Rules and Terms
1. General
2. Submission guidelines and materials
3. Selected films
4. Conclusion
1. General
1.1 Objectives
The Flick! Experimental Film Festival aims to offer a quality selection of experimental, creative, and innovative films, videos, and or animations. We understand experimental, innovative, and creative films as pieces that offer uncanny points of view and methods of filmmaking, and works involving risk-taking problem-solving in telling a story through images in movement.
We believe that by encouraging students, professors, staff, and the general audience to watch, make and discuss experimental, innovative, and creative films, we will be providing space and time for the development of learning and teaching skills and the foment of media literacy.
1.2 Eligibility
Submission to the Festival is open to short films, creative documentaries, video art, experimental films, and innovative visual productions for digital media completed anytime. MAXIMUM LENGTH FOR ALL CATEGORIES: 7 minutes (including credits)
NO CONVENTIONAL NARRATIVE FILMS.
1.3 Entry fee - No entry fee.
1.4 - Submitted films will be selected by the Festival Program Committee and screened at theUniversity of Greensboro North Carolina University Libraries (either virtually or in person).
1.5 - Participation
Participation in Flick! 2021 implies acceptance of the Rules and Regulations by filmmakers, producers, and their agents.
2. Submission Guidelines and Materials
2.1 - The entries and selection of films will be made into three categories:
Experimental Film
Experimental Animation
Experimental Afrofuturism
Experimental Video Art
Experimental Screen Dance
MAXIMUM LENGTH FOR ALL CATEGORIES: 7 minutes (including credits)
MINIMUM: 3 min.
2.2 Entry Form
The film should be entered online through the FilmFreeway.
2.3 Submission Deadlines
The submission deadlines are for selection purposes, which means the deadline for the Festival's office to receive all required submission materials is by September 30th, 2020.
The Festival is not obliged to view late entries.
2.4 Preview Copy
In order to complete the submission, the applicant is requested to:
2.4.1 - send a high-quality permanent link to your film. The link might be protected by a password
2.4.2 - and, if chosen to be screened, send a digital file, by email to libdmc@uncg.edu
2.5 Additional materials
Requested in the online entry form: Synopsis of the film, a short statement of the director about the film, short biography of the director, and full cast and credits list. In case an item is not available at the time of submission, it will be requested immediately upon selection.
2.6 Submitted materials
All submissions and documentation materials must be sent via FilmFreeway
2.6 Selection
Festival programmers select and invite all films presented at Flick!. Films selected will be announced on our website and Facebook. Filmmakers selected to participate will be notified prior to this date.
3. Selected films
3.1 Participants’ obligation
Participation in the festival requires unconditional adherence to its regulations as set out here.
3.3.2 Promotion
For the promotion of the entire selection and of each selected film, the Festival website is allowed to use any photo or digital film clip.
3.4 Video Library / Preview platform
Selected films will be made available after the Festival in the Video Library. By accepting to be part of the Festival the rights owners grant permission for their film to be included in our online Video Library.
4. Conclusion
Entry and participation of films imply unconditional acceptance of the regulations. In unspecified cases, Festival Management will make a final decision.
LIMITED RIGHTS GRANTED TO Flick! - Flick! reserves the right to edit and use your content for the purposes of promoting the Flick! Experimental Film Festival, or website.
