in the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery:
July 12 Through 29, 2001
The Great Plains Film Festival is
a biennial regional venue for independent film/video artists working in the U.S. and
Canadian heartland. The next festival is scheduled for July 2001. We are committed to
providing a showcase for presenting work to the public as well as to potential
distributors and exhibitors from throughout the region and the nation. The Festival is nurturing
a better understanding and a greater awareness of the media arts being produced in this
region in terms of their aesthetic, cultural, and social values. In addition, the festival
encourages and promotes film/video, which accentuates and enhances appreciation of our
nation's extraordinary multicultural diversity and conveys the rich vibrancy of our
cultural heritage. Through presentation of panel discussions and special appearances by
selected film/video makers, the festival provides a forum for artists and audience to
meet. Finally, this entertaining and enlightening event is a positive cultural asset for
this region, providing its audience with the opportunity to experience works of art, which
reflect the richness and diversity of life on the Great Plains.
Eligibility
Film/videos
entered must have been completed between January 1999 & June 2001.
The competition is open to film or videomakers either from the Great
Plains region (Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New
Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming, & the
Canadian provinces of Alberta, Manitoba, & Saskatchewan) or
whose film/video relates in content or in narrative to the Great Plains.
Entries compete for top awards in their respective categories and
all entries are eligible for the Rainbow Award and Nebraska Humanities
Council Award. This year the
Rainbow Award will be bestowed upon the entry determined by the jury to
best explicate the Latino heritage of the Great Plains.
We are not seeking:
"how to" films/videos; industrials; promotional material;
strictly informational/educational film/videos; or music videos.
Deadline: June 1, 2001
Entry Fee
There will
be a $30 entry fee for features and a $20 entry fee for shorts.
There is no fee for Young Media Artist category entries.
Categories
Narrative
Feature (45 minutes or over)
Documentary
Feature (45 minutes or over)
Narrative
Short (under 45 minutes)
Documentary
Short (under 45 minutes)
Made for
Public Television Station
Young Media
Artists (filmmakers are high school age or younger)
Judging
All entries
initially will be reviewed by a special panel comprised of local media
experts. The finalists are
judged by a specially selected panel of media professionals whose
background and expertise are compatible to the goals of this festival and
who are sensitive to the needs of multicultural media
artists.
Awards
Cash prizes
of the following amounts will be awarded:
Grand Prize
$3000
Rainbow
Award
$2500
Best Film
Made for Public Television
$1500
Best
Narrative Feature
$1500
Best
Documentary Feature
$1500
Best
Narrative Short
$1000
Best
Documentary Short
$1000
Nebraska
Humanities Council Award
$1500
Youth Media (3 awards @ $500 each) $1500
Public Screening
Entries
selected for the final round of judging will be screened for the public at
the Mary Riepma Ross Film Theater over the two-week period of the festival.
Finalists and award-winners will be notified in a timely manner. All
finalists (excluding prize-winners) will be paid a minimal rental fee for
the public screenings.
Shipping Instructions/Deadline
Send
1/2" VHS tapes only for preliminary judging.
Mail
submissions to:
Great Plains Film Festival
Mary Riepma Ross Film Theater
211 N. 12th St., Ste. 405
Lincoln, NE 68508-1411
All entries
must be shipped PREPAID, INSURED, PACKED IN PROPER CONTAINERS AND RECEIVED
by June 1, 2001.
Disclaimer/Liability
Every
precaution will be exercised with entries; however, the festival cannot
assume responsibility for damage/loss of materials submitted.
Entry into the festival acknowledges agreement to all conditions.
DO NOT SEND ORIGINAL MATERIAL.
Return of Entries
Tapes
submitted for preview will not be returned unless accompanied by:
1. a
self-addressed container or shipping package/envelope
2. pre-paid
postage to cover shipping costs. Be
certain to include any special shipping instructions.
ENTRY FORM Deadline: June 1, 2001
Please
type or print legibly. Only
one work per entry form.
Film/Videomaker
____________________________________
Address
___________________________________________
City
___________________
State
____________ Zip _____________
Day
Phone __________________ Evening Phone
__________________
Federal
ID/Social Security Number _________________________________________
Entry
Fee (check one) _______
$30 Feature ________
$20 Short
(No entry fee for Youth Media Artist
category)
1.
Dramatic Feature 2.
Dramatic Short 3.
Documentary Feature 4.
Documentary Short
5. Made for Public Television
6.
Youth Media Artist (open to high school students and younger)
Preview
Format--please
send 1/2-inch VHS tape only
Preferred
Format for Public Screening (circle one)
Title
_____________________________________________________
Date
completed ______________ Running
Time _________________________
Relationship of the work or film/videomaker to the Great Plains? (NOTE: Entries will not be accepted unless this portion is completed)
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