Welcome to the Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival. Below are the official competition rules which the staff will use to facilitate the festival. The rules can be viewed in the drop-down menu below or PDF's can be downloaded at the bottom of this page. Please direct all questions to contact@atlchurchcreatives.com and our staff will respond to you as quickly as we can.
Official COMPETITION RULES
Eligibility - In the United States, the Team Leader must be a legal resident or legal visitor of the United States. A team is not eligible if either the team leader or any team member is one of the following: employee, contractor, director or officer of Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival.
To Enter - To register for the Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival in the United States, follow the instructions found on www.churchcreatives48.com. Registration is based on a first-come first-served basis and space is limited. The registration fee is $50 per team and free for students who possess a current student id. Registration begins 4 weeks before the competition and closes 48 hours before the competition.
Official Filmmaking Period - This 48-hour Film Fest will commence on a Thursday and end on the Saturday as announced on the official film festival website, www.churchcreatives48.com.
Withdrawing from the Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival - All sales are final.
Team Leader's Agreement - Entrants will be required to sign the standard Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival Team Leader's Agreement. If under the legal age of majority in your state of residence, your parent or legal guardian must sign it on your behalf. As a condition of entry, participants must agree to the Team Leader's Agreement, which sets forth the rights of Entrant and the Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival with respect to the use of entries by Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival. Entries that do not include all required information and/or do not adhere to the foregoing and following requirements will be considered void and will not be considered in the Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival.
Production Costs - All costs associated with the production of the film are solely the responsibility of the entrant/team.
Judging of Entries - Eligible films will be judged based on the judging criteria stated below:
General Conditions - By participating, Entrants agree to these Official Rules which are final and binding in all respects. The Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival is governed by the laws of the state of Georgia, USA.
Limitations of Liability and Release - No liability or responsibility is assumed by Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival, its organizers, affiliates and sponsors resulting from any user's participation in or attempt to participate in the Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival or ability or inability to upload or download any information in connection with participating in the Project. No responsibility or liability is assumed by Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival, its organizers, affiliates and sponsors - for technical problems or technical malfunction arising in connection with any of the following occurrences which may affect the operation of the Project: hardware or software errors; faulty computer, telephone, cable, satellite, network, electronic, wireless or Internet connectivity or other online communication problems; errors or limitations of any Internet service providers, servers, hosts or providers; garbled, jumbled or faulty data transmissions; failure of any e-mail transmissions to be sent or received; lost, late, delayed or intercepted e-mail transmissions; inaccessibility of the web site in whole or in part for any reason; traffic congestion on the Internet or the web site; unauthorized human or non-human intervention of the operation of the film, including without limitation, unauthorized tampering, hacking, theft, virus, bugs, worms; or destruction of any aspect of the film, or loss, miscount, misdirection, inaccessibility or unavailability of an email account used in connection with the Project. Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival, its organizers, affiliates and sponsors are not responsible for any typographical errors in the announcement of prizes or these Official Rules, or any inaccurate or incorrect data contained on the Web Site or social media sites maintained by the Atlanta Church Creatives. Use of Atlanta Church Creative, Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival web sites and the Atlanta Church Creatives social media sites is at user's own risk. Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival, its organizers, affiliates and sponsors are not responsible for any personal injury or property damage or losses of any kind which may be sustained to user's or any other person's computer equipment resulting from participation in the film project, use of the web site or the download of any information from the web site. By participating in the film project, the filmmaker agrees to release, indemnify and hold Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival, its organizers, affiliates and sponsors harmless from any and all claims, damages or liabilities arising from or relating to such entrant's participation in the film project.
Winners - Winners will be announced at the Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival screening on 26 April, 2024 hosted in Atlanta. The team leader, or at least one member of the team must be present to accept the $1,000 prize.
To Enter - To register for the Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival in the United States, follow the instructions found on www.churchcreatives48.com. Registration is based on a first-come first-served basis and space is limited. The registration fee is $50 per team and free for students who possess a current student id. Registration begins 4 weeks before the competition and closes 48 hours before the competition.
Official Filmmaking Period - This 48-hour Film Fest will commence on a Thursday and end on the Saturday as announced on the official film festival website, www.churchcreatives48.com.
Withdrawing from the Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival - All sales are final.
Team Leader's Agreement - Entrants will be required to sign the standard Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival Team Leader's Agreement. If under the legal age of majority in your state of residence, your parent or legal guardian must sign it on your behalf. As a condition of entry, participants must agree to the Team Leader's Agreement, which sets forth the rights of Entrant and the Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival with respect to the use of entries by Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival. Entries that do not include all required information and/or do not adhere to the foregoing and following requirements will be considered void and will not be considered in the Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival.
Production Costs - All costs associated with the production of the film are solely the responsibility of the entrant/team.
Judging of Entries - Eligible films will be judged based on the judging criteria stated below:
- Basic Requirements of the Project -Entrants must adhere to the official Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival Filmmaking Rules. In addition, at the Kickoff Announcement, filmmakers will receive a theme and be given exactly 48 hours to make a short 4-7 minute film. See www.churchcreatives48.com for details.
- Project Terms of Submission - By submitting a film into the Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival, each entrant warrants and represents that the entrant owns all rights to the film he/she is entering in this project, including, without limitation, the video or digital recording, and the performance contained in each film, with the exception of any assets provided by the Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival for use by entrants in connection with this project. Each entrant further warrants and represents that the entrant has obtained permission from each person who appears in the film to grant the rights to the Project Parties described in these official rules, and will submit copies of such permissions to the Project Parties. By submitting a film, the entrant agrees to the official rules, and further agrees to indemnify and hold the Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival, and their respective affiliates, officers, directors, agents, co-branders or other partners, and any of their employees (collectively, the Project indemnities), harmless from any and all claims, damages, expenses, costs (including reasonable attorneys' fees) and liabilities (including settlements), brought or asserted by any third party against any of the project indemnities due to or arising out of the entrant's entry materials in this project, or the entrant's conduct during and in connection with this project, including but not limited to trademark, copyright, or other intellectual property rights, right of publicity, right of privacy or defamation. Entrant agrees to release, indemnify and hold harmless Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival from any and all claims that any advertising, presentation, web content or any other material subsequently produced, presented, and/or prepared by or on behalf of Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival infringes on the rights of entrant's work as contained in any entry.
- Designated Team Leader - If any group of individuals elects to collaborate on a film, they are required to designate one (1) person as the agent of the group to enter the Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival, agree to these official rules, sign the Team Leader's Agreement and accept the prize on behalf of the group. Neither Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival nor any of the organizers, organizers and affiliates are liable for any disputes between collaborators arising out of or related to the Project.
- Selection of Winners - Entries will be judged by a process in which qualified panels of judges will evaluate the eligible entries based on the following judging criteria:
- Artistic Merit (e.g., Story, Creativity, Entertainment Value) (45%)
- Technical Merit (30%)
- Adherence to the Assignment (25%)
- Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival Winner- The highest scored film will be declared the winner. In the event of a tie, the tie will be broken based on the highest score in the first Judging Criteria, continuing thereafter to each judging criteria in order, as needed to break the tie. Entrants agree that the Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival has the sole right to decide all matters and disputes arising from this Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival and that all decisions of Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival are final and binding.
General Conditions - By participating, Entrants agree to these Official Rules which are final and binding in all respects. The Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival is governed by the laws of the state of Georgia, USA.
Limitations of Liability and Release - No liability or responsibility is assumed by Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival, its organizers, affiliates and sponsors resulting from any user's participation in or attempt to participate in the Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival or ability or inability to upload or download any information in connection with participating in the Project. No responsibility or liability is assumed by Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival, its organizers, affiliates and sponsors - for technical problems or technical malfunction arising in connection with any of the following occurrences which may affect the operation of the Project: hardware or software errors; faulty computer, telephone, cable, satellite, network, electronic, wireless or Internet connectivity or other online communication problems; errors or limitations of any Internet service providers, servers, hosts or providers; garbled, jumbled or faulty data transmissions; failure of any e-mail transmissions to be sent or received; lost, late, delayed or intercepted e-mail transmissions; inaccessibility of the web site in whole or in part for any reason; traffic congestion on the Internet or the web site; unauthorized human or non-human intervention of the operation of the film, including without limitation, unauthorized tampering, hacking, theft, virus, bugs, worms; or destruction of any aspect of the film, or loss, miscount, misdirection, inaccessibility or unavailability of an email account used in connection with the Project. Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival, its organizers, affiliates and sponsors are not responsible for any typographical errors in the announcement of prizes or these Official Rules, or any inaccurate or incorrect data contained on the Web Site or social media sites maintained by the Atlanta Church Creatives. Use of Atlanta Church Creative, Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival web sites and the Atlanta Church Creatives social media sites is at user's own risk. Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival, its organizers, affiliates and sponsors are not responsible for any personal injury or property damage or losses of any kind which may be sustained to user's or any other person's computer equipment resulting from participation in the film project, use of the web site or the download of any information from the web site. By participating in the film project, the filmmaker agrees to release, indemnify and hold Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival, its organizers, affiliates and sponsors harmless from any and all claims, damages or liabilities arising from or relating to such entrant's participation in the film project.
Winners - Winners will be announced at the Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival screening on 26 April, 2024 hosted in Atlanta. The team leader, or at least one member of the team must be present to accept the $1,000 prize.
OFFICIAL FILMMAKING RULES
The EVENT/COMPETITION takes place on Thursday, April 18th, 2024 at 8pm EST to Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at 8pm EST. We will send an email to all Team Leads with a link to the virtual meet where the theme as well as other filmmaking details for the competition will be revealed. If you can’t make the virtual meet a “Production Packet” pdf with all key points discussed at the meet including where/how to submit your film will be sent to the email addresses of all team leads on Thursday, April 18th 2024 between 8pm - 8:30pm EST. NOTE: A “Production Packet” will be sent out to all team leads.
The Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival SCREENING and award ceremony will take place on the evening of Friday, April 26th, 2024. The time and location will be announced April 18th during the launch/kickoff event and will be included in the “production packet”. The location will been in the Atlanta metro; please come back to this website periodically for updates. One representative from each team must be present; if your team wins. If your team wins and no team representative is present to receive your award, your team then forfeits the award and the next best entrant will be awarded instead. So all in all, someone from the team HAS to be there.
Please carefully review the following filmmaking rules for the film festival event to ensure fair competition and eligibility.
A. Times:
- The Official Event Time Period for the Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival for teams to film and submit their projects will be from Thursday, April 18th 2024 at 8pm EST to Saturday, April 20th 2024 at 8pm EST.
- The participating team must complete its film in time to submit it on Saturday by 8:00pm EST. Please take note: the DEADLINE to submit all films is SATURDAY, APRIL 20th 2024 at 8pm EST.
Only films that meet the deadline will be officially part of the competition.
- The Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival Organizers reserve the right to add to or amend these rules at any time before the Official Time Period begins.
- All creativity must take place during the Official Event Time Period. Any creative work in advance of the competition weekend is prohibited. Creative work includes, but is not limited to:
- Writing the script
- Shooting
- Editing
- Sound Design
- Rendering
The only work to begin prior to the Official Event Time Period is:
- Organizing Crew
- Organizing Cast
- Securing Equipment
- Scouting/Securing Locations
- Core Footage: Every frame of your film must contain footage shot or created during the Official Event Time Period of the Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival event. This is considered "core footage."
- Supporting Footage: Supporting footage, including stock footage used as part of a special effect, shot or created before the Official Event Time Period may be placed over or under the core footage. However, every frame of your film must contain some amount of core footage, and the assembly of core footage with the supporting footage must occur during the Official Event Time Period.
- Animation, Titles, and Special Effects: Animation, titles, and special effects created during the Official Event Time Period are considered core footage. This includes footage created using Artificial Intelligence.
- Still Photos: Still photos are permitted as core footage. They do not need to be created during the Official Event Time Period. However, still photos created outside of the Official Event Time Period cannot be used in a sequence to create the illusion of motion and are only acceptable as supporting footage.
- Rights: You must have the rights to any footage or photos used in your film. A Materials Release specific to the Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival event is required for all materials, photos, and/or footage not created during the Official Event Time Period.
Each participating team will be assigned required elements in the “Production Packet” which will be emailed to team leads, these elements must appear in the team’s film, such as a genre, a character, a prop and/or a line of dialogue.
- The required Character must be seen on-screen and it must be clear--either directly shown or by context--who the required character is. The Character name does not have to be said out loud or written on-screen.
- The required Prop must be seen on-screen. A picture of the required prop is also allowed.
- The required Line of Dialogue must be used verbatim. It may be spoken, sung and/or written. It may be in any language, though if it is unclear that it is the required Line, there must be a translation.
- To qualify as an Official Entry, each group's film must be in the genre it selects and must contain all required elements within the official time limit and prior to the credits
Volunteers are encouraged. Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festivalis not responsible for any casting or crew for the event.
H. Animal Safety
Animal safety, like cast and crew safety, is an important part of 48 Hour Filmmaking. Films that result in the death or mutilation of an animal may be disqualified.
I. Camera
Any type of video camera may be used as long as it records in 1080p or 4K. There is no limit to the number of cameras.
J. Music Rights
Participating groups are encouraged to work with a composer and/or musicians to write and record music for the films. It is permissible for a participating group to use pre-recorded music; however, the participating group must have the rights to any music used in its film and must provide releases for all music used. As with music, pre-recorded sound effects are allowed, but you must have rights to use them.
Note: Song parodies (i.e., use of identifiable pre-existing compositions with new or altered lyrics or music) may not be included in the film without a signed release from the composition's rights holder. This rule applies without regard to whether the song parody arguably constitutes fair use under US or international copyright law.
K. Total Running Time
The finished film must be a minimum of 4 minutes in duration, and a maximum of 7 minutes in duration—not including end credits. In other words, the official running time begins after the required Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival slates and ends prior to the end credits. The required slates and the end credits do not count towards the minimum time of 4 minutes. The film story may not be longer than 7 minutes. Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival reserves the right to shorten any film that exceeds the maximum length for screening purposes.
L. Credits
Pre-film Required Slates
Before the finished film begins, the media should have...
- 5 seconds title card with: film title (any legible font/style accepted)
- 5 seconds title card with: Official graphic for the Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival (which will be sent to Team Leads in the “Production Packet”).
After the 10 seconds of black, some films start with opening credits. These are not encouraged, but if you use them, opening credits are considered to be part of the film, and therefore count against the seven-minute maximum.
End Credits
Credits at the end of each film are limited to a maximum of 60 seconds. The 60 seconds is considered additional to the length of the film, as stated above. (That is, a film may be 7 minutes long, with an additional 60 seconds of credits, for a total running time of 8 minutes.) Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival reserves the right to shorten any end credits that exceed the maximum length for screening purposes.
Bloopers and/or behind-the-scenes are permitted during or after the end credits adhering to the 60-second maximum length.
The end credits must include the words: This film was made for the Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival
www.churchcreatives48.com
M. Required Media Formats
Maximum File Size: 5GB.
Export File Codec: H.264 1080P or 4K.
IMPORTANT: If your film does not conform to the submission requirements, you will lose points or be disqualified. Also, if your film cannot be viewed on Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival equipment, it may be disqualified. Please check with festival organizers at contact@atlchurchcreatives.com to make sure your film can be viewed on our equipment.
N. Submission Notes
- We recommend that you make sound levels relatively even throughout your film. (If your film has uneven sound or sound that peaks, it may be modified to protect the playback equipment.)
Each team must secure releases for talent, crew, music and locations (and any other applicable releases), which must be turned in to the project organizers with the finished film/video. The film/video will not be screened before the Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival Organizers receive the signed releases.
P. Signed Agreement
The Entrant must submit a Signed Agreement with his/her completed Entry, certifying adherence to all Official Rules.
Q. Eligibility
To be eligible for the Project, Entries must be the original work of the Entrant; must not infringe third-party's rights; must be suitable for publication (i.e., may not be obscene or indecent); must not contain obscene or pornographic material; may not contain defamatory statements about any person, company, organization or entity; may not invade privacy or other rights of any person, company or entity; may not in any other way violate applicable laws and regulations; and may not contain any copyrighted elements (other than as owned by the Entrant and/or Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival).
Entries containing prohibited or inappropriate content as determined by the Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival, in its sole discretion, to be inappropriate will be disqualified. Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival reserves the right to make the final determination as to which Entries are eligible. Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival reserves the right to refuse to screen a film or to make an announcement at the screening regarding the content of the film. Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival reserves the right to alter a film in order to remove or delete offensive or defamatory content.
R. No Pre-Screening Distribution
The Entrant should not distribute their entry/video/film in any way prior to it receiving its official Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival premiere screening. This includes uploading the video to any website or screening the film for groups of anyone other than the team. The Entrant can make a trailer of their film and distribute that instead. This trailer should be no longer than 40 seconds.
S. Official Film Entry
To be certified as an Official Film Entry, each participating group's film/video production must follow all rules herein. Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival Organizers reserve the right to screen only certified Official Film Entries.
- A downloadable release form link can be found on the churchcreatives48.com website.
- Instructions for submitting completed release forms shall be included in your “Production Packet”.
- Both written and electronic signatures are allowed on the Team Lead agreement form. Please ensure compliance with these rules to avoid disqualification and to ensure a successful participation in the Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival!
Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival and may, in their sole discretion, disqualify film projects deemed to be inappropriate or otherwise non-compliant.
FESTIVAL Overview
This overview is a bullet-point-break-down of key rules for the Church Creatives 48-hour Film Festival.
- Register by April 16th, 2024, 8:00pm EST
- Production begins April 18th, 2024, 8:00pm EST
- The “theme” will be announced April 18th, 2024, 8:00pm EST
- Films submitted by April 20th, 2024, 8:00pm EST
- Festival screening and winner announced April 26th, 2024
- Registration is $50 per/team and FREE for students with current id
- The grand prize for the highest scored film is $1,000 USD.
- Only 1 team member needs to apply for the whole team
- At least 1 team member must be at the screening to accept prize
- The festival is open to all ages, all people and all backgrounds
- Any digital camera is acceptable, must record 1080 or 4K
- All core media must be captured within the 48-hours.
- Films can be any genre within a PG-13 rating
- Actors, props and locations can be prepped before the festival
- Film run time must be between 4-7 minutes
- Export h.264 and upload “unlisted” to YouTube
- Our organizers hold the right to disqualify anyone for violations
- Filmmakers must provide license for any music used
- Please do not share films before the screening on April 26, 2024
- Films will be judged heaviest on artistic merit (storytelling)
- Fees are non-refundable
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