Cypress College Film Festival

The MAD Film Festival takes place in CCCPLX-216 at 6 p.m. Click here to download the guidelines and entry form.

Guidelines

Eligibility Requirements

• Film Festival entrants must be currently enrolled in a college or high school.
• *Films must have been completed within the twelve months prior to May 11, 2018.
• Films may have been produced with video or film processes.
• Films must have been made by student crews, writers, directors, (no professionals).

Content Guidelines

• Films must be original works and not derivative or parodies of other films.
• Narrative films should have a beginning, middle, and end with a conflict and resolution.
• Music videos should be interpretive & creative, and not simply bands playing but may include
  some footage of the band playing as part of the complete film.
• Abstract or experimental art films should have an identifiable theme.
• No nudity will be allowed as this is a student film festival and family event.
• No explicit sex acts.
• Avoid profanity *(If profanity is used in dialog, it must be bleeped by filmmaker).
• All city, state, and national laws must be followed in the production of your film.
• Violence or “Jackass” style stunts presented for shock value alone will not be accepted.
• All action must have a context within the story.
• Music used in the film must be original and not commercial music lifted from CDs, iTunes,
  internet downloading sites, or from other movies or television shows.
• If music used in the film was created by the filmmaker, a friend or relative of the filmmaker, a
  credit must be given at end of film and a music release must be signed and submitted with the
  film for screening purposes.
• Photographs or images of any kind that appear in the film must be created by the filmmaker or
  must have a signed image/artwork release submitted with the film.
• Music not created by the filmmaker must be royalty-free music acquired at a source like
  http://www.freeplaymusic.com. Music ripped from CDs or iTunes are not allowed.

Technical Requirements

• Film length 30 seconds and not to exceed 10 minutes. 5 minutes is an ideal runtime for films.
• Films made in a language other than English must contain English subtitles.
• Films must have a beginning title and ending credits (Reference your school in credits).
• Film submissions must be sent on a USB thumb drive. These will not be returned.
• Submissions must list, the film’s title, director and runtime, email, and phone number.
• Films must be submitted in Quicktime (.mov) or (.mp4) file format with stereo audio.
• Films and USB drives will not be returned.