BCSFF Film Submission Categories

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Animation
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Junior
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Senior Classical / 2D: Cel or frame-based productions that incorporate traditional techniques to create the animation. These may be hand-drawn/scanned or composed wholly on the computer.
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Senior 3D / Stop Motion: Both Stop Motion and 3D Animation rely on the “posing” of models/puppets over time to create the Animation.
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Junior
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Public Service Announcement (30 or 60 seconds): PSA’s support a cause/position; commercials are endorsing a product or company.
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Documentary: Often called a “visual essay”, these are typically educational/informative in nature. If your movie describes a person, place or event, it is likely a documentary.
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Music Video: A film used to accompany original music.
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Narrative Drama - overall theme is serious and Dramatic: An inciting incident, rising action, climax style film. This is the most common form of student movie.
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Narrative Comedy – overall theme is Comedic including Mockumentary: Same as above, but with a strong reliance on humour.
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Experimental: Stylized content that does not follow a standard narrative or documentary structure.
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Senior (see above for descriptions)
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Public Service Announcement (30 or 60 seconds)
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Documentary
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Music Video
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Narrative - overall theme is serious and Dramatic
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Narrative – overall theme is Comedic including Mockumentary
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Experimental
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Action / Lifestyle
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Promotional
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Spoken Word
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Exploration of Natural World; Bryn Hutchinson award
This new category is for films that explore the world we live in. Using any style (narrative, documentary, promotional, experimental, PSA, action lifestyle) the film must have a strong focus on the environment.
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Long Form (10-30 minutes any style) - 1 age category (junior/senior only)
