MoCo Student Film Festival (Deadline March 2011)

Film Festival Features Young Talent As Well As Support for a Worthy Cause

Bring your cinematic story to the big screen and raise funds for a good cause, too. High school film-makers from around Montgomery County, Maryland, are encouraged to participate in the first ever county-wide student Film Festival.--the 2011 MoCo Student Film Festival.

"The Movies" at Westfield at Montgomery Mall will be the cinematic venue for a day-long exhibition of films written, directed, and edited by local high school students. All Film Festival registration and admission fees will benefit Free the Children -- an international non-profit group that raises money to build schools in third-world countries. There is a $10 registration fee for film-makers, which includes a Festival T-shirt and free admission for one guest. The March 31st event is open to the public. Admission to the event is $5 and includes viewing of all film submissions as well as a chance for audience members to vote for their favorite film.

Categories include animation, comedy, drama, documentary, music video, and more. Films of up to a 10-minute length will be judged by professionals in film and the arts, with winners announced at the Festival on March 31st. Film submissions are due March 4, 2011.

To register, complete the registration form, print it out, and return it with a $10 check made out to Free the Children. Send your completed form and a copy of your film to:

Winston Churchill High School
11300 Gainsborough Drive
Potomac, MD 20854
Attn: Ms. Perrett, 2011 Student Film Festival

Please return this form with a check made payable to Free the Children. 100% of the fees raised will benefit Free the Children. For more information, please contact : mocostudentfilmfest@gmail.com.

Prizes

As part of the Festival prize, "The Movies" will list the winning films on Fandango, the Washington Post, yahoo, and Movietickets.com as a special $5 presentation. The winning film-makers will see their titles on the marquee. If the show is sold out, the winning entrants could receive up to :

1. $400 for the first-place winner
2. $250 for the second-place winnter
3. $150 for the third-place winner
4. Fourth, fifth, and sixth place winners could receive up to $100 each

SOURCE : http://www.mocostudentfilmfest.org/

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