● Films must be concerned with the body, dance, or any other forms of movement and can be live action, documentary, animation, or a mix
● Recordings of live performances are not eligible
● Films should be between 3 - 15 minutes in length
● Films submitted must have been completed after January 2018
● One submission per artist will be considered
● You may resubmit films that have not been screened at Frame Rush previously. The artistic leadership of the festival changes every year, and with it the selection panel and criteria.
● Subtitles in English should be available in time for the preparation of the screening file (unless this is an artistic choice in your film)
● The artist, if selected, agrees to provide festival organisers with marketing materials, information and video files in the requested formats by given deadlines; the artist understands they are liable for any costs incurred and that failure to provide the necessary materials may result in their withdrawal from the programme.
● Submission of an entry gives Frame Rush and its presenters permission to have excerpts of accepted work, including film trailers, shown in all promotional activities related to the festival.
● You acknowledge that by submitting your film to the festival, that if selected, Frame Rush may include the film in the London Contemporary Dance School archive
● The artist takes full responsibility for the work and in submitting it asserts that it contains no copyright infringements, and indemnifies Frame Rush, The Place, LCDS and its representatives against any request or legal action from third parties related to or arising from the use of the film.
Practical requirements as part of the submission form:
● Filmmaker contact information: name, email address, postal address, phone number, website and social media accounts (if any)
● Synopsis of the film (up to 400 characters).
● Biographies of the artist / artists (up to 400 characters each)
● Any previous projections / awards of the presented work
● High resolution film stills / images (preferably a mixture of landscape and portrait format)
● Film file for screening should be delivered in QuickTime, full HD 16x9 H.264 and full HD 16x9 Apple ProRes 4:2:2 HQ
---- About submission fees ----
We know that submission fees are a complex, and sometimes contentious, part of film distribution in screendance. If the submission fee is a barrier to your participation, please contact us on frame.rush@lcds.ac.uk for a fee waiver.
When we did not charge a submission fee we received over 2,000 entries, and 1,317 of these had nothing to do at all with the festival or with screendance. They had to be sifted by a staff member who wasn’t paid for that time. We fully recognise that artists are so often underpaid or even unpaid for the work they do, and particularly are underfunded for the effort that goes into distribution; but having one more person perform unpaid labour doesn’t improve that situation either. We have therefore decided to charge a small fee to discourage those who submit indiscriminately to any free-to-submit festival.
We have kept this fee as low as possible. If your financial circumstances prevent you from entering a film that matches the festival call, please contact us explaining that and we will offer a waiver.
