The Carolina Fim and Video Festival AKA: CFVF

Hellooo,
boys and girls, student and professional filmmakers alike and if your from or in North Carolina here's the film festival for you! The Carolina Film and Video Festival or the CFVF is a Film festival based out of Greensboro North Carolina, specifically the University of North Carolina in Greensboro or UNCG. This film festival invites both student and independent filmmakers to submit their films or video works. They accept any length of film. Once submitted and screened if your film is accepted then it is divided into the following categories: NARRATIVE, DOCUMENTARY, EXPERIMENTAL/ANIMATION, NORTH CAROLINA AND HIGH SCHOOL. The accepted films are then categorized by genre and skill level. Films or videos must be completed no more than 18 months prior to the November 15 deadline. North Carolina and student filmmakers enjoy reduced entry fees. The Festival deadlines for 2008 run from September 15th through November 15th 2007.

The film festival's humble beginnings, started back in 1978. When the Carolina film and video festival began it was only a one day film festival. Through the 28 years (this year being the 29th year) of the CFVF's existence, each year it continues to grow and expand. The festival now a four day festival (February 22nd-25th) has attracted big names such as Josh Hartnett and Selma Blair which at the time they where in the early stages of their career, and since have gone on to work in the silver screens of Hollywood.

The Festival screens the top fifty films out of about 400 submitted films, ranging from three seconds to two hours in length. Each day of the festival the schedule consists of workshops and lectures by featured filmmakers followed by screenings of the films later that day. Though the festival accepts all film genre, in the past years most selections of films shown were most independent narratives, with student and independent Documentary as well as animation film and screenings filling the cracks in the schedule.

The entry cost of early films for independent films is $30,
for North Carolina Independent films $20,
Student (college/university) $20,
High School $5.
The standard entry fee for independent $40,
for North Carolina Independent fee $30,
Student (college/university) fee: $30,
and high school $10.

Awards
This is an example of awards given to filmmakers:
2007 Categories and Awards

Documentary Award (independent and student categories)
$250 honoring the best documentary film of any length.

Narrative Award (independent and student categories)
$250 honoring the best narrative film of any length. 

Experimental/Animation Award (independent and student categories)
$250 honoring the best experimental or animated film of any length. 

Bill Arnold North Carolina Film Award
$250 honoring the best film (of any genre) made by a North Carolinian. This
award plus travel expenses for the North Carolina Filmmakers attending the
festival is donated by Sam Froelich in honor of Bill Arnold who served as Director of the NC Film Office for 26 years.

Jacob H. Froelich Jr. Screenwriting Award
$250 honoring the best screenplay. This award plus travel expenses for the
screenwriting winner is donated by Sam Froelich in remembrance of his father Jacob H. Froelich Jr. An addtional portion this award is also donated by the Department of Broadcasting and Cinema?s Dr. Emily Edwards.

Alberta Ahler Filmmaker Award 
$250 honoring the best film (of any genre) made by a high school student. This award is donated by the Department of Broadcasting and Cinema's Dr. John Lee Jellicorse.

UNCG DownHome Entertainment Undergraduate and Graduate Student Awards
$125 honoring the best film made while enrolled as a student at UNCG
(undergraduate and graduate categories). This award is dontated by Sam
Froelich. An additional portion this award is also donated by the Department of Broadcasting and Cinema?s Dr. Emily Edwards.

Kodak Award for Cinematography
$500 worth of Kodak film stock honoring outstanding achievement in
cinematography. This award is donated by Kodak.

CineFilm Award for Direction
$500 worth of film processing services honoring outstanding achievement in
direction. This award is donated by CineFilm.

Submitted films that are accepted will be announced February 1st, 2008.
To contact the Carolina film and Video festival can be done by phone, e-mail, mail, or through withoutabox.

Staff:
Faculty Director/ Advisor, Dr. Kimberlianne Podlas
Graduate Student Director, Nicole Triche

Phone:
336 334-4197/ 4196

Email:
cfvf@uncg.edu

Mail:
Dept of Broadcasting & Cinema,
306 McIver UNCG,
Greensboro NC 27403

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Rules:
I (the entrant) have read and agree to all CFVF rules and procedures. I warrant that I am the owner of the submission; have not infringed upon or violated any copyright, privacy rights, or publicity or similar rights; have obtained all rights, licenses, or necessary permissions thereto; will indemnify CFVF against any claims related to this submission; will hold CFVF harmless for any damages, costs, liabilities, and expenses related to the submission, screening, and use of this entry; limit and liquidate all claims to no more than the cost of the entry fee; and expressly grant CFVF permission to use, broadcast, or publicly display the submission (or its film or sound components) for publicity, teaching, and other related festival purposes.
The basic rules are similar if not the same as many other festivals the only catches to the film is that they must involve or have some kind of connection with the state of North Carolina whether it be through a filmmaker, a subject, or a setting.