Husky Film Festival

Rules and Regulations
Dates: The Husky Film  Festival takes place on December 4th, 2008
Categories: A category for competition must be selected by the filmmaker and indicated on the entry form. If no category is selected, the screening group will assign one.

Categories are: Action, Drama, Comedy, Documentary, and Animation

Winners are selected by the judges from all competitive films in the festival.
Eligibility:

Feature films must be no more than 10 minutes in length. Running time is calculated by timing the head frame to the first frame of the ending credits.

Films must meet PG-13 guidelines and any film found to violate the Universities’ Conduct Code will be disqualified from the competition.

All entries must be submitted for preview on VHS or DVD format.

All entries must either be in English or subtitled in English.

Submissions must be postmarked by Thursday, November 20th, 2008.

Entry forms may be photocopied.

Entries must include a complete list of cast, credits and site any previous works, song, music etc used.

Each entry must include a three- to four-sentence synopsis of the work. The synopsis should be a clear and concise description of the plot and/or premise of the submission and may not exceed 100 words.

Two production photos must be provided. The synopsis and stills may be used in the festival program and made available to the media.

Submitted films and materials will not be returned.

The USM Husky Film Festival and The University of Southern Maine do not assume liability for damage to entries due to mishandling or poor packaging during shipping.

Notification of selected entries will be completed by Friday, November 27th, 2008

Film presentations are scheduled at the discretion of the University of Southern Maine Film Festival and are subject to change.

Incomplete submissions will not be considered.

Regardless of original format, films must be available in VHS or DVD format for festival presentation.

Submit a separate form for each entry.

Judging: A screening committee views all works received. Please note that films submitted to the committee must be selected in order to move on to the festival showing. Films chosen for entry into festival competition are judged by a panel of judges. Awards are presented at the discretion of the judges.


Address: Mail or drop off submissions to:

USM: Husky Film Festival
Campus Involvement and Activities
119 Brooks Student Center
University Southern Maine
Department of Residential Life
Gorham, Maine 04038

c/o Jason Saucier


Questions: Call: Jason Saucier at 228-8466 or email jsaucier@usm.maine.edu