By Sharon McCaman

We are now accepting submissions to the 3rd Annual Dance Shorts: College Film Festival. This festival provides an opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students to share their short dance films in a national venue. Dance Shorts: College Film Festival spotlights short dance films that are between two and six minutes in length. These dance films can be narrative, experimental, or abstract and incorporate any combination of music, lights, costumes, and location with dance and today's film technology.

We would like to inform about some changes we have made in this year’s festival. First, we are thrilled to announce, this year’s festival gala will be hosted at Arizona State University. Working together to produce the 3rd annual Dance Film: College Film Festival, both the University of South Florida and Arizona State University are dedicated to providing college level students with the greatest opportunity for national exposure of their short films. In an effort to make the festival available to a larger student population, this year our submission fees have changed significantly. Students who submit their films prior to the early bird submission deadline (February 15, 2016) will only pay a $5 entry fee, and students who submit after the early bird submission deadline will only pay a $10 entry fee. Furthermore, this year the festival is expanding, as this will be the first time we will be accepting films from international college students. We ask for you to please share all this exciting news with your student body and encourage them to submit their short dance films to the 3rd annual Dance Film: College Film Festival.

All films are viewed and adjudicated by invited professionals within the dance and film community. The highest scoring pieces will be showcased at a film gala. Out of these top pieces awards will be given to the best films.

Below is the submission criteria for the festival. If you have any questions, please contact us at info@danceshortsfestival.com.

Submission Criteria:

• Limited to undergraduate and graduate student films.

• Entries must have been made within the last 3 years.

• Short dance film – narrative, experimental, or abstract.

• Length: 2 – 6 minutes.

• Early Bird Submissions: Film, application, and fee of $5 Films must be submitted online by February 15, 2016 11:59PM PST.

• Regular Submissions: Film, application, and fee of $10 must be sent after February 15, 2016 11:59PM PST but on or before February 29, 2016 11:59PM PST.

• All materials must be submitted online at www.DanceShortsFestival.com.

• Documentaries will not be accepted.

• Recorded stage productions will not be accepted.

• Only one contact person per film entry.

• All applicants must be sponsored by a faculty member from the educational institution that the student was attending when the film was created. This means that a faculty member from the institution where the film was made will vouch for the authenticity of the film should the need arise.

• Title of the work should be included in the film, however, no other credits of any kind are allowed in the film.

• Films cannot include any personal identifiers. Judging will be completely anonymous. There can be nothing in the film or its title that identifies the creator(s) of the film or the educational institution.

• All films must be submitted in their final edited form. If your film is selected for the gala, you will be given the opportunity to add credits back on to the film.

If you have any questions, please contact us at info@DanceShortsFestival.com.

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