Q. How do I enter?

A. See the Submission Checklist

You must fill out the on-line form found here: Submission Form (for all calls)

FEES: US$5.00 – payable by check, money or credit card/Paypal online. Please send check with submission or PAY ONLINE.

Please send us your work as an uncompressed quicktime or .avi file on a DVD. NO AUTHORED DVDS.

Must be 15 minutes or less, including all titles...NO EXCEPTIONS.

For all works please make sure that frame rates and screen sizes are (720 x 480(0.9 standard) or 720 x 480 (1.2 wide), 29.97 fps preferred for NTSC). For PAL (720 x 576 (1.067 standard) or 720 x 576 (1.422 wide), 25.00 fps).

A brief synopsis of the work(s) of up to 150 words and a short biography of the artists of up to 50 words maximum is also requested. You may enter this on the entry form. A production still .jpeg or .gif (PC formatted) should be included on a CD along with biographical materials and synopses and any other information.

Please include a self-addressed postcard that we will send back to you as indication of reception of your film - we will pay for postage.

NONE OF THE MATERIALS WILL BE RETURNED

ALL SUBMITTED ITEMS (papers, DVDs, tapes, cards, etc) MUST HAVE THE ARTIST NAME, NAME OF THE WORK,and CONTACT, info.

Mail all films to:

Q. Are you flexible on length?

A. In a word, NO. The time limits must be strict in order to be fair to everyone. Your film (including titles, credit, intro, etc.) must fall under 15 minutes.

Q. What is unauthored vs. authored DVD and why do not accept authored DVDs?

A. When creating programs, Microcinema creates a show-reel with several short films. To do this we need to use uncompressed (relative to mpeg or .VOB) versions of your film. The DVD authoring process compresses films into mpeg files and then encodes the files – resulting in a disc with .VOB files. Ripping is an unreliable method for us to extract your film assets.

Unauthored DVDs are just "data-discs" with un compressed .avi or .mov files.

We are adding to this list all the time, please write us if you have any other questions.