Can you make it in 117 hours? Encounters Film Festival wants to know… “To celebrate the opening of M Shed, the new museum of Bristol, we would like to invite filmmakers from all over the world to create a short film based in and focused on Bristol, in just 117 hours, between 17 – 22 June. Presented in partnership with Bristol Film Office, Encounters Bristol International Film Festival and M Shed, this is a unique opportunity to take part in a fast moving, visual storytelling experience, and to discover Bristol as a filming location. Brief: We invite you to make a 2 minute 30 second short film (either drama, documentary, experimental, live action or animation) in 117 hours. Films must be of cinematic quality and be suitable for pre-watershed viewing. Each film must be inspired in some way by astory, artifact or theme in one of the three galleries that form the core of the M Shedmuseum: Bristol People: characters past and present, real and mythological, and the ways that they create, celebrate, trade and challenge, defining the character of the city.Bristol Places: the physical and dynamic city, the locations and secret sites that shape the experience of the city.Bristol Life: people’s shared experiences in the city, joining and leaving, at school, work, home and at play. Filmmakers will have privileged access to M Shed between 10:00-12:00 on Friday 17 June to gather their inspiration and to meet some of those who have contributed stories and objects. Opportunities & Support: Bristol Film Office will open up the city to offer location support (see Locations) to filmmakers taking part in the challenge, and Sound Cloud is providing access to music from local bands and musicians, to be used free of charge as soundtracks to the shorts. Discounts and prizes will also be available to filmmakers from supporting local companies Big Bang, Evans AV staging, Films at 59, Visual Impact and more. Find out more here. Prize: The finished films will form part of the city’s memory, and will join the museum collections, so that they will be available to view by visitors in the future. They will be screened as part of a celebratory event at the museum on Friday 24 June. One film will be selected by a distinguished jury (to be announced soon) and awarded a prize of£1,000 cash. A programme of the final films will be created after the competition to be screened at future events. Take part: To participate is easy. All teams must REGISTER HERE before Wednesday 15 June, and the final film must be received as a digital file or DVD, in person or uploaded by10:00 Wednesday 22 June. Key Dates: 5 May: Online Registration Opens (one registration per team) 15 June: Online Registration Closes 17 June: 10:00: Check in Desk opens at M Shed. Opportunity to meet and get inspiration from some of those who have contributed to the M Shed galleries. (At least one member of team to check in and hand in a signed copy of Participation Agreement)12:00: 117 hours start (tick tock!) M Shed opens to the public20:00: Museum & registration desk closes 22 June: 10:00: Deadline  24 June: 18:00 - 21:00: Films screened as part of a celebratory event at M Shed and the winner announced” (via encounters)
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Can you make it in 117 hours? Encounters Film Festival wants to know…

“To celebrate the opening of M Shed, the new museum of Bristol, we would like to invite filmmakers from all over the world to create a short film based in and focused on Bristol, in just 117 hours, between 17 – 22 June.

Presented in partnership with Bristol Film Office, Encounters Bristol International Film Festival and M Shed, this is a unique opportunity to take part in a fast moving, visual storytelling experience, and to discover Bristol as a filming location.

Brief:

We invite you to make a 2 minute 30 second short film (either drama, documentary, experimental, live action or animation) in 117 hours. Films must be of cinematic quality and be suitable for pre-watershed viewing. Each film must be inspired in some way by astory, artifact or theme in one of the three galleries that form the core of the M Shedmuseum:

Bristol People: characters past and present, real and mythological, and the ways that they create, celebrate, trade and challenge, defining the character of the city.
Bristol Places: the physical and dynamic city, the locations and secret sites that shape the experience of the city.
Bristol Life: people’s shared experiences in the city, joining and leaving, at school, work, home and at play.

Filmmakers will have privileged access to M Shed between 10:00-12:00 on Friday 17 June to gather their inspiration and to meet some of those who have contributed stories and objects.

Opportunities & Support:

Bristol Film Office will open up the city to offer location support (see Locations) to filmmakers taking part in the challenge, and Sound Cloud is providing access to music from local bands and musicians, to be used free of charge as soundtracks to the shorts. Discounts and prizes will also be available to filmmakers from supporting local companies Big Bang, Evans AV staging, Films at 59, Visual Impact and more. Find out more here.

Prize:

The finished films will form part of the city’s memory, and will join the museum collections, so that they will be available to view by visitors in the future. They will be screened as part of a celebratory event at the museum on Friday 24 June. One film will be selected by a distinguished jury (to be announced soon) and awarded a prize of£1,000 cash. A programme of the final films will be created after the competition to be screened at future events.

Take part:

To participate is easy. All teams must REGISTER HERE before Wednesday 15 June, and the final film must be received as a digital file or DVD, in person or uploaded by10:00 Wednesday 22 June.

Key Dates:

5 May: Online Registration Opens (one registration per team)

15 June: Online Registration Closes

17 June:

10:00: Check in Desk opens at M Shed. Opportunity to meet and get inspiration from some of those who have contributed to the M Shed galleries. (At least one member of team to check in and hand in a signed copy of Participation Agreement)
12:00: 117 hours start (tick tock!) M Shed opens to the public
20:00: Museum & registration desk closes

22 June: 10:00: Deadline 

24 June: 18:00 - 21:00: Films screened as part of a celebratory event at M Shed and the winner announced”

(via encounters)


Source: encounters-festival.org.uk