Deadline to submit is January 7th, 2019, 11:59pm MST.

Submit online here: https://fava.submittable.com/submit

ELIGIBILITY

All FAVA members in good standing are eligible to apply. Members in good standing are defined as those who have paid their membership fees and have NO outstanding debts beyond 90 days.

• In accordance with Board policy, all FAVA members including Staff and Board Members are encouraged to apply.
• Only directors or producers who own the rights to the project and retain creative control are eligible to apply.
• Applicants are welcome for projects completed in the 18 months previous to the application deadline (this year, projects completed between July 1st 2017 and January 7th 2019 will be considered).
• Projects that have been submitted previously are not eligible to be resubmitted.
• FAVA members are welcome to apply with as many eligible projects in as many different categories as they wish. Please fill out a separate entry form for each application.
• If the film or video contains third party content (such as video, music or images), applicant must have the right to use that content.
• The film or video must not infringe third party copyrights or other intellectual property.
• Award recipients grant FAVA the right to use publicity materials related to the film or video, and to broadcast or screen clips to a maximum of 30 seconds, for promotional purposes.
• If the jury decides that a project is more appropriate for a different award category, FAVA reserves the right to move the application.

ASSESSMENT OF SUBMISSIONS

The sole basis for assessment of all submissions will be the film or video itself. A jury of FAVA members and non-FAVA industry peers will be tasked with reviewing and evaluating the submissions, and selecting the award recipients.

Jurors are not expected to provide an individual adjudication of each submission, and no specific comments about individual applications are recorded or made available to applicants.

If the jury decides that a category lacks an entry deserving of the Award of Excellence, FAVA reserves the right not to present an award in that category.

Award recipients will be announced at FAVA FEST 2019 (Dates TBD).

The filmmaker agrees to allow FAVA to keep a copy of the submitted work in the FAVA archive for internal reference.

FESTIVAL SCREENINGS

By submitting this application, the filmmaker agrees to allow FAVA to screen the work for the public during FAVA FEST.

FAVA does NOT commit to a public screening of every film or video submitted.

Deadline to submit is January 14th, 2019, 11:59pm MST.

Submit online here: https://fava.submittable.com/submit

ELIGIBILITY

All FAVA members in good standing are eligible to apply. Members in good standing are defined as those who have paid their membership fees and have no outstanding debts beyond 90 days.

• Members may only submit a maximum of one proposal to each production award category. Applicants are welcome to resubmit project proposals which were unsuccessful in previous years.
• In accordance with Board policy, all FAVA members including Staff and Board Members are encouraged to apply.
• Applications are welcome for projects of any length.
• If the jury decides that a project is more appropriate for a different award category, FAVA reserves the right to move the application.
• Successful applicants will be required to include the FAVA logo in the tail credits of their completed project.
• For screening and archival purposes, successful applicants will be required to submit their completed project in the following formats:

1) a high resolution Quicktime file (Apple Pro Res 422 1020 x 1080 in native frame rate).

2) a DVD

ASSESSMENT OF SUBMISSIONS

The basis for assessment of all proposals will be the written application and support material submitted by the applicant. A jury of peers will be tasked with reviewing, evaluating, and selecting the successful proposals.

Proposals will be evaluated on:

• artistic merit of the proposal
• feasibility of the proposal

Jurors are not expected to provide an individual adjudication of each applicant, and no specific comments about individual applications are recorded or made available to applicants.

Award winners will be announced at FAVA FEST 2019 (Dates TBD).