DISTRIBUTION STATUS
Projects may have distribution

SUBMISSION COPY FORMATS

DVD Video NTSC PAL SECAM DVD REGION 0     REGION 1     Media Files   .FLV (Flash Video)   .MPG (MPEG or MPEG2)   .AVI (Audio-Video Interleaved)   .WMV (Windows Media)   .MOV (QuickTime)   CD-ROM

SUBMISSION COPY LANGUAGES

Subtitled Dubbed Dialog List English

EXHIBITION FORMATS

Digital Video NTSC PAL SECAM DCP

EXHIBITION LANGUAGES

Subtitled Dubbed Dialog List English OTHER

PRESSKIT REQUIREMENTS
A press kit is required with the entry form, including:
> Production Still Photos - Digital

PRIZES & AWARDS
This category is a competition.


Audience Award - Best Short


Jury - Best Short
Sponsor:Various


Festival Honors
This prize is shared with other categories.


CATEGORY RULES
EXHIBITION FORMATS FOR SHORTS (No exceptions)
· ONLY Digital Cinema Package (DCP)
· ONLY 24fps frame rate
· NOT encrypted.
(Our partner Simple DCP (http://simpledcp.com) will provide discounts to our accepted filmmakers for conversion and direct delivery to us if you choose to use their services.)

EXHIBITION DELIVERY METHODS (in order of preference)
· Upload uncompressed DCP folder to our FTP site (instructions at www.newportbeachfilmfest.com)
· Provide a download link to uncompressed DCP folder.
· Send physical media. (Tip: Most short DCPs will fit on a standard or micro Secure Digital memory card and can be sent in a standard envelope taped to an index card.)

SCREENER FORMATS (for selection process)
· Low resolution digital video file (preferred)
o Common codecs such as video H.264 and audio MPEG (stereo)
o Bitrate > 1500 kbps
o 640p or better
· DVD
SCREENER DELIVERY
· Upload uncompressed digital video file or DVD “VIDEO_TS” folder to the Newport Beach Film Festival FTP site (instructions at www.newportbeachfilmfest.com)
· Download link for uncompressed digital video file or DVD “VIDEO_TS” folder.
· Physical media such as DVD or storage media (Secure Digital memory card, thumb drive, data disk, etc.). We do not return screeners.
· We do not review via online links such as YouTube, Vimeo, etc. You must provide download capability.
· We do not use WAB screeners.

**Please be aware that we DO NOT return physical media unless accompanied with prepaid return shipping. If you send us a physical storage device and want it returned or forwarded, you must pay for return or forward shipping.

· We do not accept works in progress.
· All deadlines are POSTMARKED deadlines. Material must arrive within 2 weeks after the deadline.
· Entries received late or incomplete may be disqualified.
· A 300dpi, 4x5 still image from the film is required. Please upload through Withoutabox or email to Submissions@NewportBeachFilmFest.com
· You WILL be notified by email when we receive your submission.

ACCEPTANCE
· Notifications will be made by mid-March, 2015.
· Acceptance is provisional on receipt of a functioning DCP in a timely manner when requested. Failure to provide a correctly formatted DCP may result in acceptance being revoked.

If you do not receive an email, we may not have received your submission. Please email Submissions@NewportBeachFilmFest.com to verify.