Sunshine Short Film Festival

The (SSFF) is a prestigious event celebrating the people, their enterprises and industry in Sunshine.

The inaugural festival is brought to you by founding partners: The Sunshine Business Association, Victoria University, Village Cinemas Sunshine, Halo Media and Sunshine Plaza. We would like to welcome you aboard.

Why a Sunshine Short Film Festival?

• To celebrate the people, the history and the future of Sunshine. We all have interesting stories to share. This is a great way to share them. 
• To help get local, regional and national recognition for Sunshine as a culturally dynamic and economically vibrant town.We know it. It’s time to let others in on the secret.
• To help develop your skills and talents. It’s a short leap from the to the Cannes Film Festival. Let’s help you get there.

So what do you have to do?

The SSFF invites filmmakers of all backgrounds and all levels of experience to make short films for the festival. The filmmakers must adhere to all of the following rules:

• Your film must be made specifically for the 2012 and the festival must be the film’s first public screening.
• Your film must in some way address the theme of Living in a Land Down Under: Life in a Many Cultured Society”
  • And for bonus points  you could include at least one of either a visual or aural mention of a location, object or person  either historical or current particular to Sunshine
• Your film must be no longer than 5 minutes (including titles and credits)
• Your film must be entered under one of the three categories.
  • General: Open to all members of the community
  • Schools:  Schools can enter as team. (individual  students can also submit entries under the general category)
  • Mobile device:  You must shoot your film on a mobile phone device or tablets with video capabilities (schools can enter as a team)
• $40 entry fee per entry. Schools teams enter free.

Judging

• It’s a People’s Choice Award. Ideally all films submitted will be screened. However, if there are too many entries to screen, 40 entries will be short listed by a panel of judges. The 40 films will be scheduled into a 2 programs screened at Village Road show Cinemas on Wednesday 12 September and Thursday 13 September. The audience will be invited to vote on the films at both screenings and the top 10 films from each night will then be screened on the final night Friday 14 September, where the audience will vote for the top film. All decisions will be final.
• Prizes: Well over $5,000 worth of prizes to be won. There will be First, Second and Third prizes in each category (General , Schools and Mobile). Prizes will include cameras and equipment, phones, software and a whole lot more including a red carpet private screening of yourwinning film.
• Free workshops:  To help you produce the best film you can make, all those who to enter the festival can register and attend a free consultancy with a professional film maker in our Victoria University mobile classroom.  Click on the free workshop tab to register.