GUERILLA FILMMAKING goes WILD!
Now Accepting Submissions!
The Short Gorilla Film Festival is calling for your work!
Deadline for submissions: 24th January 2012
As part of January 2012′s New Year’s Revolution, Courthouse ARTS and the City of Greater Geelong will bring young filmmakers centre-stage, showcasing the innovation and creativity of new and emerging filmmakers.
Comedy, drama, art-house and documentary – if you can shoot it, the Short Gorilla Film Festival wants it! The selected films will be featured at the Courthouse ARTS New Year’s Revolution Festival in January 2012. Our judges will award prizes in each category - and the audience will vote for the coveted Popular Choice Award.
All the essential information can be found below. So pick up your digital camera, webcam or phone and start shooting!
View promos and bonus footage at our Youtube Channel
Contact the Short Gorilla Team at shortgorilla@courthouse.org.au with any queries.
General Submission Guidelines
- Going Digital – Entries for the Festival must be shot with digital equipment. DV cameras, iPhones, iPads, webcams – the choice is yours! We want to see what you can accomplish with new media technology.
- “It all goes down in G-town” – The Festival is celebrating Geelong culture and history, especially its burgeoning arts community. Entries for the Festival must relate to Geelong in some way (see below for details and ideas). If you’re local, or you shoot local, your entry already relates to Geelong.
- Up-and-coming – All entrants for the Festival must be between 16 and 30 years old.
- SHORT Gorilla – Entries for all categories must be less than 10 minutes in length – anything longer than 10 minutes cannot be accepted.
Categories and Awards
Comedy
Have you ever actually seen a Cats supporter at the height of passion? Or been to the Nash on a Saturday night? Between the hipsters, the mullets, the footy and the heavy metal, Geelong knows how to laugh at itself. In fact, we do it better than anyone else.
- Best Comedy Film
- Best Comedy Production
Drama
Love, danger and intrigue in a town that feels too small – it’s not hard to find a story in Geelong. Something short, something punchy that always hints at a bigger story. Little details, like a raised eyebrow or a broken bottle. It can happen anywhere, and more often than not it happens in Geelong.
- Best Dramatic Film
- Best Dramatic Production
Art Film
What can you do with a digital camera? It’s easily the cheapest way to experiment, to push the limits of what you can show on screen. Even that blurry, chunky, grainy video has an artistic quality to it, a texture all its own. Between cheap video editing and effects, and an infinite amount of ideas to show in film, you will surprise us.
- Best Art Film
- Best Art Production
Documentary
Reporting on the run, revealing what was hidden – the documentarian wants to know about history and the world, and wants to show you what they’ve found. With a digital camera, and a city full of stories and secrets, you can give your own take on the facts.
- Best Documentary Film
- Best Documentary Production
Special Awards
- Popular Choice Award
- Most Environmentally Friendly Film
- Most Adventurous
- Best Student Film
How do I submit?
All of the important information for contributors, including Courthouse ARTS membership and release forms, is available for download below. Click on Little G to get started!
Click on Little G for downloadable Guidelines, Releases and Submission Forms
Little G is watching YOU! (Don’t leave anyone off your Release Form list…)
Click here for spares.
