2010
RULES AND REGULATIONS

COMPLETION DATES:
All films must have completed production and filming in 2009 or 2010.

SUBMISSION DEADLINES & ENTRY FEES:
All films in competition must pay the entry fee, must be submitted online by their respective deadline and be postmarked within one week of their respective deadline.

Early Bird Deadline: January 31, 2010, $10
Quadruple Chance Deadline: February 28, 2010, $12
Triple Chance Deadline: March 31, 2010, $13
Double Chance Deadline: April 30, 2010, $14
Regular Deadline: May 30, 2010, $15
Late Deadline: June 30 2010, $20
WAB Extended Deadline: July 15 2010, $45

Special incentives are described on the festival website such as entering early.

ENTRANTS
All film entrants or submitters must by 18 years of age or older. Those who are not the legal age to enter contracts, must have written permission from their parent or legal guardian. The film entrant or submitter concedes they are authorized to exhibit the Film at the Festival and Festival Market, and grant the permissions to the Festival outlined in the rules as well as the right to provide supplied contact information to film industry and patrons in the Festival Market and with discretion to film industry organizations sponsoring the Festival events.

PRIOR SCREENINGS:
Entries in Competition may not have opened theatrically nor nationally broadcast in any format anywhere in the U.S. before November 20th, 2010. Entries may not have been previously submitted into the Red Rock Film Festival. All films submitted into competition must be at least a Southern Utah Premiere and must not have been shown in public the following counties in Utah: Washington County, Beaver County, Piute County, Wayne County, Iron County, Garfield County, Kane County or San Juan County.

RUNNING TIME:
Features must be 60 - 150 minutes in length. Featurettes must be 30 - 59 minutes in length. Shorts must be 1 - 29 minutes in length with "Shorts Shorts" being 1 - 5.0 minutes in length. Animated Shorts must be 1 - 59 minutes in length. Young Filmmaker Shorts must be 1 - 29 minutes in length. Running time is calculated from the head frame to the last frame of the end credits.

LANGUAGE:
Festival is open to international cinema. Dialogues that are not in English must be subtitled in English.

PERMISSIONS:
Permission to use stills and excerpts from the submitted film, not to exceed 2 minutes, for promotional purposes (in print, theatrically, broadcast, internet or all other means as well as released to the news media) is considered granted upon submission as well as copying and archiving the entries to Blu-ray, DVD, Hard Disk, Tape or other means for projection for the festival, and for the purpose of previewing and judging.
The filmmaker, entrant and submitter concede they are authorized to use all images, likenesses, music and sounds in their entry, and that the exhibition will not violate or infringe any copyright, privacy right, publicity right, patent, trademark, service mark or any other property or personal right, and does not constitute a defamation of any person or entity nor is the film subject to or threatened by litigation. The filmmaker, entrant and submitter grants permission to the festival to screen the entry at the festival including the festival market, and agrees to hold harmless the Red Rock Film Festival, its sponsors, entities, officers, committee members, attorneys, and advisers from any and all claims, losses, liabilities or attorneys' fees that may be held against any of the foregoing in connection with the Film entry or the Festival's use thereof.

ANIMATED SHORTS:
At Least 75% of the film must be animated in order to qualify. Cell, hand-drawn, computer, clay, and puppet animation are all acceptable.

YOUNG FILMMAKERS:
Short films must be made by young students enrolled in a High School, Middle School, Grammar School or home study equivalent program, during the production of the film. Separate age sub-categories may be added at the Programming Director's discretion. If the entrant or submitter is younger than 18 years of age or younger than the legal age to enter contracts is his/her state, written consent from his/her parent or legal guardian must be sent to the Festival entry location.

JUDGING CRITERIA FOR COMPETITION:
All films are previewed with consideration to the Content and Mission of the festival, and scored with notes in the following artistic elements: Direction, Screenplay, Acting/Talent, Production Value and Post-Production Values. Entrants may request for previewer notes in writing to help aid in the production in their film: notes are opinions of the previewers and do not, necessarily reflect the opinions of the festival.
There are five rounds in the festival: First, Second, Third, Finalist and Official Selection. The Programming Director selects films from the finalists at his or her discretion based on the highest previewer scores and the notes.
The Official Selections are sent to the Grand Jury who score the films in their category on Direction, Screenplay, Acting/Talent, Production Value and Post-Production Values. The highest scoring film is selected as the best film in that category. Individual elements of film may be selected at the discretion of the Programming Director, Festival Director and suggestion from members of the Grand Jury.
Members of the Grand Jury are also asked to nominate films in their category for Special Achievements – jurors are asked to vote on the Special Achievements with winners being a two-thirds vote or higher.

CONTENT:
The festival encourages films that portray the human race in a positive light, and will take films of all sorts into consideration. Please be advised that films with gratuitous or excessive violence or sexual content will not be accepted at the programmer's discretion.

SUBMISSION FORMAT:
Films may be submitted on the secure online screeners on withoutabox. If film makes it into the third round or Film Market, the festival will need 3 copies sent to our submission address. Submission copies for features may be on Blu-ray or DVD (PAL or NTSC.) Shorts may be submitted on DVD (PAL or NTSC.)

CHECKS / MONEY ORDERS:
Make checks or US money orders payable in U.S. dollars to "Red Rock Film Festival" by special permission of the festival, and by using the festival's online form.

FINANCING:
Entries in Competition may not have been produced, financed or initiated by a MAJOR motion picture studio distribution company.

ELECTRONIC PRESS KITS:
Press Kits should be simple, available on withoutabox.com or emailed. Photos may be submitted as a jpeg, tif or eps file with the correct aspect ratio. If the screenshots originate from standard video they should be resized to SQUARE pixels (ie: 720 x 540.) Written files may be a text file or included in the body of the email.
The files must include:
• 2 color still screenshots that represent a SCENE FROM THE FILM.
• 1 headshot of the DIRECTOR.
• Complete credits of the principal cast and production crew.
• Director's Bio: A short bio about the director in 50 - 100 words.
• Synopsis: a short description about the film in 50 - 125 words without revealing crucial or surprise plot elements.
The festival reserves the right to complete any information not supplied by the filmmaker from whatever source available, and will not be responsible if incorrect information is entered.

EXHIBITION FORMAT: HD Quicktime files are encouraged. The festival, at its own choosing, will select either a usable Quicktime file, DVD, Blu-ray or 35mm print for projection.

SHIPPING:
Submission copies are returned only if the filmmaker has provided the festival with a Prepaid self-addressed envelope. Submissions must be shipped prepaid and properly packaged with entry form, publicity materials, and entry fee to: Red Rock Film Festival, 13440 Arnold Dr.,
Glen Ellen, CA 95442, USA

Upon acceptance, exhibition prints must be shipped to the Red Rock Film Festival to the supplied UTAH address on the requested format. The Print Source will be responsible for the cost of the exhibition print shipment to the festival. The festival will return the print pre-paid to the supplier. The festival handles the prints with the utmost care and provides postal insurance of loss or damage to a maximum of US $400 (or cost of replacement, whichever is Less.) The festival does not provide insurance for originals or masters or to foreign countries.

SELECTION NOTIFICATION:
The competition finalists and other films selected for the Red Rock Film Festival will be notified by email or mail. Participation in the festival implies understanding and acceptance of all regulations and requirements of the Red Rock Film Festival and the entrant must comply by all submission deadlines of the submission copy, exhibition print, publicity stills, director's photo, director's bio, a completed submission form, as well as all other publicity for the press such as postcard flyers. For more information contact the festival at:
Red Rock Film Festival
Telephone: 435.705.5555
Website: www.redrockfilmfestival.com