Welcome to Winterfilm – an annual month-long short film competition established in 2013.
As the temps drop and weather becomes uncooperative, we feel it’s the perfect moment to exercise furious filmmaking finesse with Winterfilm XII! Teams will be going up against each other creating the best short films they can. The best of the best will walk away with trophies in the usual filmmaking and acting categories.
For those that need knowin’ – heres’ this year’s schedule:
JAN 1st: Registration Opens. There will be 21 slots, first come, first served.
FEB 1st: Launch Day! Teams will be given the Theme and Prop, and everyone can begin doing what they do best.
MAR 1st: Completed films turned in.
MAY 10th: Screening/Awards Ceremony at the Woodward Theater, OTR Cincinnati.
Another note – remember we added an award for “Best Original Song“, last year as in the past there have been some killer tunes written for the films that weren’t necessarily done by the main composer.
READ THE RULES!!! This is imperative as it outlines the allowable length of project, acceptable file formats, and administrative expectations. If you remember nothing else from that doc, remember this: 10 minutes max length (including credits), shoot in 24p, widescreen format.
Note – When you register your team, you are agreeing to the Team Leader Agreement, so read that bit of the registration form.
Deadline is 11:59pm March 1st. via an upload link we will supply team leads. Films must be completely uploaded by the deadline.
About Winterfilm XII:
As always, we’re excited to see what teams come up with this time around. This competition has generated some great films in the past, some that went on to success at film festivals all over the country. You’ll have one month to make the best film you can. No genres, no required lines of dialogue or characters, no insane rush – just a theme, a prop and the rest is up to you.
Each film will be judged by the following criteria:
Narrative strength
Character development
Quality of direction and acting
Quality of production
Adherence to the project parameters