Carolina Film Festival

The Carolina Film Festival

Carolina Film Festival - Call for Submissions!

The 2010 Carolina Film Festival (CFF) will be held April 29, 6 – 9 PM in Murphey 116.  The mission of the campus-wide Carolina Film Festival is to support, promote and recognize excellence in student media production and screenwriting at UNC-CH. Sponsored by the Department of Communication Studies in the College of Arts & Sciences, over a six year history the CFF has averaged 45 submissions and as many as 12 award winning films/film makers each year.

Submission Deadline:  

Wednesday, March 31, 12:00 pm (Noon) Bingham Hall Room 115. 

Prize money: Up to 9 cash prizes may be awarded for qualified work.  If selected, the winning piece in each category will receive $500. The Best in Show - overall winner - will receive $1,000.

Categories:

Best in Show
Animation
Audio
Documentary
Experimental
Media Production Craft/Technique
Narrative
Screenplay – Short or Feature Length
Viral Video*

Submissions

ANY current undergraduate student at UNC-CH with a project completed between May 1, 2009 and April 29, 2010 is eligible; Rough cuts will be considered.

which must include the names of the students most responsible for the creative content, title, running time, and contact information. 

All original media entries other than screenplays must be submitted for consideration on DVD-R format (4 copies).  Each DVD must be labeled with Name, Running time, and Title. Screenplays must be properly labeled with identification and contact information.

The entries will be judged on the basis of resourcefulness, originality, entertainment, and production quality, without regard to cost of production or subject matter. The judging panel will be comprised of faculty and industry specialists.

Submission deadline is Wednesday March 31, 12:00 PM in Bingham Hall Room 115.

 *Viral Videos: Reside on the web (YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, etc.) and will be judged based on the above criteria as well as popular vote gauged by the number of hits/visits to that video. A URL is required for consideration in this category. The dates of completion must still fall in the window May 1, 2009 - April 29 2010 and the web time stamp on the work will be used to verify upload date.

 Festival Disclaimer
Entry does not guarantee award or placement in the program on April 29. However, each submission will be carefully considered. Festival judges will pre-select entries that will be featured as finalists at the festival. Finalists will then be judged by category and the winners will be announced during the awards presentation at the completion of the festival. Awards will only be granted only when there is a consensus reached by the jurors. Works of all lengths will be considered but due to time restrictions at the festival screening, works will be limited in screening time.

For more information, please contact Mark Robinson mrobin@email.unc.edu.