Five Minutes of Mystery

Calling all mysterious moving-image makers, enigmatic engineers of the silver screen! Five Minutes of Mystery challenges you to create and submit short films around a theme of mystery. Part of ‘The Compass of Mystery Festival’, Five Minutes of Mystery will bring together film-makers from far and wide to exhibit their work here in Bristol.

Judged by a panel of industry experts, awards will be for Best Film, Audience Award, Local Film-maker and Youth Award.

Entries must be no longer then five minutes in length. Submissions will be accepted in the following formats: DVD, Mini DV or as full quality DV QuickTime files. Submission to be accompanied by Five Minutes of Mystery Entry Form (see below), and sent to: Compass Film, 9, Walton Street, Easton, Bristol, BS5 0JG no later than 15th August 2008. Guidelines & entry form available at www.compass-film.co.uk

Screentest Student Film Festival

SCREENTEST FESTIVAL – CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

The weekend of 29 February to 2 March sees the Screentest festival returning to the University of Bristol Students’ Union. The festival is completely organised and run by students who have a passion for cinema and filmmaking. Now in its fourth year, the festival will showcase shorts made by student filmmakers from across the country as well as providing interesting workshops and Q&As with some top industry professionals. Following on from last year’s success, Screentest is again screening the Orange BAFTA Short Film and Short Animation Nominees and have a dazzling Awards Ceremony on the Saturday for its delegates. This is a great way of showcasing your talent, learning about a trade within the business or just indulging in your love of film.

For more information on submitting films and the festival see www.screentestfest.org.uk

60 Seconds of Fame

BUDDING FILMMAKERS GET A SECOND CHANCE AT ‘60 SECONDS OF FAME’

‘60 Seconds of Fame’ is back. This exciting and innovative short film challenge was launched by BAFTA and Orange in 2006, and attracted more than 250 entries. This year, aspiring filmmakers are invited to submit a 60 second short film, based on the theme ‘unite’. The winning film will be featured on the BBC1 broadcast of the Film Awards, watched by millions around the world.

BAFTA juries will choose the shortlisted films in each of 15 UK regions and the public will vote for their favourite film in their area. The winner from each region will win two tickets to the Orange British Academy Film Awards on Sunday 10 February, 2008. The overall winner, chosen by a BAFTA jury, will be announced at the ceremony and the winning film will be featured as part of the BBC One broadcast of the event.

The purpose of ‘60 Seconds of Fame’ is to support creativity and to actively encourage the public to participate in the filmmaking process. The 60 Seconds of Fame site at www.orange.co.uk/bafta provides the tools and technical guidance. Anybody aged 16 and over can enter and the deadline for entries is 5pm on 4 January 2008.

Last year’s winner of ‘60 Seconds of Fame’ was Alex Garcia, for his short film ‘Happy Birthday Grandad’ based on the theme ‘celebrate’. His win was announced by Ken Russell and Mark Kermode. Alex comments: “Winning ‘60 Seconds of Fame’ has opened up many doors but, most importantly, opened our eyes to what awaits us if we work hard.”

For full details of ‘60 Seconds of Fame’, please visit www.orange.co.uk/bafta