NIFCA 2024 TWENTY-ONE-DAY FILM CHALLENGE ENTRY FORM

Background

 

NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE FESTIVAL OF CREATIVE ARTS (NIFCA) 2024 

TWENTY-ONE DAY FILM CHALLENGE RULES

DATES The NIFCA 2024 Twenty-One Day Film Challenge will occur during October 9th – October 30th2024.

 

APPLICATION One application form should be completed online by each participating group during the period of Monday 16th September to Monday 7th October, 2024.

The application deadline is 2:00pm on Monday 7th October, 2024.

 

This challenge is open to persons aged 16 years and older by 1st September, 2024.

Application to the challenge does not guarantee participation.

REQUIREMENTS Applicants must be groups of no less than four (4) persons and no more than eight (8) persons. Each group must submit a showreel of no less than ninety (90) seconds and no more than one hundred and twenty (120) seconds.

 

DEADLINE FOR FILMS Participants must upload or deliver the finished film to the NCF by 4:30 p.m. on Day 21 of the Challenge. Only those that meet the deadline will officially be part of the competition.

 

CREATIVITY All creativity must take place during the twenty-one day period of the competition. This includes scriptwriting, rehearsing, filming, scoring and editing. On Day 1 of the Challenge participants will be given the required premise from which they are to write their three-act script.

 

STRUCTURE Six (6) groups will be selected to work on two (2) narrative fiction festival feature films. 
PERMISSIONS All persons and locations in the film must be represented by the necessary permissions and releases. Forms can be made available upon request. Groups are required to submit behind-the-scenes stills and footage.
FOOTAGE All footage must be shot between Day 1 and Day 21 of the Challenge. No stock footage or footage shot or created at another time may be used. This includes use of animation.
STATUS All participants must be volunteers.

 

EQUIPMENT Any type of video or film camera may be used.
MUSIC AND SOUND EFFECTS Participants are encouraged to work with local musicians/composers to write and record music for the film. It is also permissible to use pre-recorded music. Rights must be obtained, except if sourced from royalty-free libraries. This would also apply to sound effects. Violations may result in disqualification.
DURATION The actual finished film should be no less than forty-five (45) minutes and no more than sixty (60) minutes. This includes the opening slate, opening credits, title screen and the ending credits.

 

DISQUALIFICATION Entries deemed to be inappropriate and unsuitable for public viewing will be disqualified.

 

JUDGING A panel of judges will adjudicate the entries to arrive at the first and second prize winner.
SCREENINGS Winning entries will be screened for public viewing by the National Cultural Foundation after the announcement of the winners.

 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS The Intellectual Property rights of each film remain with the creator/s.

 

Registration is closed.


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