Er…short films, that is. Okay, here’s a video to give you a better idea of what I’m yammering about, followed by some details.
Sweet, eh? So here’s a little more detail. For the fifth year running, Experience Music Project | Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (that’s the full name of the entity, and it sounds like the kind of place to which I must visit lest I be accused of being Bizzaro Kyle) is partnering with the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) to present the Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival.
This is one of those instances where Seattle trumps New York, I’m afraid. Sure, we have lots of other film festivals in this tiny hamlet by the seaside, but, like a cranky kid lusting after the top shelf in a toy story, I WANT THIS ONE!
Of course, the festival doesn’t open until January 30, 2010, so I have time (and so do you) to buy my tickets and devise a way for my hindquarters to be squarely planted in Seattle seats come festival time. But that’s for us attendees. You filmmakers out there are probably wondering about submitting entries to the festival, right? Well, below is what I found.
From Science Fiction Museum:
From June 1 through September 15, 2009, the Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival (SFFSFF) will accept short film submissions, up to 15 minutes in length, that have been produced after 2005 for entry into the competition. Multiple submissions will be accepted according to the rules and regulations. Submissions will be judged based on originality, quality, artistic merit, innovation, voice, style and narrative.
SFFSFF is accepting animated or live-action submissions in science fiction (examples: futuristic stories, space adventure, technological speculation, social experiments, utopia and dystopia) and fantasy (examples: sword and sorcery, folklore, urban fantasy, magic, mythic adventure). The festival welcomes submissions that step outside the boundaries of reality and inspire a sense of wonder. The festival will not accept horror submissions. Submissions are accepted through Without a Box.
There are more detail on the event over at the Science Fiction Museum & Hall of Fame’s website: Film Festival Details. Be sure to check out that site. And not just for this festival, but for all the other cool things going on there as well.
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