Santa Barbara Ocean Film Festival
The Santa Barbara Ocean Film Festival is a competitive filmmaking event
developed to bring the finest ocean films from around the world to Santa Barbara
for screenings. It will be held on October 20th and 21st, 2007 in Arlington Theater
in Santa Barbara. At its core, the festival is a visually stunning event, capturing the
beauty, the power and the grace of the sea and its inhabitants. Adrenaline
junkies, SCUBA divers, sailors, fishermen—all will find inspiration and education
on the screen at the Santa Barbara Ocean Film Festival. The submission deadline
is the August 31st.
- A full day event at the Arlington Theater in Santa Barbara (2000 seats) with multiple programs geared towards reaching a broader demographic.
- Addition of the Ocean Family program: Family-friendly films ranging from narratives to animations to documentaries that are entertaining and educational for parents and children alike. With stories of adventure, conservation, and just plain fun!
- Addition of the Ocean Adrenaline program: Heart-pounding films of ocean adventures, close calls with nature, ocean sports, amazing encounters, or anything that will get your adrenaline pumping.
- VIP Party to follow the Main Event with notable guest celebrities.
Categories of Entry:
There are three main categories of entry for this festival.
Short form -- under 20 minutes total running time.
Long form -- 20 minutes to an hour total running time.
Features -- over one hour total running time.
Within each of the main categories exists genres. The genre qualification helps our judges to identify the film's content.
Genre headings are:
Conservation / Documentary
Travel
Adrenaline
Family / Animation
All styles of film will be accepted for review. Genres exist solely for the purposes of identification. If the genres listed do not adequately describe your film, please use the one that most closely matches your film's content. Please indicate a category and genre on the Submission application based on the preceding information.
Eligibility Requirements:
Employees and board members of The Ocean Channel are prohibited from entering.
Format Requirements:
Please submit a preview copy of your film on DVD with your completed application form. If accepted, you will be contacted to provide a final screening copy on one of the accepted formats. All final exhibition prints must be submitted on one of the following formats: HDCAM, DigiBeta, BetaSP, DVcam, miniDV. No other formats will be accepted for screening.
Disclaimer:
The Festival holds no responsibility for lost tapes or films. Preview tapes are non returnable. Screening films or tapes will not be returned.
Deadline for Submissions:
Regular deadline for submissions is August 31st. Extensions may be granted depending on specific requests.
Winners will be notified by email of acceptance by September 25th. Deadline for final prints of accepted films is October 10th.
Download the Complete Submission Guidelines (PDF)...
I was wondering when will Santa Barbara host such an event and here it is. Thanks for the info!
You probably need lots of experience to really create an original underwater movie because if you think of all the requirements... you realize that there is a long distance between you and the achievement of such a movie.
