The Durban Youth in film Society presents
the Durban Short Film Challenge
in association with the Durban International Film Festival
The Durban Film Challenge is an exhilarating filmmaking competition organised by the Durban Youth in Film Society.
The Premise: Participating teams have two weeks to write, shoot and edit a short film or video around a specific theme. There will be two rounds of the Durban Short Film Challenge, one in May and the second in June. The top 12 films made in both Challenges will be selected for screening in a special event during the Durban International Film Festival with festival accreditation for the filmmakers.
The themes for both challenges will be announced the day each Challenge begins at the KZNSA Gallery as well as the Film Tower group on the social networking site www.facebook.com.
The dates for each challenge are 7 May 2009 and 4 June 2009. The films entered have to be exactly 5 minutes excluding opening and end titles and can be in any genre. The final films have to delivered on or before the 21 May (first challenge) and 18 June (second challenge).
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The Goal: Write, shoot and edit a short film in 2 weeks.
With teamwork and complete focus you can make a cohesive and entertaining movie in a short time frame.
The following rules apply to each participating group/production team:
1. Times: The Film Challenge will occur between a Thursday 7 May to Thursday 21 May for the first challenge and Thursday 4 June to Thursday 18 June for the second Challenge.
2. The participating group must complete its film work in time to submit by 18h00 at the KZNSA Gallery during the fortnightly Cinema Thursdays or at the Centre for Creative Arts if completed sooner. Films submitted after this are not eligible. For submission, send an email to
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3. The Durban Film Challenge is open to filmmakers across the world. Teams outside of Durban can contact
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to arrange delivery of films.
4. During the official competition period, all creativity will take place, including but not limited to:
• Writing the script
• Rehearsing
• Costume/Set Design
• Shooting
• Editing
• Rendering
• Sound Design
5. The only work to begin prior to the official competition period is:
• Organizing Crew
• Organizing Cast
• Securing Equipment
• Scouting/securing Locations
6. All footage must be shot within the challenge's time period. No stock footage or footage shot or created at another time may be used. Animation and special effects are permitted, but must be created during the weekend time period. Still photographs are permitted, provided that the team has the rights to them. The photos do not need to be created during the competition time period.
7. All cast and crew must be volunteers.
8. The finished film must be a exactly five (5) minutes in duration, with credits duration limited to 60 seconds for both the opening and end sequences.
9. Any type of video or film camera may be used, however, a maximum of two cameras may be used. Cellphone cameras and stills cameras may also be used.
10. The finished film must be submitted on a SD miniDV tape, DVD or a data DVD or USB Flash Drive.
11. Tape preparation: Finished film should have a minimum of 5 seconds of bars and tone and 5 seconds of black, then the following slate should have the Team Name and Film Title before the film begins.
12. Music: Participating group must have the rights to any music used in its film. Groups are encouraged to work with local composers and/or musicians to write and record music for the films. It is permissible for a participating group to use pre-recorded music (e.g., royalty-free music, a friend's band's music) but the group must have a signed release.
13. Credits at the end of each film are limited to a maximum of 60 seconds. This is in excluding the 5 minute time limit. (For example, you may have a 5 minute film plus 1 minute of credits for a total running time of 6:00:00.) Films longer than 6:00:00 are not eligible.
14. Films must include the following credit: "This film made as part of the Durban Film Challenge 2009 in association with the 30th Durban International Film Festival"
15. A panel of independent judges will select twelve Durban Film Challenge Finalists which will be screened at a Special event during the Durban International Film Festival. |
Tiny Mungwe
Tel - +27 (0)31 260 2506 / 1367
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William du Plooy
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