BMO SHORT Shorts

Submitting to GRFF 2012

GRFF encourages all filmmakers – student, amateur, professional - to submit to our annual BMO SHORT Shorts Competition.

Deadlines and Entry Fees:

Canadian Short Film Competition
August 10, 2012
Fee: $10.00

Waterloo Region Short Film Competition
August 10, 2012
Fee: $10.00

Please note: GRFF does not consider films that were complete prior to January 1, 2011. Projects must originate from Canada. Submit your entry online using Withoutabox by clicking the image below:

GRFF accepts submissions through Withoutabox which provides cost-saving, paperless submission to film festivals world-wide. By submitting, you’ll join Withoutabox’s global filmmaker community and stay in the loop about international exhibition opportunities.

GRFF strongly encourages filmmakers to take advantage of the Secure Online Screener option via Withoutabox as it is a greener and simpler alternative to sending entries by mail.

If you do choose to submit DVD’s, we require 2 screener DVDs for submission. The DVDs sent must be Region 0 NTSC packed in a bubble lined envelope, with the DVD disc clearly labeled with: FILM TITLE, CATEGORY, RUNTIME, CONTACT’S NAME, EMAIL ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER and YOUR WITHOUTABOX TRACKING NUMBER. Please double check your DVD disc’s playability before sending. Screener DVDs will not be returned.

PRESENTATION FORMAT:
GRFF will exhibit accepted works in Blu-Ray, DVD (Region 0) or a then-current digital format as agreed upon by the filmmaker and GRFF.

NOTIFICATION:
GRFF will notify filmmakers who submit through Withoutabox by e-mail in September 2012. The decision of the judges will be final.

LOSS AND DAMAGE:
Every precaution will be taken to safeguard all materials submitted to GRFF. However, we cannot accept or assume responsibility in the event of loss or damage.

SHORT Shorts History

The BMO SHORT Shorts Competition is now entering its 5th year.  This program is a celebration of short films in three categories (Student, Open and Waterloo Region).  It provides aspiring filmmakers support and exposure of their 10 minute or less film through the hosting of a networking/shorts award event (judged by film professionals), the screening of their film in a festival setting, and the opportunity to win significant cash and product prizes.  

Open

• Below the Surface – Producer/Director Michael Martins
• Hotel Alpha Mike – Producer Kyle Parry, Director Ryan Alexander
• Jake Horton's - Producer/Director Kevin Nikkel
• Just Can't Trust a Drunk Ninja - Producer/Director Greg Doble
• Light - Producer/Director Emily Baxter
• Night Moves - Producer/Director Peter Genoway
• Stoned for Days – Producer Laura Milliken, Director James Kinistino
• Survival – Producer Collin Chan, Director Johnny Chocolate
• The Origin of Ocean Rabbit - Producer/Director Allison Davis

Waterloo Region

• A Serious Talk - Producer/Director Struan Sutherland
• Posthuman – The Past Promises Reckoned - Producer/Director Lyndon Horsfall
• Recidivist - Producer/Director Lyndon Horsfall

Open

• Deliveries, James Anthony Usas
• I Want to be a Desi, Danijel Margetic & Allan Tong
• Frugal, Ryan Alexander & Ian Daly
• Chronicles of a Shirtless Vampire, Struan R. Sutherland
• Inuit High Kick, Mark Hamilton
• This Childlike Wildlife, Priscilla Galvez
• Remains, Michael Martins
• Queen of the Highway, Josh Miller & Brad Schinkel
• What If?, Cameron Tingley

18 & Under

• Daily Routine, Ryan Alexander
• Grandma Moses, Chris DeRosa
• The Spaces In Between, Julia Gogoleva, Marina Sloutsky & Melissa Brandt

Open

• Her, Angus McLellan
• The 11:50 Club, Michael Martins
• The Way It Used To Be, Sarah Lazarovic
• Waiting for the Tall Man, Chris Limisis, Tyler Man
• Bring on the Pain, Benjamin Rouse
• Love Bytes, Brad Schinkel
• Spirits of Wasteland, Maayke Schurer
• A Warning of Things to Come, Jonathan Stainton