Crossroads Film Festival announces early Christmas present! We've extended the mail-in entry deadline to January 20, 2007 postmark and are allowing pre-screen on the web by January 4, 2007 to videoblogging group members.
Entries can be shorts with length down to 1 second. I know there is a lot of creativity here and wanted to personally extend an invitation to everyone here to enter your films. Please note that films can be mailed on DVD (preferred) to the full screening committee. For performance at the Festival, they can be in one of the following formats: 35mm, 16mm Video: Betacam SP, DV (including mini-DV). For shorts from the videoblogging group, a very high quality DVD may be acceptable for public performance. Please make sure before submitting that your film will be available in an acceptable format. The films must have a full resolution of at least 720 X 540 or 720 X 486 for public performance, but the PRE-SCREENING committee has been authorized to pre-screen on the Web. RULES FOR PRE-SCREENING ONLY Send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with subject of "Festival Entry" by January 4, 2007 with direct links to the video of up to 3 of your best projects and your contact email address. Please make sure you email the DIRECT LINKS TO VIDEO files, not links to blog postings or feed URLs. The PRE-SCREENING COMMITTEE will watch a maximum of 20 minutes and I will email you letting you know whether it might be worth your effort to submit your film(s) to the full screening committee. If the response is overwhelming, The PRE- SCREENING COMMITTEE may watch only the first ten minutes total of the projects you list, so list your best first. This special "PRE- SCREENING" is offered to members of the videoblogging group. But you can always choose to bypass PRE SCREENING and submit to the full screening committee. Details here: http://www.crossroadsfilmfest.com/06/submitfilm.php For films passing the full screening committee, Cash & gift awards will be given for best feature, documentary, short, student, youth, music video & experimental film. Here's the full blurb about the festival. Crossroads Film Festival, March 29 April 1, 2007, Jackson, Mississippi Come challenge Mississippi's creative class & STILL be showered in Southern hospitality. This is where the music of delta bluesman Robert Johnson runs straight into the home of the international ballet competition. Tennessee Williams, Morris, Welty, Faulkner, James Earl Jones, Oprah, Morgan Freeman; some of the world's greatest musicians, quirky and creative folks. There'll be cash prizes, Southern celebrities, workshops, daily receptions and nightly jukin' with live music to toast you, the filmmaker. It's all about your story. Share it. We'll show you a great time. Entry Deadline Jan. 20. www.crossroadsfilmfest.com Greg Smith Good Luck!
