“The BigPictureCon Short
Film Festival is a component of our conference that we’re very proud of,”
stated Nancy Howard, the BigPictureCon Executive Producer. “The festival mission is to allow student and
emerging filmmakers a chance to have their work showcased at a venue where
professionals and peers are present to evaluate their talent and vision, and
where they can network and access opportunities for professional development.”
Howard also shared that
films will be evaluated by an esteemed jury of industry professionals, such as
film festival programmers and established filmmakers, based on judging criteria
which takes into account elements such as quality of storyline, creativity,
production quality, acting, soundtrack and editing.
Filmmakers can submit their
films online at FilmFreeway.com, or
manually using instructions available on our website at BigPictureCon.com. Anyone can submit a short film on any topic. However, the piece must
be family-friendly (PG or G-rated), with no grotesque violence,
nudity, or other inappropriate content. Films cannot be more than 15
minutes in length. An Audience Choice Award will be selected using
state-of-the-art technology for smart phones.
The top three winners and the Audience Choice winner will receive cash
prizes up to $250.00.
There will be four (4) submission
deadlines. Early submissions are
encouraged and will be received through Friday Aug. 1. After that the regular entry deadline is
Friday Aug. 15. Late submissions will be
accepted through Friday Aug. 29, and an extended deadline will be available as
well through Friday Sept. 12. Those
whose submissions are accepted for screening will receive two 2-day
passes to attend the full BigPictureCon conference. Submission fees start at $10. Filmmakers can submit their films online at FilmFreeway.com, or send in via a
private URL link and on a DVD, USB flash drive, or class-10 SD card with appropriate fee to:
The
BigPictureCon Film & Technology Conference
Attn: Film Festival Entry
2997 E. Cobb Pkwy SE
Suite 300, #724772
Atlanta,
GA 31139-9998
The BigPictureCon, which
will be held this year Oct. 5-6 at Clayton State University in Morrow, Ga.,
will provide opportunities for emerging filmmakers and industry technology
professionals to connect with one another and participate in a variety of
educational sessions on topics like film production and technology, and web
entertainment. Local film and
visual-arts organizations will be able to tap into and utilize the growing
local student population as a “second string” of talent to help independent
filmmakers and producers maintain their competitive edge. Students in any discipline, emerging and professional
filmmakers, animators, editors, writers, storytellers, audio technicians, game
developers, special effects artisans, and digital media specialists are all
welcome to attend.
For festival submission
information, or conference registration, visit BigPictureCon.com.
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The BigPictureCon is produced annually
by the Big Picture Film & Video Foundation, a Georgia non-profit 501(c)(3)
organization established to educate, support, and utilize students and industry
newcomers in the “big picture” of the Georgia film and video production
community. The foundation and the BigPictureCon
(formerly GABPC) were founded by Atlanta-based Producer Nancy B. Howard. For more information, please visit BigPictureCon.com
or BigPictureFdn.org.
