THIS FESTIVAL IS ONLY OPEN TO PQA STUDENTS! PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR FILM IF YOU ARE NOT PART OF THE PQA ORGANISATION AS IT WILL BE DISQUALIFIED!
**SOUTH REGIONAL**
Abingdon, Amersham, Ashford, Aylesbury, Bath, Bedford, Bethnal Green, Bicester, Bishops Stortford, Bradley Stoke, Brentwood, Brighton, Brighton West, Bristol, Bromley, Bury St Edmunds, Cambridge, Canterbury, Cardiff, Chelmsford, Cheltenham, Chichester, Chislehurst & Sidcup, Cirencester, Colchester, Conway, Crawley, Croydon, Dartford
Dulwich, Ealing, Earlsfield, Eastbourne, Eastleigh, Enfield, Evesham, Exeter, Finchley, Greenwich, Guildford, Harlow, Hemel Hempstead, Hertford, High Wycombe, Ipswich, Islington, Maidenhead, Maidstone, Milton Keynes, Newport, Northampton, Norwich, Peterborough, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Reading, Richmond, Rochester, Salisbury, Southend-on-sea, St Albans, Stroud, Sutton, Swansea, Swindon, Taunton, Thanet, Torbay, Tunbridge Wells, Upminster, Uxbridge, Watford, Welwyn Garden City, Weston-super-Mare, Wickford, Windsor, Woodford Green, Worcester
If you academy is not listed above, please submit to the North Regional here
https://filmfreeway.com/PQAFilmFestivalNorthRegional
All films submitted for the South Regional will be considered for the National Awards in London.
THE ORGANISATION:
The Pauline Quirke Academy (PQA) is a UK organisation running weekend performing arts schools catering for children from 6 - 18. Started in 2007 by well known UK actress Pauline Quirke (Broadchurch, Birds of a Feather, North & South, Emmerdale) PQA has since grown to encompass 210 academies across the UK. One of the key features of the PQA experience is the Film & TV module which gives students the opportunity to learn about filmmaking both in front of and behind the camera and to make their own short films. PQA is the largest provider of film and television education for young people in the UK.
THE FESTIVAL:
Students from across the PQA academies are encouraged to make and submit films. Through an impartial and rigorous judging process, we will whittle the entries down to the very best work from PQA students across the country. Final selections for the festival will be made by a jury of film industry professionals.
Submission Criteria:
*Academies should NOT enter films that have already been judged during PQA film challenges throughout the year.
*Academies can now submit film and television module project specific films under festival categories
* Academies may submit their best NINE short films only (AM and PM Academies are treated as separate)
*For all other short films, we simply request that the films duration be between 1 and 12 Minutes.
*Films can be any genre: drama (and all its sub-genres), documentary and factual formats, music promos and animation.
*All films need to be of the highest creative and technical standards possible. All music and imagery must be copyright free. Films will be judged in colour group categories, with Green, Blue, and Red group films and whole Academy productions in competition.
*If you wish to enter a film that falls outside of this entry criteria for any reason, please email: nick.pilton@pqacademy.com to discuss a special entry waiver.
'Official Selection' films receive bespoke PQA awards that are presented at the festival event.
