Short Short Story Film Festival Submission Information

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2012 MergingArts Short Short Story Film Festival

We are no longer accepting film submissions for consideration for the 2011 festival.

If you wish to submit early for the 2012 festival, please email us.

Submission Guidelines

First, as a courtesy to filmmakers, we do not charge a submission fee!

Films must be 5 minutes and under, as follows: credits must start by 5 minutes, and the total running time including credits must be no longer than 5 minutes 30 seconds.

All films must tell a story; this excludes public service announcements, trailers, non-narrative experimental pieces, and such. Whether a piece is truly narrative is at the discretion of the submission review panel.

All genres and styles are accepted, including live action, documentaries, animation, drama, comedy, children’s films, science fiction, horror, GLBT, etc.

It is possible for more than one film by a filmmaker to be accepted. This would typically happen if the films are under two minutes and/or have significantly differing styles.

Filmmakers accepted into the festival are encouraged to prepare a brief video introduction (30-60 seconds) of themselves and their film.

Deadlines

The final deadline for film submissions is 1st October, 2012.

Technical Guidelines

We require submission in SD-DVD format. We accept both PAL and NTSC, but do NOT accept HD format (this includes MOV files encoded with H264).

You can mail a physical DVD to us at the address below (please send two copies for backup). However, we prefer electronic submission as it is quicker and cheaper.

To submit electronically, follow the steps below:

Insert the DVD into a computer and view it as files/folders (don't play the DVD).
Send us the VIDEO_TS folder via YouSendIt or your own FTP service (wetransfer, dropbox, etc.).

Note that if you have an .M2V file and audio file (AIFF/AC3/etc.), or .MPEG file with DVD (MPEG-2 224) encoding, you can send those instead.

Send physical DVDs to:

Toni Pennacchia

Short Short Story Film Festival

52 Cedarcrest Drive

Pawtucket, RI 02861 USA

Note: Please do not require a signature as this causes delivery delays.