Rules and Guidelines for submitting your work for 2009
All submissions must include our SUBMISSION FORM. Please click on the link at the bottom
of the home page.
I. Eligibility
• Sunnyside Film
Festival accepts submissions of 25 minutes or less in length.
• Submissions can be of any genre or category.
• Submissions must be in English or have English subtitles and there must be a preview AND
screening copy available in English or with English subtitles, with the exception of music videos and films without dialogue.
II. Deadlines, Fees and Notification
DEADLINES:
• Sunnyside Shorts accepts submissions
year-round, but to ensure that your film will be considered for the 2009 festival, it must be postmarked on or before the
applicable deadline of August 22, 2009. All films received late will be considered for the 2010 festival.
FEES:
• The submission fee is $15 and can be paid with a money
order, or a check made out to Sunnyside film Festival, Inc. On the bottom of your check (memo line) include the name
of your film.
• If you are submitting a film from outside the U.S., please pay with a U.S. money order
to avoid the conversion costs.
• The submission fee need only be paid once per filmmaker. You may submit as
many films as you like without paying an additional fee.
III. Previews & Entry Form
• All submissions
must include our SUBMISSION FORM (see our downloadable PDF form at the bottom of this page).
• Feel free to
send along any additional press material, cast and crew bios or any other information about your film.
• Preview DVDs WILL NOT
BE RETURNED. Please DO NOT send a self-addressed stamped envelope. DO NOT send a master tape as a preview copy.
•
If your film is accepted, we require a master tape or DVD from you.
• Please write or print your name, email,
phone number, the name of the film, and the film’s running time directly on the preview tape or DVD.
•
Mail all submissions to:
Sunnyside Shorts c/o Sherry Gamlin
41-15 44th St. Apt 5J
Sunnyside, New York 11104
IV. Screening Rights
• Should your work be selected to be part of the Sunnyside Film Festival, we reserve
the right to screen your film at any of our screenings. We also reserve the right to use your film for any promotion of the
film festival.
V. Attending the Festival
• Any filmmaker who submits a film shall receive free admission
for 2 to any Sunnyside Film Festival screening (some exceptions may apply).
- We would also appreciate the filmmaker (and if possible, talent and crew) to attend for a possible Q&A.
VI. Competition
•No
part of the festival is competitive, as we hope to foster a mutually beneficial community of filmmakers and filmgoers.
•One dollar of each submission fee will go toward the development of our youth and senior citizens workshops.
Click here to download our submission form in PDF.
info@sunnysideshorts.net
Or you can give us a call at 718-786-0232 or 718-507-0317.
