tampa bay jewish film festival submission guidelines

I've received a more detailed version of the Tampa Bay Jewish Film Festival contest submisson guidelines than what I'd posted earlier:

Rules and Instructions

• The Short Film Contest is open to all aspiring filmmakers residing in Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco Counties. Categories include: grades 6-8, grades 9 12 and ages 18 and over.
• The contest is open to the entire community - filmmakers do not have to be Jewish to submit an entry.
• There is no entry fee.
• All applications and short films must be received by Thursday, December 31, 2009.
• One entry will be accepted per filmmaker or collaborative group on only one of the two themes. The themes are Judaism, the Jewish people or being Jewish, or interfaith issues and opportunities.
• Collaborative work is encouraged.
• Entrants may participate in both the Short Film Contest and the 30-second cell phone contest.
• Films in any genre will be accepted – fictional (drama, comedy, sitcom, science fiction, etc.), documentaries, news story formats, etc.
• All films must be written, produced, directed, and crewed by the age categories listed above. Actors can be any age.
• Films can be up to 5 minutes in length. Run time includes the credits at the beginning and end of the film. Films may be shorter than 5 minutes; however, films that are longer than 5 minutes will be disqualified.
• A completed registration form, including a short written synopsis of your film, must be submitted online.
• The films must abide by PG-13 guidelines. (go to www.filmratings.com/questions.htm for detailed specifications of this rating guideline)
• All finished films can be uploaded to YouTube or submitted by DVD by U.S. Mail or by delivery in an envelope to the Tampa JCC.
• Once the short film has been submitted, we will not accept substitutions or new versions.
• The TBJFF exclusively holds the rights to broadcast all entries at the Tampa Bay Jewish Film Festival, on television or over the internet until April 1, 2010.
• The entry must be the original work of the entrant(s).
• The entrant(s) must ensure that he or she is the sole creator(s) of the work and that it does not infringe on any existing copyright (including music, photos, archival footage, web images or other materials used in your film).
• All entrants shall retain the rights to their submitted film.
• Entering the competition constitutes permission to use the entrant’s names and likenesses for publicity and promotions with no compensation by the Film Festival, the Tampa Jewish Community Center and Federation, the Pinellas Jewish Community Center and the Golda Meir/Kent Jewish Center. The TBJFF reserves the right to publicize and promote any and all progress, development and success of the entered short films.
• Employees of the TBJFF producing organizations (Tampa Jewish Community Center, Pinellas Jewish Community Center, and the Golda Meir Kent Jewish Center) and their immediate families are not eligible to participate, nor are judges and their immediate families.

For more information, entrants may visit www.tbjff.org, or contact Pamela Behar, Film Contest Coordinator at pamela.behar[at]jewishtampa.com or 813.769.4703.

Best of luck to all those submitting films.