1. Adjudicated Stream (Professional)

Applicants are required to self-identify their submission for this particular stream. All other submissions will be sorted into one of the two latter streams as per the Program Committee’s decision.

In this particular stream, submissions will be scrutinized closely as per industry standards with regards to sound, lighting, direction, cinematography, editing and overall impression.  Films that are submitted in this stream but do not meet the stringent criteria of professional quality and exceed the time limit of the other two streams will be excluded from all consideration.

In other words, all filmmakers are forewarned to ensure that their submission is of professional standard before entering your film/multimedia submission in this particular stream.  It is only for professional graded films.  Successful submissions will be screened at the film festival and are eligible to be awarded one or more awards.

Only films in this stream are allowed to exceed 16 minutes in length to a maximum of 30 minutes.  Films that exceed 16 minutes will automatically be considered an entry to this category regardless of intent and will be accepted or eliminated accordingly.

Submission Categories (Adjudication Stream (Professional)

• Documentaries (maximum 30 minutes in length)
• Drama (maximum 30 minutes in length)
• Photo-Voice (maximum 8 minutes in length)
• Animation (maximum 8 minutes in length)

Adjudication (General) & Open Stream 

All films/multimedia summissions that are not self-identified for the "Professional Adjudicated Stream" and are of the proper/legal duration will be sorted into either the Adjudicated (General) Stream or Open Stream:

2. Adjudicated Stream (General)

Submissions of good to excellent quality. These submissions will be screened at the film festival and are eligible to be awarded one or more awards. All submissions in this stream will be separated into the following categories and judged accordingly: Elementary/Children (ages 6-13); Secondary/Youth (14-18); All Inclusive Category (no age restriction).

3. Open Stream

Submissions that are appropriate for viewing but were not selected to be a part of the multimedia film festival (Adjudicated Stream). These submissions can be potentially screened at alternative venues such as on the festival’s website as well as in schools and community venues either prior to, during, and after the multimedia film festival.

Submission Categories (Adjudication Stream (General) & Open Streams)

• Documentaries (maximum 16 minutes in length)
• Drama (maximum 16 minutes in length)
• Photo-Voice (maximum 5 minutes in length)
• Animation (maximum 5 minutes in length)

In April 2011, all applicants will be notified if their submission was selected
for the Adjudicated Stream or the Open Stream.