Rules

The rules are simple – upload your film and start preparing Your acceptance speech!

Limitations

Your film should be no longer than 10 minutes, and the accepted size / formats are listed to the right. Filmmakers are allowed to upload as many films as they desire.

Participation deadline

You can upload your movies until the 31st of December.

Voting

Visitors to the website are able to vote on their favourite films until 17th of january, although the eventual winner will be chosen by the Film Festival Jury.

Please refrain from repeatedly voting for your own films, you will be found out and eliminated from the competition.

Spreading your movies

Once you have uploaded your film(s), each film will have a unique page – for example http://www.dragonawardnewtalent.com/browse/film/my-movie-title/. Use this direct page to promote your film to friends and collegues. We encourage you to use facebook, twitter and other social media to spread your film.

Accepted file formats:

FILM FORMATS: AVI, MOV, FLV AND MP4. 16:9, MIN WIDTH 720 PX, MAX 10 MIN RUNTIME

IMAGE FORMATS: JPEG, PNG OR GIF. 16:9 MIN WITH 720 PX

Submission process:

1. SUBMISSION:
You submit your film on the site

2. FILM ENCODES FOR WEB:
Kaigans supermachine encodes your movie to a H2.64 video for Flash and Mobile device.

3. USER APPROVAL OF FILM:
You get a preview of your film and your details for approval.

FILM SCREENING: Your film gets screened by the admin to make sure it doesn´t violate any rules.

5. FILM GOES LIVE:
You get an e-mail with a direct link to your movie so you can start spreading it!

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