69 HOUR FILM CHALLENGE RULES AND REGS
First of all - Darryl's Hard Liquor and Porn Film Festival is a COMEDY short film festival. We like to show funny short films for adults only. If you're gonna make hardcore porn make sure its funny.
The 69 Hour Film Challenge is a short film competition where teams of film makers have 69 hours to make a short film for The Hard Liquor and Porn Film Festival.
The Challenge is open to anyone (19+) anywhere in the world.
In order for a film to qualify for the competition it must be 4 minutes or less and contain at least 3 items from a secret list of 10 items revealed in the first hour of the challenge. All team members must be 19 years of age or older. The film must not contain unlicensed music, company logos or merchandise. A CD will be provided in the filmmaker's package with music you can use or you can make your own or get permission. All teams are required to get signed release forms from everyone appearing in their films.
All teams must provide their own equipment, cast and crew. The average consumer has all the necessary equipment to shoot and edit a film. You can even make a movie with a phone camera.
Do yourself, and us, a big favour by getting a digital still camera and taking lots of high resolution production stills and promo stills that the newspapers can use.
The 2008 Toronto challenge starts at 6pm on Wednesday Aug. 20, 2008. The secret list will be published online at launch time. Filmmakers can also pick up the secret package at Laide ( 138 Adelaide Street East ) between 6pm and 9pm.
All films must be recieved in an acceptable format with a signed entry form at Hard Liquor and Porn Headquarters either in person or through the internet by 3pm Saturday Aug. 23, 2008.
Finished Films will be screened that night at b>Margret 2952 Dundas St. W (in the Junction). The best films will be selected to screen at The Hard Liquor and Porn Film Festival ( Sept. 6, 2008 at the Bloor Cinema - Toronto ). One film will be selected by a panel of judges to win The 69 Hour Film Award and a cash prize of $500.
We reserve the right not to show any film for any reason including film quality, content, lack of avaliable time. etc.
Delivery Formats
All films submitted in person must include...
1. The final film on a disk in its original digital format ( Quicktime or AVI ).
2. A backup DVD of the film authored to play on a standard DVD player (region free)
3. A signed entry form
4. Selected promo stills, short synopsis of the film, credits and team bios in text format on the disk.
For films submitted over the internet please include...
1. The final film in Quicktime or AVI format ( see our technical guide )
2. A scan of the signed entry form or a text equivalent via email.
Please send The final film in its original digital format ( Quicktime or AVI ) on CDROM or DVDROM and the entry form as soon as possible via mail or courier. Also please send selected promo stills, short synopsis of the film, credits and team bios in text format via email.
We can't guarantee that we can play your film if there are any technical problems, file compatibility problems, disk read errors, slow internet access or too many internet files.
Films can be dropped off in person Thursday, Friday or Saturday at..
Hard Liquor and Porn World Headquarters
192 Spadina Ave, Studio 502
Toronto, ON.
Canada, M5T 2C2
Good Luck!
