Call for Submissions
Share your community’s unique cultural treasures of the senses with the wider global village in less than ten minutes.

Sensational Elora: Festival of the Senses is launching an exciting new international digital short film festival that celebrates the unique sights, sounds, arts, foods and physical heritage of small and large communities everywhere.

Designed to utilize widely available and easily accessible video equipment, communications platforms and social networks, Short Cuts to the Senses aims to encourage wide participation by budding digital film-makers everywhere. It is hoped that the festival will foster a better understanding and respect for the unique culture and senses of others, finding common ground, purpose and strength in our diversity.

Theme
Submissions should portray unique community features of sights, sounds, food, arts and heritage that make a compelling story about your community. They can be in the form of a documentary or short feature no longer than ten minutes.

How to Participate
Interested film-makers should submit with a fee of $5. When payment is received, you will be emailed a link to our online Entry Form. You then have the option to upload your film to our secure server, or mail us a DVD of your work

Entries will be judged by a diverse, international jury of renowned film makers, critics, artists and others using on-line social networks in real time. Finalists’ works will be screened at various events and venues during Sensational Elora: Festival of the Senses, which runs October 2-13, 2008, in and around picturesque Elora. Winners will be announced at a special viewing on October 5, 2008, at the Fergus Grand Theatre and posted for worldwide viewing on the Sensational Elora web site.

Prizes
Prizes will be awarded to best short feature, best documentary and most promising young (under 16) film-maker.

Technical
Submissions will be uploaded onto the festival server. You may also send in DVD format to:

Sensational Elora: Festival of the Senses
Short Cuts to the Senses
P.O. Box 911
Elora, Ontario
N0B 1S0
Canada

Submission Deadline
Entries must be received by September 15, 2008, to be considered.

Rules & Regulations
1. Persons submitting work must be either the authors of such work or have legal authority or exclusive rights to showcase the original work on behalf of the author at the Sensational Elora: Festival of the Senses – Short Cuts to the Senses International Film Competition.
2. The film maker or his/her authorized agent grants Sensational Elora: Festival of the Senses the rights to review, screen, judge the film in whole or in part from the time of submission until the end of the Festival. Furthermore, the author grants permission to Sensational Elora: Festival of the Senses to use clips of original films submitted for the purpose of promoting the Festival and the Short Cuts to the Senses film competition.
3. Preference in judging will be given to original work produced in the past year.