Short Short Story Film Festival Submission Information

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2010 MergingArts Short Short Story Film Festival

Click here to fill out an online submission form for the 2010 festival (opens in new window).

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 (approximately one-minute) of themselves and their film(s).

Technical Guidelines

Our preferred methods of receiving submissions are listed below. We prefer electronic submission is preferred, since it is cheaper and faster than snail-mail.

Online Link (e.g. private vimeo link)
VOB file sent via YouSendIt
Uncompressed MOV (or similar*) file sent via YouSendIt
Compressed MOV (or similar*) file sent via YouSendIt
Regular DVD sent via snail-mail

Please contact us for details on uploading to our YouSendIt account, unless you have your own.

* We can accept a variety of file formats - MOV, QT, DV, MP2, AVI, and so on. M2V/AIFF or M2V/AC3 files are ideal (i.e., a demuxed VOB/MP2 file).

If the film was submitted via online link and then accepted, we would then need an electronic or physical version of the film.

NTSC (29.97 fps) format is preferred. PAL (25 fps) is acceptable, but requires conversion which may result in some video quality loss. HD format is acceptable, but the final screening DVD will be SD.

If mailing DVDs, we request two DVD copies (one for backup). NTSC Region 1 again is preferred, but PAL Region 1 is acceptable.

If mailing DVDs, send to:

Toni Pennacchia

Short Short Story Film Festival

52 Cedarcrest Drive

Pawtucket, RI 02861 USA

Note: Please do not send packages requiring signatures as this may significantly delay processing of your film.