1. All films (incl. credits) must be no more than five (5) minutes in length and be PG in content.
2.
When submitting your film, you will have to fill out the Young
Filmmaker Submission Form, which requires such information as a SUMMARY
of the film and the NAMES and AGES of the filmmakers and the schools
they attend.
3.
Films can be shot on any format (smart phone, video, digital video
etc., but production values should be as high as possible, including
sound and picture; video must be high resolution format, 1920x1080.
4.
All films will be judged by a panel of filmmaking professionals
that will include Directors, Screenwriters, Producers, Film Professors
from Long Island University, Film Critics and/or Film Festival
Programmers.
Judges will accept films of all genres including, but not limited to:* Narrative (must tell a story or have some narrative structure)
* PSA or TV Commercial (maximum length – 2 minutes)
* Animation
* Music Videos (of original music only)
Films will be judged in 3 categories:
(1) Students in grades K-6;
(2) Students in grades 7-9 and
(3) Students in grades 10-12. Multiple awards will be given.
Winners will be announced on the GCIFF website in mid-October. Awards Ceremony will be held during the 2015 Gold Coast International Film Festival, day and time TBD
When you are ready to submit your film:
* Visit www.goldfilmfestival.org/submissions
* Fill out our Young Filmmaker Submission Form
* Follow the instructions for how to send us your film (uploading it to our FilmFreeway account, sending us a vimeo link, or delivering us a playable DVD, with sound)
The deadline for film submissions is October 1, 2015
ABOUT THE GOLD COAST INTL FILM FESTIVAL
Produced by the Gold Coast Arts Center, the festival has built a reputation for bringing the latest Hollywood hits and Indie favorites to the fabled Gold Coast of Long Island. Add A-list celebrities and unforgettable events to the mix and it’s easy to see why GCIFF has become the “go to” Festival for film buffs in the area and beyond (it is also the last major film festival on the East Coast before Awards season).
The 2014 Festival included 25 feature length films and 35 shorts from around the world, and showcased over 40 filmmakers and special guests, including 4-time Oscar winner Catherine Martin who accepted our Artist of Distinction Award and screenwriter and director Marc Lawrence (Miss Congeniality) and award-winning actor Hugh Grant, both of whom participated in a Q&A after a pre-release screening of their new film The Rewrite. Among the other notables who attended: Len Berman from NBC Sports, David Paterson (Screenwriter, Bridge to Teribithia), Jim Serpico Lee Ielpi, Kristin Thorne of ABC 7, Tony Award-winning actors Phylicia Rashad and Ruben Santiago Hudson, and NY Times sportswriter Harvey Araton.
For more information please visit www.goldcoastfilmfestival.org
The
Gold Coast Arts Center is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to
promoting and supporting the arts through education, exhibition,
performance and outreach. For over 20 years we have brought the arts and
arts in education experiences to tens of thousands of people throughout
our region through our 1) School for the Arts, which offers year-round
classes in all visual and performing arts to students of all ages and
abilities, (2) Free public art gallery, (3) Concert and lecture series,
(4) Outreach programs, which each year bring artist residencies,
after-school programs, school assemblies, teacher training workshops and
parent-child workshops to students, senior citizens, teachers and
others in underserved communities throughout our region, (5) Year round
film screening and discussion series and (6) Gold Coast International
Film Festival, now in its 4th year. The Arts Center is an affiliate of
the John F Kennedy Center for the for the Performing Arts: Partners in
Education Program and National Gallery of Art, both located in
Washington DC.
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