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PROCEDURE

RULES   &   REGULATIONS

REMARKS

REGISTRATION   FORM

QUALIFICATION
Enthusiastic and passionate filmmakers from any background, city, country, age group, and nationality are invited to participate in the Tainan 39 Hour Short Film Contestival.

Due to its unique design allowing films to get shot, edited, screened, and awarded on the same weekend the festival can only accept 39 teams. Applications will be given preference based on the following:
1. IDEAS【60%】
For example: scripts or script ideas for a 5-minute short film to be shot during the Tainan 39 Hour Short Film Contestival, a 39-hour shooting plan or schedule.
2. EXPERIENCES【30%】
For example: degrees related to filmmaking, previous experience working on film projects.
3. RECOGNITION【10%】
For example: awards, or screenings at other film festivals, or on TV + any additional information that might help the pre-selection committee in coming to a decision.
 
Selections are final and non-disputable.

RULES
1. Tainan 39 Short Film Contestival 2014 will assign each team a genre by lucky draw, for example, comedy, romance, action, mystery, science fiction, musical, western, road movies, black humor etc (official announcement will be made on the official website). The result of the draw will be announced on the official Tainan39 website on March 17, 2014.
2. Participants will gather on Friday, April 25th, at 18:30pm.
At 21:00 p.m., after the Opening Ceremony, teams draw lots to decide their shooting locations. A prop will get announced for all teams.
3. The deadline for submissions is 12:00 p.m. (noon) SHARP! on April 27th at WuYuan Cultural Garden.
 
Films submitted after the deadline, are only eligible for the “Special Jury Prize” and the “Audience Choice Award”. Late entries will get screened if possible. The entry fee cannot be refunded.

 

1. Before the start of the contest, the preparatory work for each team is as follows:
Script : More than one script or draft can be prepared in advance.
Crew : Recruiting team members: the number of crewmembers is limited to 10.
Equipment : Each team is required to use its own equipment.

2. All films are required to be shot entirely in Tainan between April 25th, 21:00p.m. and April, 27th, 12:00p.m., and include two elements designated by the organizers: one prop and one location.

All films must complete the story design using the designated elements; if any of the elements or information is missing, the film will not be able to enter the final review stage, and it will be automatically disqualified. Disqualified films are only eligible for the “Special Jury Prize” and the “Audience Choice Award”.
 
  (A)Prop:
A prop will get announced on the day of the location lottery. Each film must include at least one scene in which the prop can be clearly seen.
 
  (B)Location:
Each team will draw lots to determine their shooting location in Tainan.The shooting locations are historical shops that are listed in the book《老店,老滋味》(Old Shops, Old Taste). Contact information and opening hours of these shops are mentioned in the book. Please pay attention to their opening hours and Taiwanese is the preferred language to communicate with the shop owners. Shooting locations must play a dominant role in the film, which means at least one minute of the film must be shot on location. The location must be recognizable.
The list of the 39 shooting locations will be announced on the contest’s official website before the competition.
 
  (C)Credits:
In their credits, all films must include the festival logo and mention the festival as follows:

Shot in Tainan City, Taiwan as part of the “Tainan 39 Hour Short Film Contestival 2013”
tainan39.com

Hosted by the Tainan City Government Cultural Affairs Bureau, Audiovisual Support Center and Department of Information and International Relations, Tainan City Government.

Download   the   logo   here
 

1. Length:The total length of the film must not exceed 5 minutes.
 
2. Dialogue:Any dialog in the film must have both Chinese and English subtitles. There will be translators to help modify the grammar, but they will not be responsible for the full translation.
 
3. Format:Use only a USB 2.0 or 3.0 flash drive when submitting the file. All flash drives must be clearly labeled with the team’s registration number. Make sure you have a backup copy of your film.
Teams are responsible to ensure that their movie files play in VLC 2.0.5 software. Video speed rate should not exceed 16 megabits (16 Mb/sec). The festival screen’s aspect ratio is 16:9, projection will be in 1920 x 1080 HD, and submitted films are expected to match this format.
 
4. Music:Any single piece of extradiegetic music used in the short film may not appear for more than one minute at a time.
 

1. Film video file.
 
2. Film Stills:Film Stills: Each film must submit 5 film stills (resolution: 300 dpi; size: 20 cm × 20 cm or above) to use for publishing purposes in the future.
 
3. Purpose or ideas of the making of this short film.
 

TAINAN 39 HOUR SHORT FILM CONTESTIVAL © 2014 | DESIGNED BY: ROB CHOU & FRANÇOIS KOK