HOW TO ENTER:
Entries must have been created by Public, Education, and/or Government (PEG) professionals, independent producers, or students.
• Entries must have been FIRST aired between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022 on a PEG television channel, or PEG web stream.
• Entries will only be accepted from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, or Kentucky.
• Entries must be non-commercial.
• Entries must be submitted in one division:
1. Professional: Programs created by employees of community media centers, an employee of another media outlet, or a media related educator.
2. Non-Professional: Programs created by independent community media producer with a non paid crew.
3. Student: Programs created by current students enrolled in primary, secondary or undergraduate schools. Non-students may supervise the production, but the overall direction, control of the production and all technical tasks (camera, directing, editing, sound, etc.) must be performed by the youth involved.
HOW DO I KNOW IF MY SUBMISSION IS PROFESSIONAL or NON PROFESSIONAL?
Use the worksheet below to determine if your program should be entered in the professional or the non-professional division.
The total cash (not in-kind) budget for this program was:
• $0 (0 points) $1 to $100 (5 points) $101 to $1000 (15 points) over $1000 (20 points) ________
Was any of the recordings or editing of this program done:
By a person who was paid to do it? (10 points for Yes) ________
In the past year, was the individual most responsible for the content of the production paid any amount
for work on this production or any other media production? (15 points for Yes, if full time 20 pts) ________
In the past year, was any one of the crew members (camera, audio, director, editor) paid any amount
for work on this production or any other media production? (10 points for Yes, if full time-15 pts) ________
IF WORKSHEET TOTAL IS OVER 20 POINTS, YOUR PROGRAM MUST BE ENTERED IN THE PROFESSIONAL DIVISION.
ADDITIONAL RULES:
• Submissions entered into the wrong division will not be accepted.
• Each entry must be submitted online via a FilmFreeway.com account.
• Programs may be entered in more than one category, but separate online entry forms must be submitted for each category, and the entry must be re-submitted.
• One program may be entered in different categories. The same program may NOT be entered in more than one producer division.
EXCELLENCE AWARDS CRITERIA:
All accepted Philo entries are eligible for nominations. We are asking each judge to nominate no more than 2 entries that you have judged to be eligible for these awards.
For example, you may be judging Arts/Cultural Awareness, but an entry may be a great example of top-notch in community activism. Or a newscast might have excellent editing. IT IS NOT REQUIRED YOU NOMINATE, we leave it to each judge's discretion if they feel it's Excellent! We are awarding top honors at the Philo Festival ceremonies in the following categories:
• Best In Show – Outstanding program of the year.
• Best Series Program – A series that stands out above the rest.
• Excellence Directing – Exceptional directing that blew you away of a parade, talk show, live program, etc.
• Excellence in Editing – Outstanding editing techniques stand out of the rest.
• Excellence In Animation – Animation that blows you away with creativity and innovation
• George Stoney Community Activism Award –A program that campaigns for some form of social change.
Judging of these nominations are conducted by the Central States Alliance for Community Board Members.
Cost per entry:
$25 - Member
