FAQ

What are the awards?

• Best Comedy
• Best Documentary
• Best Environmental
• Youth Award (you must have completed the film while under 18yrs of age)

   Grand Prize:

• The Campfire Award (For the best discussion-starter, advancing the best combination of peace, love and vigorous debate)

Prizes are currently being negotiated with a number of sponsors.

How do I take part?

You may submit your film in one of 2 ways, either:

1. online (through our regular online submission process for immediate hosting) or
2. send your regular DVD along with the Awards submission form to

Campfire Film Festival
c/o Image Control
Suite One, The Alma Complex
663 Victoria Street, Abbotsford VIC 3067
Australia

How are the finalists chosen? Is it fair?

There is an independent, multi-faith judging panel, including at least one short film professional. We are interested in all religious (and non-religious) perspectives and wish to celebrate the highest calibre of filmmaking. As with any film festival, the panel’s decision is final, and no correspondence will be entered into.

Do all finalists receive an award?

At the Campfie Awards screening, 8 short films will be screened - these are called the 'finalists'. Only 5 of these films will receive an award.
The additional 3 short films will be nominated as having received either a 'special mention' or the 'runners-up' to the main Campfire Award.

If I am selected as a finalist, what happens then?

• You will be notified in the week ending October 9
• You must send a cinema-quality screening copy of your film to us before October 23 to be entitled to your 'finalist' status.

What format is acceptable for the screening?

• DigiBetacam (recommended)
• DVCam (on miniDV tape)
• BetacamSP
• DVD-ROM with QuickTime files
  (H.264 encoding at 30mbit/s or greater, audio 48kHz)

Unfortunately, standard DVD (mpg2 encoding) is not acceptable. Remember, your film will be projected in a cinema and we want to present it in the best way possible.

What happens with other films not on the site - is Campfire no longer an online film festival?

Campfire is emerging as a leader of offline-online film festival hybrids. The diagram here (above) shows simply how both work together, offering filmmakers ‘the best of both worlds’.

What other benefits are there?

Many!
• The eight finalists will all be screened at the ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image) cinema, which uses state-of-the-art digital projection.
• In its inaugural year, the Campfire Awards will also be classified as an official Offsite event as part of the Parliament of the World's Religions, where religious and other dignitaries from the around the world will visiting the city of Melbourne.
• There is no entrance fee for this, our inaugural, year.
• The attention and recognition your film is likely to receive having been part of this event is likely to be enormous.
• Above all, you will be raising the interest and awareness of your chosen subject with people who are vitally interested in faith, religion and meaning.

Contact us directly for any further quiries.