submitted in the entry form by the applicant are true and correct and the applicants indemnifies Direct Your Hearts Film Contest from and against any and all claims and demands made against Direct Your Hearts Film Contest, its assignees or licensees, in relation to the guarantees provided by the applicant.

3. No part of the film is, or will be, actionable for defamation or violate any right of privacy or publicity of any person, and the full use of the rights in the film will not violate any rights, including copyright or moral rights, of any person, firm, or corporation; and the film is not the subject of any litigation nor is it threatened by any claim or litigation.

4. Direct Your Hearts Film Contest may, in its sole discretion, disqualify a film from consideration if Direct Your Hearts Film Contest has reason to believe that a film does not, for any reason, comply with the Terms and Conditions.

5. The applicant agrees to indemnify Direct Your Hearts Film Contest and hold them harmless from any damages, liabilities, losses, costs, expenses, obligations or claims (including, without limitation, reasonable outside attorneys' fees and costs) arising out of the breach of applicant’s agreements, obligations, representations and warranties under this Agreement.

6. The applicant agrees for the Direct Your Hearts Film Contest to use any submitted supported materials (such as stills and short clips) for any future promotional purposes.