Glitch Fast
Create an innovative, interesting and, most importantly, entertaining short film,
no longer than three minutes, and you have a chance to win one
of four prizes which will be awarded this fall at the Glitch Fast event.
Let your minds run free, this is the perfect occasion to show us your guts,
your originality, your talent and all of this in a very small amount of time!!!
At the Glitch Fast, diversity, variety (… and brevity!) are favored above
all else. All genres are admissible: fake publicities, gags, parodies, very
short dramas, press reports, animation, fake cartoons, in French, English or
others,… be adventurous: it is up to you to surprise us! As long as the
film respects the time limit, and has a punchy, captivating narrative!
Prizes*
Cash prizes**:
- 1000$ (Glitch Fast Grand Prize)
- 500$ (Jury Prize)
- 250$ (Public Prize)
FIDO Prize:
- A Hiptop²
wireless device with prepaid FIDO plan, of a value totaling 610$ (FIDO special
prize, awarded to the best Canadian short***)
Terms et Regulations
- Deadline for the reception of the shorts: August 1st 2005
- Format : Mini DV , DVD ou DATA
- Length : 3 minutes or less
- There is no submission fee
- *Eligibility for all prizes: Only those who will have accepted the
web and DVD compilation limited distribution clauses, as stated in the submission
application, will be eligible for the prizes awarded by the festival.
The Glitch, Montreal’s Short Film Festival, is a non profit event
whose primary objective is to promote and distribute short films to a large
viewing public. The event is organized by a team comprised entirely of volunteers.
All funds collected by the sale of DVD compilations are reinvested in the
festival’s organization.
- **Mandatory presence for all cash prizes: To be eligible for the
cash prizes, the directors of the short films must be present (or have a representative)
at the Glitch Fast event, otherwise shorts which are not represented will
not be admissible to the cash prizes.
- • ***FIDO Prize: To be eligible for the FIDO prize, the maker
of the short must be a Canadian resident.
To submit your film, fill out our online
application.
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