GS8 2026 Updated Requirements and Guidelines
YOU MUST REGISTER THROUGH OUR WEBSITE FOR YOUR FILM TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR FESTIVAL SELECTION.
The Georgetown Super 8 Film Festival is a community-based amateur film project. Please read the following rules and guidelines carefully. By participating in the project, you agree to respect and follow the rules outlined below:
1. The goal of GS8 is to allow the people who live and work and gather in the Duwamish Valley to have a shared creative experience which documents and defines this unique region or Seattle.
2. A significant portion of the film must be shot within the Duwamish Valley as defined by the image below. This area outlined as both sides of the Duwamish river from the West Seattle Bridge to the Tukwila border and from West of I5 to East of 509.
3. Each submission must consist of only one roll of Super 8 film (maximum runtime: 3 minutes 20 seconds). The film must be presented unedited, meaning all cuts, transitions, and timing must be created in-camera while shooting. In other words, what you shoot on the roll is exactly what the audience sees. Filmmakers are free to add sound, music, and audio design in post-production, but the picture itself cannot be edited, rearranged, or altered after processing.
4. All deadlines must be met.
5. By participating, you agree to let GS8 share your film on their YouTube Site, the GS8 website, at the film festival, and for any publicity or fundraising purposes in perpetuity. You retain the rights to your creative work.
Related to that, each filmmaker is responsible for attaining all releases for location and talent (cast and crew) covering the GS8 rights stated above, also in perpetuity.
6. By using a GS8 camera, you understand that GS8 is not responsible for equipment failure due to camera faults, processing errors, file corruption or user error.
7. Any images and sound submitted must be copyright free or follow YouTube's Copyright Policies. Your film content must pass YouTube’s Community Guidelines:
https://creatoracademy.youtube.com/page/lesson/copyright-guidelines
https://www.youtube.com/yt/about/policies/#community-guidelines
8. By signing up you are committing to participate in the project. We know that life happens, however, a lot of time, fundraising, and effort goes into making this project happen, so please take your registration as a commitment to making a film. If you are unable to participate, you forfeit your payment and film to the project. If you requested a scholarship roll of film and were unable to participate, you will be ineligible for future subsidized rolls of film.
9. GS8 aims to screen all completed films but reserves the right to omit films from the final festival screening, at the organizing committee's discretion
10. Be kind to everyone, but especially the people running this project. GS8 reserves the right to terminate the participation of anyone being aggressive, disrespectful, or ignoring the rules.
11. Have Fun! This project is about being weird, creative, and celebrating our unique community, so have fun!
