Filmmakers

Carolina Film & Video Festival
RULES for SUBMISSIONS

The Carolina Film & Video Festival (CFVF) invites student and independent filmmakers to submit their film or video works. We accept films or videos completed within the last 18 months (measured from our deadline). We do not accept works in progress. Film or video works must be submitted on DVD. Additionally, we cannot return submissions.

 

WHO CAN ENTER:
Any filmmaker can submit a film for screening at CFVF. A filmmaker is anyone who exercised direct, significant creative control over the final film or video.

CATEGORIES OF ENTRY:
We offer TWO, separate categories of screenings: COMPETITIVE SCREENINGS (works juried and eligible for awards) and SPECIAL SCREENINGS (works shown out of competition and not eligible for awards).

COMPETITIVE SCREENINGS are for student and independent film or video works ONLY. A “student work” is a film or video that is made or the majority of work completed while the filmmaker was a student. An “independent work” is a film or video that is made or the majority of work completed while the filmmaker was not a student AND neither (a) made under contract for a major studio or with major studio funding, distribution, or marketing; (b) shown/ under contract to be shown at commercial theatres or on network or cable television.

SPECIAL SCREENINGS are for films or videos that do not fit within the Competitive Screening category OR are: (a) made under contract for a major studio or with major studio funding, distribution, or marketing; (b) films shown/ under contract to be shown at commercial theatres or on network or cable television; (c) films made, distributed, funded, or produced in whole or in part by UNCG faculty.

CATEGORIES OF FILMS:
Films are designated by the following categories:
narrative (student and independent)
documentary (student and independent)
experimental/ animation (student and independent)
high school
North Carolina

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS:
All entries will be screened and scored. Approximately 10-12 hours of film/video entries will be chosen as “Official Selections.” These Official Selections will be screened for the public during our multi-day campus festival.