Cultural Commission announces 2012 Short Film Competition
The Waynesboro Cultural Commission announed Tuesday that it has released the Call For Entries for its 2012 Waynesboro Short Film Competition.
The competition is open to all Virginia residents in two age categories: Youth 20 and under and Adults 21+. Submissions should be no longer than 16 minutes in length (including credits). All genres of short film are welcomed.
Entrants will have a chance to win cash prizes and have their film screened with other finalists in Waynesboro. Entries with a completed registration form must be received by the Waynesboro Cultural Commission by 5 p.m. on March 30, 2012 or postmarked by that date.
There is no entry fee.
Finalists will be selected from the submissions and screened on May 5, 2012. Winners in each age category will be announced at the screening.
Final judging will be by casting director and producer Erica Arvold, who most recently served as Virginia casting director on the movie “Office Seekers.” Arvold also recently cast the feature “Lake Effects,” produced and cast the feature “House Hunting” and has several projects in development.
The 2012 Waynesboro Short Film Competition Registration Form can be found at www.wborofilm.weebly.com.
For more information contact Clair Myers at 540-943-9999.
Cultural Commission announces Short Film Competitition
The Waynesboro Cultural Commission will host its first film competition in 2011. The competition called the 2011 Waynesboro Short Film Competition is open to all Virginia residents or students studying in Virginia. There is no entry fee.
The finalists in the competition will be screened by Jody Kielbasa, director of the Virginia Film Festival. Cash prizes will be awarded to the winners at a public screening during the late spring at a date to be announced.
The competition will have two age categories: Young Filmmakers 20 years of age and under and Adult Filmmakers 21 years or older. Films must be no longer than 16 minutes to qualify. All genres are accepted.
Entries with a completed registration form must be received by the Waynesboro Cultural Commission by 5 p.m., March 31, 2011 or postmarked by that date. The registration form may be found at www.wborofilm.weebly.com or www.waynetheatre.org.
The Waynesboro Cultural Commission is an agency of the City of Waynesboro. Among the purposes of the Commission is the coordination, promotion and support of existing cultural activities and events in the Waynesboro area and the development of new cultural activities that are not currently a part of existing organizations.
Edited by Chris Graham. Chris can be reached at freepress2@ntelos.net.
