AWARDS

GUIDELINES FOR PINK SNOWBALL AWARDS 2010

THE PINK SNOWBALL FILM AWARDS

The Pink Snowball Film Awards is a film festival based in rural Mid Wales that is designed to enhance the production and appreciation of short films made by young people, students and amateur filmmakers in Wales. The festival works closely with schools and community groups to exhibit a huge range of shorts and independent feature films throughout the festival and has become a brilliant platform for the promotion and celebration of local talent.

Do we show everything we get?

More often than not we try and show everything at some point during the festival but not all films submitted will be shown during the Film Awards. A shortlist of films will be selected by a panel of judges made up of local industry professionals and festival supporters, which will compete for an award in each category.

What are we looking for?

The Pink Snowball Film Awards is looking for films that showcase the originality, creativity and breadth of local filmmaking talent in Mid Wales.

CRITERIA FOR APPLICATION

1. Produced by children/ young people/amateur filmmakers    By this we mean that the majority of the people involved in the production must be aged under 18 or an amateur filmmaker. All films entered must be made/produced/ or created in Wales or by someone from Wales and under 5 minutes long. They must be made AFTER Jan 2009.

2. Produced by Undergraduates students for entry in to the University Film Challenge and under 3 minutes long [including titles]. No exceptions will be made.

3. Any type of film, Fiction, Animation, Music Video, Mobile phone movies, experimental or Documentary.

4. No swearing or excessive violence that wouldn’t be suitable for a general audience. Minor swearing must be bleeped out, but these films will only be considered at our discretion.

5. That no submission is longer than 5 minutes and that all films meet the criteria for the category they are entered in to. * If you have a product that is longer than this and you would like us to consider showing it as part of our general film programme please send it in- clearly marked- film night, Pink Snowball Awards entry.

THE AWARDS

 Best age category Open  8-13 and 14-18 [Under 5 minutes]

 Best very, very, very short film [40 second challenge]

 Best FILM 15 project short

 Best Animation Tank film

 Best Amateur/open 19+ [under 5 minutes]

 Best University “Film” Challenge [under 3 minutes]

 Best Welsh language Film [Under 5 Minutes]

 Best Environmental Film Challenge [up to 3 minutes]

 Best Young Person’s Short film Script [Under10 minutes]

HOW TO ENTER

Return the attached form with a copy of the film on either Mini DV tape or as an AVI file on a data DVD to the following address no later than 1st of October 2010. Pink Snowball Film Awards, [category of entry] Brynawel, Plas Llwyn Owen Estate, Llambrynmair, POWYS, Mid Wales, SY197BE. For more info. Email: lorraine@film15.org.uk, T: 07885506720 Please note we cannot accept other formats.

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