North Carolina Film Awards (NCFA)

ELIGIBILITY

To be eligible for consideration:

(1) Entrants must comply with the Entry Rules & Regulations, including deadline(s) and

selected material requirements.  

(2) Films must be in their complete form, no works-in-progress accepted.

(3) Non-English language works must either have English subtitles or be accompanied by dialogue lists in

both English and the original language.

THE APPLICATION PROCESS

All entries must include the following:

(1) An official 2014 Festival “Online Entry Form” properly completed and submitted.

(2) The entry fee is payable by PayPal in U.S. Dollars only (made payable to Eno River

Media Productions).

STUDENT ENTRIES

Shorts  - 45 minutes

Standard Deadline: December 30, 2014 -- US $15.00

Features - 46-120 minutes

Standard Deadline: December 30, 2014 -- US $20.00

SHORT FILMS VS. FEATURE FILMS

- 45 minutes or less running length is considered a SHORT  

- more than   46 minutes up to 120 minutes is considered a FEATURE  

CATEGORIES FOR SUBMISSION

Categories & Tiers

There are three recognition tiers per category. 

The three recognition tiers are:

Founder’s Award – Our most prestigious award

Director’s Award – Our award for superior effort

President’s Award – Our award of distinction

The categories are:

Short:  Action/Adventure

Short:  Animation

Short:  Comedy

Short:  Drama

Short:  Horror/Science Fiction

Feature:  Action/Adventure

Feature:  Animation

Feature:  Comedy

Feature:  Drama

Feature:  Horror/Science Fiction

AWARDS

Each film invited to be part of the Festival will receive a Certificate of Participation.

MULTIPLE ENTRIES

Each entered work must be accompanied by its own entry form and a separate online link. Each entry must have a separate PayPal entry fee.

SELECTION PROCESS

A panel of industry experts will screen for accepted works in each category. 

NOTIFICATION OF STATUS

Applicants are responsible for ensuring their entry link and password plays correctly.  If it does not play when viewed by the Judges, you will be notified of the play problem via email once only.

Applicants will be notified of their status via email by February 15, 2014. Please update the festival with any changes in contact information to be sure notification is received in a timely manner.

IMPORTANT DATES

October 1, 2014                        Beginning of Festival – Submissions Open

December 30, 2014                  End of Festival – Submissions Closed

January 2, 2015                       Judging Commences

January 30, 2015                    Judging Complete – Applicants Notified

RELEASE

The North Carolina Film Awards will not be held responsible for any legal issues that might arise from theinclusion of uncleared materials in your film. It is the sole responsibility of the entity submitting the film to secure permission from the copyright holder of the   material in question such as music, stock footage, or any other elements   that could violate an existing copyright.