Film Festival

Destined to become a film maker? Show your talents and highlight your hopes, visions, and frustrations about the environment. Short story films should present an environmental concern or problem, and possible solutions in documentary, fiction, animation, silent, musical, or other style.

General Criteria:

Contest is open for students between ages 12 and 19 years.
Duration: 5 – 15 minutes
Format: VHS, CD, DVD or AVI



Guidelines to develop your Film:

1. Concept Script (also known as: script treatment).

2. Screenplay Script (required even if it is a documentary)

3. Script Breakdown (elements required for production including: actors, equipment, props, costumes, lighting, sound, technicians, rental costs...etc.)

4. Storyboarding the Script (drawing the script in “comic book” format)

5. Developing a Shot List (scenes to be shot, which location, what day...etc.)

6. Production Schedule (based on the shot list, the producer breaks up every day to know the cash flow required, location permits to attain, equipment to rent, etc.)

7. Shooting the film.

8. Editing and this includes the picture and sound editing for the film.

9. Adding the Intro and End Credits to the film.


Regulations:

Make sure you download and complete the Film Festival Entry Form and hand it it together with your movie.

Submission and deadline

All entries should be submitted before May 1st to WESC by contacting the contest coordinator Hani Eskander

If you have any questions regarding the contest please leave them in the comments or contact Hani Eskander.

Hani@wesc.org or call (from 9-5) on 0101536930