Fall Stoke Film Fest: Call for Submissions!
We love when we can sense spring coming and we start thinking about the skwala hatch and Mother's Day Caddis and F3T and IF4, and everything else about warm weather fishing... BUT we like fall just as much.
After lots of sun, weeds, and hot weather we are stoked for swinging steelhead, stripping streamers for browns, and October Caddis hatches. To match the stoke of spring, we decided we need a film fest to pump us up going in to fall fishing season, and we're calling it Fall Stoke.
This is the official call to submissions.
All submissions are welcome but below you will find our guidelines, rules, contest, and other information for our first ever tour. Please send us your submissions and we hope to see you at one of our tour stops this fall!
Event:
North 40 Fall Stoke Fly Fishing Fest August - October 2015
Event Location:
- Lewiston, ID
- Great Falls, MT
- Twisp, WA (Omak)
- Coeur d’Alene or Sandpoint, ID
Submit Film: Film submissions due no later than July 15th, 2015
- Name/Address/Email/Phone
- Website/Social Links
- Teaser Submission Link & Password
- Film Submission Link & Password
SHORT FILM RULES
- All submission must be original content not released on DVD, YouTube, or Vimeo or any other public viewing platform
- Entries cannot be in another Outdoor or Film Tour Festival being shown in North America until after October 2015
- All entries must have all copyrighted materials cleared and documented
Selected filmmakers will be entitled to the following:
- Film Teaser promotion on N40 website Trailers page
- Company logo or film maker photo displayed on N40 website
- Film Tour film submission description to be displayed on N40 website
- Film company or film maker biography to be displayed on N40 website
- Film company or film maker web address to be displayed on N40 website
- Film maker and film description to be mentioned in PR materials
- Film maker and film description to be used whenever possible on all magazine and newspaper articles
Entries must have a release date, copyright date or air date during calendar year, 2013, 2014 or 2015. Multiple entries will be accepted.
Entries received must include a completed Entry Form and copy of the film.
REQUIREMENTS FOR FILM SUBMISSION
Submissions can be any length up to a 10-minute maximum, make them as long as they are good: most films are usually best at 5-7 minutes. They must have a story with start middle and ending. Film submissions must be fall freshwater fly fishing related (I.E. Streamer fishing for brown trout, steelhead on the fly, October Caddis skating, etc.).
Final Submissions must include the following:
- Fully edited film tour submission up to 10 minutes long
- 20 second max end credits for film credits and sponsor mentions (Sponsor mentions must be at end of film in end credits only)
- Teaser Trailer up to 2 minutes long to be uploaded on YouTube
- Film Maker photo or film company logo*
- Photo stills from film (5 minimum)*
- 500 word description of film**
- 500 word film maker or company biography**
*(All Photos and stills must be submitted on DVD or email in print quality resolution & format, 300 DPI in JPG TIF or EPS)
**(Film description and filmmaker or company biography must be submitted as a typed word document .doc)
CASH AWARDS
- N40 will be awarding compensation to film makers who are selected for the North 40 Fall Stoke Fly Fishing Fest line up based upon the votes of the audience. A $400 award will go to first place, $200 award to second place, and $100 award will go to third place for each of the 4 tour stops. Meaning you can ultimately net an award of $1600 by winning first in all 4 tour stops this year.
- Submission eligibility for cash awards
- Exclusive North 40 Fall Stoke Fly Fishing Fest rights during the tour through October 31, 2015 as a submission to any fishing related non-private film events.
- All films that are chosen for the North 40 Fall Stoke Fly Fishing Fest program and are submitting exclusively to the North 40 Fall Stoke Fly Fishing Fest will receive profit
ACCEPTABLE SUBMISSION FORMATS
- Uncompressed file delivered on Hard Drive / Flash Drive
- HD quality: PRORESS 422 (or other HD Codec)
- Each entry may not use any unauthorized copyright material including music images or film. If you have copyright material in your film you must be able to provide legal documentation of your permission of its use. Films with copyright material that do not provide this documentation will be disqualified. Each Film entered must be Fly Fishing related or orientated. Please preview your entries before shipping. Programs with time code or other defects will be disqualified.
- No "Self Help", "Instructional", "How To", "Lodge/Outfitter/Guide Service Promotion" films will be accepted.