Short Circuit: Pacific Rim Film Festival (0)

Festival start: 04 May 2018      Festival end: 05 May 2018

Attention filmmakers -- Short Circuit returns in 2018, with another showcase of films from around the Pacific Rim!

If you're a filmmaker from a country, state, or province bordering the Pacific Ocean, then you are invited to submit your new short film for consideration. For Short Circuit's 6th anniversary, 2018's festival promises to be bigger and better than ever!

We are looking for great films made after January 1, 2016 in all genres with a maximum running time of 20 minutes.

Short Circuit is presented by CineVic, located in British Columbia's beautiful capital city, Victoria, on Vancouver Island. Victoria is on traditional unceded territory of the Coast Salish Indigenous peoples, and is surrounded by historical landmarks and natural landscapes sure to captivate any traveller. Canada was picked as the #1 destination country for Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2017, and Victoria was recently named one of the Top 10 Best Cities in the World by Condé Nast.

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Why should you submit your short film or script?

• Opportunities for jury and audience awards.
• Have your work viewed and celebrated by up-and-coming Vancouver Island talent such as producers, writers, directors, and actors.
• Support both international and local film in the Pacific Rim and Canadian arts scenes.
• You may have missed an opportunity to submit to the Victoria Film Festival, or your film was not accepted.
• Get an opportunity to visit Victoria during our best weather but before the tourists arrive!

• Best Film
• Best Director
• Best Cinematography
• Best Screenplay
• Best Lead Performance
• Best Supporting Performance
• Best Sound
• Best Music
• Best Editing
• Audience Choice

Short Circuit rules:

1) Entries and submission fees are only accepted via the Festhome online portal.

2) Film submissions are only eligible from residents of the following locations:
• British Columbia or Yukon, Canada
• Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, or Hawaii, USA
• Australia, French Polynesia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea
• Japan, Russian Far East, North Korea, South Korea, Pacific Coast Provinces of China, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, Taiwan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Timor-Leste, Thailand
• Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Pacific Coast States of Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru
• Entries truly originating from outside of these states/provinces/countries will be deleted. NO REFUNDS.

3) Entries may be fiction, documentary, animation, experimental, or other genre. Films must be in English OR contain English subtitles. Film running time must be maximum 20 minutes including credits. Only films completed after January 1, 2016 will be considered.

4) Films which are publicly available to view online are not eligible.

5) Only films which are selected to screen at the festival will receive notification, no later than March 31, 2018.

6) If selected for screening at the festival, the filmmaker will be required to submit the following:
• Minimum two high-resolution film stills
• One high-resolution Director's headshot photo
• Brief synopsis of the film
• Film exhibition copy in high-resolution Quicktime format
• Film trailer via online link (if available) and/or high-resolution Quicktime format

7) Once a film has been selected for the festival it may not be withdrawn.

8) Screening fees will only be paid to Canadian films/filmmakers which are selected to screen at the festival.

9) One representative from each film selected to screen will be provided with a pass to all festival events.

10) Your submission of this entry form confirms that:
• You have the legal right to represent and submit this film for consideration along with your acceptance of Short Circuit film festival regulations.
• The Festival is not responsible for any claim involving copyright, trademark, or royalty infringements related to the work.
• You agree to allow the festival the use of your film and its publicity materials (including name, photo, and bio of Director) for promotional purposes.