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Posted February 5th, 2007:

Submissions to
The Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema
Film Festival 2007

Each year the Cinema Student Association is responsible for organizing and hosting a film festival to present work produced by Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema Students. The Festival is open to all Cinema Students from Film Production and Animation in their second, third or fourth year of study. Students are asked to submit their work directly to the Cinema Students Association so that we may screen and organize a program of the films in advance of the festival. Submission is also open to all first year students; however due to the high volume of films submitted, the programming committee will be attending the First Year Screening in April where a short list of films will be selected from. The first year students whose films are selected at this point will then be contacted directly an asked to submit their films to the festival.

Please note: This year ALL submissions from second- and third-year Animation and Production students will be screened.*

A programming committee made up of Cinema Graduate Students and Alumni, will meet for five days in April to screen all submissions and organize them into six evenings of screenings to be presented at the Cinema du Parc. The programming process will be done in consideration of style, form and content, and is set up to allow for a more refined and creative presentation of the astounding work that is being produced at The Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. A small number of these submissions, both from film and animation, will be selected for a special presentation "Best of the Fest" to be screened on the final day of the film festival on Thursday, April 10th 2007.

The Cinema Students Association recognises that this is a student film festival and one of the only opportunities for students to present their work. We strive to present the work in the most creative and professional manner with the goal of promoting The Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema and its students to the local Montreal community with pride. We encourage all students to submit their work to the festival so that we may all be a collective part of this celebration.

If you have any questions or concerns, or would like to become involved in running the festival on any level – we would love your feedback, and desperately need your help. Please contact us anytime via email, or drop by the office next to the cinema lounge.

Thank you,

Tara Arnst
The Cinema Students Association
Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema
Concordia University
Room. FB 414
csaconcordia@gmail.com

*Please see submission specifications

The Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema Film Festival
2007

Dates and Deadlines

Last Day of Classes Tuesday, April 10th

Submission Deadline * Monday, April 16th

All Films (Animation and Production) must be submitted to the Cinema Office by 6pm on Monday, April 16th, 2007.

Programming Committee meets: Monday, April 16th -Fri. April 20th

Festival Program Guide published: Monday, April 23rd

Festival Opening Party Friday, May 4th

Festival Screening Dates: Friday, May 4th -Thurs., May 10th

Best of the Fest Screening Thursday, May 10th

Festival Closing Party Thursday, May 10th
@ La Sala Rosa

*All students who wish to have their films screened in the Festival must hand in their submissions to the Cinema Office FB 319 by 6 PM on Tuesday, April 16th. Students who will not have the final sound mix of their films completed in time for this deadline must submit an unmixed picture-locked version of their film on or before April 16th …and then submit another final sound-mixed version for the screening no later than April 27th at 6pm. Late submissions will not be accepted.

The Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema Film Festival
2007

Submission Specifications

~All Films must be submitted to the Cinema Office by 6pm on Tuesday April, 16th, 2007. Late submissions will not be accepted.

~Submission is open to ALL Film Production and Animation Undergraduate Students. (see attachment re. First Year Student Submissions)

~All submissions must be in one of the following three formats:
1. DV Cam (preferable)
2. Mini DV
3. 16mm film Sorry - no DVDs

~All 16mm films must be submitted in one of the following formats;
1. dual system sound on 16mm mag tape with image and sound synced according to 16mm syncing specifications.
2. 16mm answer print with optical sound track.

~All submissions must meet Final Sound Mix Specifications.
If you plan to mix your films outside of the school please see Tim Harlor for Sound Mix specifications or on the web at http://forum.concordia.ca. Films that do not meet these specifications will not be selected for screening as they may damage theatre equipment.

~We request that submissions not exceed 20 minutes in length. If you think your film will be longer then 20 minutes please contact the CSA.

~The Programming committee has the right to refuse films on the following grounds;

(a) the content is deemed discriminatory in accordance with Section IV - 18:2 of the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema Student Hand Book.

(b) the sound mix does not comply with Final Sound Mix Specifications.

(c) the image or sound has significant technical problems.

(d) the film is deemed a work in progress or incomplete.

(e) the film has not been submitted in one of the acceptable formats.

(f) the films length exceeds 20 minutes.