Dover-Sherborn Cable Television 1st Annual Film Festival Accepting Entrants

The Dover-Sherborn Cable Television Film Festival is a promotional event highlighting local amateur filmmaking in Massachusetts. Entrants are asked to produce a film no longer than eight minutes in one of the following categories:

Film made by filmmaker Pre-K thru Grade 8
Film made by filmmaker Grade 9-12
Film made by filmmaker attending College
Film made by filmmaker Post-College

All films must be uploaded to YouTube and will be judged by a panel of judges. Entrants placing in the top three in each category will be informed via e-mail with their placement announced at a screening on November 11,2016 at the Lindquist Commons Auditorium located at 9 Junction St. In Dover, Ma. Finalists will additionally be given the opportunity to be featured on air and receive the following prizes:

1st Place in each category: $200
2nd Place in each category: $100
3rd place in each category: $50

To be eligible, films may be of any subject matter so long as they meet the exhibition standards of acceptable content for both the Dover-Sherbon Regional School Campus and YouTube’s content standards. Such determinations will be made by the judging panel.

Filmmakers wishing to participate should upload their film to YouTube and e-mail
dmurphy@dsctv.com with a link to the film as well as a completed submission form. The subject of the e-mail should be “DSCTV Film Festival.” Prizes will be awarded to the first signatory on the submission form.

The deadline for submissions is September 30, 2016. Entries should be limited to one entry per person, less than eight minutes in length, and meet criteria as indicated above. Good luck to all participants.