Rushes Soho Shorts Festival Call for Submission

Rushes Soho Shorts Festival 2012 has opened for submissions for their 14th celebration of everything short.

 

Recognised internationally as a leading showcase of short films and renowned for its championing of emerging and established creative talent, Rushes Soho Shorts has built a phenomenal following and maintains a significant bridge between the independent and commercial filmmaking communities. It receives over 1400 entries annually, from over fifty countries. 

 

The annual not-for-profit festival celebrates the previous year’s best director in each of eight competitive categories:

UK FOCUSED CATEGORIES:

Short Film Award – live action work under 15mins, from long standing filmmakers

Newcomer Award – live action work under 15mins, from new filmmakers

FOREIGN FOCUS CATEGORY:

International Award – live action work under 15mins, from new and long standing filmmakers

GLOBAL CATEGORIES:

Animation Award – animated work under 15mins from new and long standing filmmakers

Documentary Award – factual work under 15mins from new and long standing filmmakers

Music Video Award – promo work under 15mins from new and long standing filmmakers

Long Form Award – live action work under 30mins from new and long standing filmmakers

Pushing Boundaries Award – brilliantly creative, experimental work or branded content under 5mins

from new and long standing filmmakers

 

Work can be submitted at http://entries.sohoshorts.com.

The competition entry fee is £15. Students £10.

 

Films can be submitted up until 5th April, with the shortlisted films being announced early in June.

The festival will open on Wednesday 11th July and run for ten days. It will culminate, as is tradition, with the Rushes Awards on Thursday 19th July 2012.

 

Rushes Soho Shorts has an open submissions policy for all programmes.

 

Work should have been completed between 1st January 2011 and April 2012. Full terms and conditions are available on the entry site http://entries.sohoshorts.com

and further information can be found at www.sohoshorts.com.