Staten Island Summer of Shorts

PLEASE READ ALL RULES BEFORE SUBMITTING!

SHORT FILM CATEGORY:
- There is no limit on when your Short Film was made. Your Film can be made this past year, last year or 10) as long as it’s GOOD.
- All Short Films must be under 20 minutes in total run time including credits.
- Short Films are open to ANY Genre including documentaries.
- Short Films must not contain extreme violence, hate towards race/religion/cultures/hate group affiliations or degrade sexual orientations
- Music Videos must be submitted to the Music Video Category
- Absolutely NO Refunds!
- You are allowed to Submit multiple Films but must submit each film separately
NOT all films will be selected to be screened at the Live Event
- All Submissions will be judged by our panel of judges and not chosen by the Festival Director nor the Historic Port Richmond Preservation Association organization
- If your film is selected for our live event, you will be notified as an ‘OFFICIAL SELECTION’
- If your film is nominated for our film festival, you will be notified as ‘NOMINEE’ prior to the event
- All Films must be enabled to be able to be Downloaded, if not we cannot play your Film!
- We do not accept DVD Submissions.
- Filmmakers will be notified status: Selected or Not Selected 30 days prior to the Film Festival’s Live Event
- If your Film is selected, you will receive 2 FREE Passes to the Film Festival. Other cast/crew members apart of your film will have to purchase tickets separately.
- If Selected, Filmmakers agree to provide their own Transportation/Hotel/Flights/RideShare like Uber, Lyft, NYC Taxi themselves to the Festival grounds.
- Movie Posters to promote your Film if chosen will be requested if Selected. EPK artwork can be sent to statenislandfilms@gmail.com.

STUDENT FILM CATEGORY:
- You MUST be enrolled into a College or High School Film/Media related Course in order to Submit for this Category.
- You will have to show proof when submitting your Student ID.
- You are allowed to submit as long as this was a student film project.
- All Short Films must be under 20 minutes in total run time including credits.
- Short Films are open to ANY Genre including documentaries.
- Short Films must not contain extreme violence, hate towards race/religion/cultures/hate group affiliations or degrade sexual orientations
- Music Videos must be submitted to the Music Video Category
- Absolutely NO Refunds!
- Not a Student? Submit to the Short Film Category!
- You are allowed to Submit multiple Films but must submit each film separately
NOT all films will be selected to be screened at the Live Event
- All Submissions will be judged by our panel of judges and not chosen by the Festival Director nor the Historic Port Richmond Preservation Association organization
- If your film is selected for our live event, you will be notified as an ‘OFFICIAL SELECTION’
- If your film is nominated for our film festival, you will be notified as ‘NOMINEE’ prior to the event
- All Films must be enabled to be able to be Downloaded, if not we cannot play your Film!
- We do not accept DVD Submissions.
- Filmmakers will be notified status: Selected or Not Selected 30 days prior to the Film Festival’s Live Event
- If your Film is selected, you will receive 2 FREE Passes to the Film Festival. Other cast/crew members apart of your film will have to purchase tickets separately.
- If Selected, Filmmakers agree to provide their own Transportation/Hotel/Flights/RideShare like Uber, Lyft, NYC Taxi themselves to the Festival grounds.
- Movie Posters to promote your Film if chosen will be requested if Selected. EPK artwork can be sent to statenislandfilms@gmail.com.

MUSIC VIDEO CATEGORY:
- Music Videos of ANY Genre are welcomed (rock, pop, jazz, metal, emo, folk, international, country etc.)
- All Music Videos MUST be original music. NO COVER SONGS.
- All Music Videos MUST be original music and not created using AI Apps.
- AI within the Video is fine (graphics, animation, visual FX) but the music itself must be original!
- There is no limit on when your Music Video was made. Your MV can be made this past year, last year or 10) as long as it’s GOOD.
- All Music Videos must be under 6 minutes in total run time including credits.
- Music Videos must not contain extreme violence, hate towards race/religion/cultures/hate group affiliations or degrade sexual orientations
- Absolutely NO Refunds!
- You are allowed to Submit multiple MV’s but must submit each video separately
NOT all music videos will be selected to be screened at the Live Event
- All Submissions will be judged by our panel of judges and not chosen by the Festival Director nor the Historic Port Richmond Preservation Association organization
- If your MV is selected for our live event, you will be notified as an ‘OFFICIAL SELECTION’
- If your MV is nominated for our film festival, you will be notified as ‘NOMINEE’ prior to the event
- All Films must be enabled to be able to be Downloaded, if not we cannot play your MV!
- We do not accept DVD Submissions.
- Filmmakers will be notified status: Selected or Not Selected 30 days prior to the Film Festival’s Live Event
- If your Music Video is selected, you will receive 2 FREE Passes to the Film Festival. Other cast/crew/band members members apart of your MV will have to purchase tickets separately.
- If Selected, Filmmakers agree to provide their own Transportation/Hotel/Flights/RideShare like Uber, Lyft, NYC Taxi themselves to the Festival grounds.
- Movie Posters to promote your Music Video if chosen will be requested if Selected. EPK artwork can be sent to statenislandfilms@gmail.com.

SCREENPLAY CATEGORY:
- Screenplays must be submitted in a PDF File only.
- Screenplays can be ANY Genre.
- Screenplays may not exceed 200 pages in length.
- Screenplays submitted MUST be your original work. Screenplays submitted but written by others will not accepted.
- Screenplays used generated using AI must be mentioned in your Cover Letter when Submitting.
- All Submissions will be judged by our panel of judges and not chosen by the Festival Director nor the Historic Port Richmond Preservation Association organization
- If your Screenplay is nominated for our film festival & awards ceremony, you will be notified as ‘NOMINEE’ prior to the event
- All Scripts must be enabled to be able to be Downloaded, if not we cannot open your screenplay, it will not be sent to our judging panel.
- We do not accept CD/USB/DVD Submissions.
- If your Screenplay is selected, you will receive 2 FREE Passes to the Film Festival. Other writers/cast/crew members apart of your screenplay will have to purchase tickets separately.
- If Selected, Filmmakers/Screenwriters agree to provide their own Transportation/Hotel/Flights/RideShare like Uber, Lyft, NYC Taxi themselves to the Festival grounds.