TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE GRAND PRIZES, ENTRANTS MUST FILL OUT AN OFFICIAL SUBMISSION FORM. THE FORM CAN BE FOUND AT THE BELOW LINKS, AND YOU MAY WRITE "FilmFreeway" IN THE "LINK TO VIDEO FILE" FIELD:
https://tinyurl.com/ybp23yps
www.colorlab.com/shorts
CONTEST PERIOD: All films, either online or physical submissions, must be received on or before August 6th, 2018 11:59PM, US Eastern Standard Time.
RESTRICTIONS: New submissions only. All films must have been completed on, or after, January 1, 2016. Applicants must fill out an official entry form to be admitted. A downloadable PDF entry form can be found at www.colorlab.com/shorts
RUNTIME: The maximum running length is twenty (20) minutes for Horror / Comedy and (12) minutes.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: Narrative films only. Footage may have been recorded on video or film. To be eligible for prizes, applicants must be able to provide a video file of the finished film.
MAIL-IN SUBMISSIONS: Materials will not be returned. Please ship to below address:
Colorlab
Attn: Summer Shorts
5708 Arundel Ave.
Rockville, MD 20852
ONLINE SUBMISSIONS: Download links (Vimeo with download permission enabled, Dropbox, WeTransfer, Google Drive, Aspera, Youtube, etc.) will be accepted. Include access passwords where applicable. Email shorts@colorlab.com
CATEGORIES/GENRE: In correlation with our prizes, we have two categories: 1) NARRATIVE:COMEDY or HORROR and 2) EXPERIMENTAL. Contestants must indicate which category he/she is entering.
LANGUAGE GUIDELINES: If films are not in English, English subtitles must be included.
CONTENT RESTRICTIONS: Pornographic or otherwise obscene or offensive material will not be accepted. The selection committee (Colorlab staff) will be the sole determining entity.
ENTRY: This contest is free for all participants. There is no entry fee. One film per filmmaker. Current or past Colorlab employees may not enter. Films released at any time prior to the restriction period will not be considered.
JUDGING:
The panel (Colorlab staff) will choose approximately ten finalists. The panel will hold a private screening and blind vote to choose one Grand Prize winner for each category. Films will be judged based 50% by an overall score (based on story, impact, enjoyment, etc.) as well as 50% on production qualities (visual aesthetics, sound, acting, etc.). Participation at the screening is not mandatory for Grand Prize eligibility, however it may be used as a tiebreaker in the judging process.
ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS: As the filmmaker, you agree to the following statements: I have the right to claim this film as my creation and am not violating the rights of another by entering this contest. Copyrighted, trademarked, licensed, or otherwise protected material has not been used in my film without consent. It is my responsibility for obtaining express written permissions, where applicable.
My film has not been and is not the subject of any claim or legal proceedings of any kind and does not contain any material (whether literary, dramatic, artistic, musical, or otherwise), which has been or is the subject of any claim or legal proceedings of any kind.
Colorlab Corp. has the permission to use any of all of my submitted footage for contest promotional or advertising purposes.
