The Parkour Film Festival is the largest & longest-running festival of its kind.

Now in its 5th year and after hundreds of submissions from around the world, it is a celebration of the incredible and growing filmmaking talent emerging from parkour culture.

This year we're keeping things simple and running just one category with the goal of making your best long length parkour film focused around the word 'Connection.'
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JUDGES:

The festival features a prolific lineup of judges in the form of Toby Segar, Anan Anwar, Sam White, Keiba Clubb & Giles Campbell Longley.
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LEAD SPONSORS:

The Parkour Film Festival is honoured to be supported by the following lead sponsors:

ThinkTank
Joby
Nanlite
Tens
STORROR
Farang Clothing
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THE CATEGORY:

In previous years, the parkour film festival has included several categories, spread across a range of specific skills & styles. However, the constant pace of social media has meant many impactful events in sports like parkour are instantly shared & quickly forgotten. Pivotal moments are lost somewhere down an Instagram feed.

This year, we're keeping things simple with one category and one keyword to be used as inspiration.

CONNECTION

We're giving you five months to make the best long length parkour video you've ever made. It could be a documentary, a non-stop action piece, or even entirely filmed on a drone. It just needs to capture a feeling of 'CONNECTION.'

After two years of isolation & minimal travel, we want to allow you the time & freedom to work on something that genuinely adds to your creative legacy.

Time limit: 15-30 minutes

Judging criteria:
Judges will be scoring your film with a strong focus on your filmmaking skills and how well your film embodies the keyword 'Connection'.

Things they will be looking for:
Cinematography
Editing
Storytelling
Colour grading
Sound design

While the skill of the parkourists in the film will not be a factor that will be judged, it will naturally aid the overall impression the film may have on the judges.

Please read the 'rules & terms' section before submitting a film.
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SCREENING:

Our plans are to hold a physical screening of the winning films once the festival has finished. This will take place in either London or Brighton. More details soon.

Awards & Prizes

The prize list will continue to grow over time.

1st Place:

GoPro - 1x Hero10 Black
ThinkTank - 1x Rotation 22L Camera Backpack (worth £220)
Joby - 1x Wavo Air Wireless Lav Mic Kit (worth £220) + 1x Joby Beamo Ring Light for MagSafe (worth £45)
Nanlite - 1x Pavotube 15c (worth £250)
Tens - 1x Dustin Compact in Grey Crystal (worth £95)
Storror - £150 Giftcard.
Farang - Products or gift card value to be determined closer to festival end.
Strike Movement - $250 Cash Prize + $250 Gift Card

2nd Place:

GoPro - 1x Hero10 Black
ThinkTank - 1x Retrospective 30 V2.0 Shoulder Bag (worth £175)
Joby - 1x GripTight GorillaPod (worth £80) + 1 x Joby Beamo Ring Light for MagSafe (worth £45)
Nanlite - 2x Pavotube 6c (worth £85)
Tens - 1x Weston in Matte Black (worth £95)
Storror - £100 Giftcard.
Farang - Products or gift card value to be determined closer to festival end.
Strike Movement - $100 Cash Prize + $250 Gift Card

3rd Place:

GoPro - 1x Hero10 Black
ThinkTank - Urban Access Sling Bag (worth £85)
Joby - GorillaPod 500 Action (worth £25) + Joby Beamo Ring Light for MagSafe (worth £45)
Nanlite - 1x Pavotube 6c (worth £85)
Tens - 1x Classic in Matte Maroon (worth £89)
Storror - £50 Giftcard.
Farang - Products or gift card value to be determined closer to festival end.
Strike Movement - $250 Gift Card

Rules & Terms

The following explains the Rules and Terms governing film submissions to the 2022 Parkour Film Festival. Compliance with these Rules and Terms is necessary to participate in the Film Festival. Submission of a film implies unconditional acceptance of the Rules & Terms; therefore, please carefully read the rules before submitting your film. If you have any questions, please contact filmfestival@themotusprojects.com.


Rules:


- All entries must obtain the appropriate copyright clearances (i.e. music, archive footage, images, etc.). Failure to do so will result in the entry being disqualified from the competition.


- All entries must have been completed between 1st June 2022 and 21st November 2022. You cannot submit an old film or a re-edit of entirely old footage.


- Your submission must fall within the 15-30 minute time constraints. This includes all titles & credits.


- Entries with soundtracks in any language other than English MUST have English subtitles or be dubbed in English. We recommend a font with maximum readability against both light and dark backgrounds.


- Entries may only be submitted digitally online through the festival submission form. If you are unable to submit electronically, please get in touch with us at filmfestival@themotusprojects.com


- The same film may only be entered once in the Festival. Filmmakers may submit different films but must pay individual handling fees for each submission.


- The organisers' and judges' decision is final, and no correspondence will be entered into.


- All films submitted to the Festival are subject to these Rules and Guidelines and Terms and Conditions and, if selected to be in the Festival, will be eligible to receive an award.


- The final (late) deadline for entries shall be midnight on 21st November 2022.


- The Filmmakers are responsible for ensuring all submission materials are submitted by the deadline. If your film is not uploaded by the deadline, you may be required to pay the higher submission fee or have your film rejected.


- The selection and scheduling of all films screened at The Parkour Film Festival is entirely at the discretion of the Festival Director and the programming team. In the event of unforeseen circumstances, it may be necessary to reschedule the event to a later date, but notification will be provided to all selected filmmakers.



Terms:


- Each submission must be accompanied by the appropriate fee. Submission fees are in Pounds sterling (£) per submission and are non-refundable.


- All entries will be viewed before the Festival by the judges to determine award winners and viewed by the public at The Parkour Film Festival.
The estimated time of screening will be December in either London or Brighton.


- The judges determine the award winners. In the event of a tie, the awards and money will be split evenly between the tied films.


- Applicants acknowledge that The Parkour Film Festival reserves the right to update, change & remove the prize offering for all categories.


- Applicants acknowledge that The Parkour Film Festival reserves the right to add or remove judges at any time.


- Applicants acknowledge that The Parkour Film Festival reserves the right to change the nature of screenings and events due to circumstances related to public health and welfare or at the direction of authorities. In such cases, no submission refunds shall be issued.


- Applicants authorise The Parkour Film Festival to exhibit the film if selected and confirm that an exhibition copy will be made available in a required format for screening during the 2022 festival.


- The applicant certifies that they hold all the necessary rights and clearances for the submission of the film, and the film is not subject to any litigation nor is threatened by any litigation.


- By agreeing to these Rules and Terms, I transfer to The Parkour Film Festival the right to use excerpts of the submitted film, its stills, and trailers for the purpose of publicity and marketing of the film at the 2022 festival and for other non-commercial uses related to the promotion of the 2022 festival.


- The Filmmaker/s retain/s all submission and intellectual property rights.


- The applicant acknowledges that the film submission fee does not guarantee acceptance, and no refund will be provided if my film is not selected.
Upon acceptance, The Parkour Film Festival will ask for my film:
 
 1) DCP preferred
 2) ProRes preferred
 3) Minimum 1920x1080 digital file Quicktime, MP4, AVI, H264

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  • OVERWAY PKFILMS

    From our team we have been watching THE MOTUS festivals for years until now, it has been an honor to participate in such a spectacular event. It's great to see how other great teams can support the community so much with something as demanding and attractive as a film festival.
    I cannot be more grateful to all the judges and teams for all the effort they have put into supporting us and trying to get the best of our inspiration for everyone.
    As it seems, we believe that this will be the last of THE MOTUS festivals, so we can only say thank you for all the support throughout these years.

    December 2022
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