Part One: SILENT MOVIE
1. Sign up by contacting us via email by 28th February
2. Receive detailed instructions on March 1st
3. Create a fabulous silent film with your team
4. Submit it via FilmFreeway by midnight on 31st March
5. If requested, send us a lower resolution file copy or make one downloadable for the soundtrack competition
6. If selected for screening, allow a high resolution version to be downloaded
7. You will be invited to judge and give feedback on any soundtrack created for your film
8. You will be invited to attend any finals event (details tbc) and the Awards night at the festival (19-21st October)
Part Two: SOUNDTRACK
1. Sign up via email by 31st March
2. Receive detailed instructions on how to participate and view the choice of films on 3rd April
3. Decide which film you wish to work on
4. Submit your choice of film to get access to the file by 17th April
5. Create a superb soundtrack
6. Submit your work via FilmFreeway by midnight on 17th June
7. If selected for screening, create a best quality version of your track linked to a high resolution copy of the film by 1st October
8. You will be invited to attend the finals event (details tbc) and to the Awards night at the festival (19-21st October)
Within the competition, there will be two Youth and two Adult categories: the Youth competition will have categories for Under 16 and Under 19 year-olds and the Adult competition will have age categories for people Under 25 and those 25 years and above.
Competitors in the Youth categories must work with people within the same age category and their work undertaken and submitted with the signed endorsement of a guardian or teacher. Film content should be age-appropriate using BBFC as guidelines in this sector of the competition.
By the way, for those who have already created a film, we also have an international film competition which is now in its third year (see https://filmfreeway.com/FishEyeFilmFestival2018).
TERMS:
By submitting your film or soundtrack to the Fisheye Film Festival through FilmFreeway, you are stating that you are the owner of your entry and it is your original work.
While we understand that you retain all rights to ownership of the work, you hereby give the Fisheye Film Festival permission to feature, advertise, display, in whole or in part, the work titled and described herein, for festival purposes including promotion in future years.
For the purposes of the competition Part Two, by submitting your film you hereby give permission for the work to be used to create an accompanying soundtrack. The efficacy of the soundtrack will be judged in the context of the film and the film director's feedback will be taken into consideration.
You also understand that you entry is valid only upon completion of the following conditions: (1) receipt of a copy of the work and (2) when the work is found to be original and owned by you or those you represent.
Films are to be sent via FilmFreeway with a secure screening link to YouTube or Vimeo and must be downloadable
It is your sole responsibility to ensure that your online entry form is properly submitted. You may email the Festival at fisheyefilmfest@gmail.com to confirm submission. It is also your responsibility to ensure the streaming link is functional and the link and password submitted are accurate. In the unlikely event of a password change or link change you must email the Festival immediately with that change so we may update your record. If the Festival is not notified of the change and the link is found to be inactive or the password to be incorrect the Festival will send an email to the submitter’s address on file to follow up. If a response with the correct information is not received within forty-eight (48) hours, the submission may be deemed ineligible.
The password protected link must be active at least through to March 31, 2019, and all entries MUST be received by the Festival no later than the applicable deadlines referenced above. The Festival reserves the right to disqualify any submission if it is not completed in accordance with these Entry Rules and Regulations.
Each film is judged solely on its own merits.