Leigh Short Film Festival (0)

Festival start: 05 October 2018      Festival end: 20 October 2018

Over the past four years we have grown into one of the North West's premier celebrations of cinema. Our event, which takes place at The Turnpike Centre in Leigh town centre, is entirely run by volunteers with a passion for film.

We showcase low-budget film-making and up-and-coming talent from across the country and have screened everything from comedies and dramas to documentaries and animations while including work from as far afield as Europe and the USA.

We are backed by our high-profile patrons, iconic actor Christopher Eccleston and Shameless star Ben Batt.

Saturday 20th October is the main Leigh Short Film Festival 2018.

We have 4 categories where awards will be presented, which are;
Young Filmmaker (under 25)
North West Filmmakers
Animation
General Entries

Please enter your film via the relevant 'section' below.

THE RULES FOR ENTRY

All films must be 20 minutes or less in length.
Entries in the Young Filmmaker category must have been made by directors under the age of 25 years when filming.

Entries for the North West category must have been made in the North West of England.

Deadline for submissions to the competition is midnight on 31st July 2018.

There is a $10 USD entrance fee taken when submitting your film on the Festhome website.

The entrance fee is non-refundable.

THE SELECTION PROCESS

All films will be viewed by a selection panel made up of the film festival organisers.

All shortlisted entries selected to be screened during the festival will be notified by 15th August 2018.

All category winners will be notified on the night during the festival once all entries have been screened.

All selection & judging decisions are final.

THE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Please upload your film via the FestHome website.

Films should ideally be submitted in the h.264 MP4 file format and we would prefer all submissions to be supplied at 1080p resolution.

Digital versions of marketing materials should be made available to be used for our marketing purposes by 22nd August 2018.

Any conflicts of interest between filmmakers and the selection panel should be declared to the film festival organisers IMMEDIATELY.

GENERAL AGREEMENT OF PARTICIPATION IN THE LEIGH SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (LSFF):

I have read and accept the Rules and Terms of the Leigh Short Film Festival.

I will provide the festival with any additional information required pursuant to these Rules and Terms.

I authorise the LSFF to exhibit my film, and if selected, I confirm that an exhibition copy will be made available in a required format for screening during the 2018 festival.

I certify that I hold all necessary rights for the submission of this film/video to the LSFF and that all rights and clearances have been made. This film is not subject to any litigation nor is threatened by any litigation.

By agreeing to these Rules and Terms, I transfer to the LSFF the right to use excerpts of the submitted film, it's stills and trailers, for the purposes of publicity and marketing of the film at the 2018 festival and for other non-commercial uses related to the promotion of the 2018 festival.