MUFF 2008 REGISTRATION GUIDELINES
DEADLINE
April 1, 2008
ELIGIBILITY
Independent productions accepted only
Films produced, financed, or initiated by a major motion picture studio are not eligible for screening at the Montreal Underground Film Festival.
Prior Screenings
Previous or scheduled screenings at other festivals are acceptable. The "Montreal Premiere" status is preferred, but not mandatory.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Format
Preview copy must be submitted on VHS tape (NTSC) or DVD . Before sending your computer-burned DVD to us, please test it on a stand-alone DVD player.
Screening copy must be on DVD or MiniDV..
Mandatory Accompanying Materials
• Completed and signed entry form;
• Preview copy. Please label both the case and the preview copy with the title, running-time, and contact information;
• Photo of the film and photo of director;
• Please send a photo and synopsis of your film by e-mail for our website;
• If receipt of entry is required, include a self-addressed stamped postcard.
SELECTED FILMS
Only filmmakers of selected films will be contacted.
If your film is selected, you must provide the following by April 23rd, 2008:
• Press kits, including photos (2 or more kits)
• Posters / Postcards and other available publicity material
• Additional 1/2" VHS videotapes of the film.
• The screening copy in DVD or Mini DV.
Shipping
For all materials, shipping and handling costs to the festival office will be covered by the entrant. Preview copies and promotional material will be retained by the festival.
THIS IS WHAT WE WANT
Unknown, alternative, mysterious, HARDCORE, avant-garde, novel, private, radical, resistant, revolutionary, subversive, GORE, clandestine, unbowed, VIDEO ART, cloaked, unconventional, undercover, ANIMATION, buried, hermetical, subterranean, SUSPENSE, cadaverous, underfoot, illegitimate, DOCUMENTARY, bootleg, EXPERIMENTAL, shady, abstruse, covert, buried, clandestine, covered, DOCUDRAMA, cryptic, DOCUTRAUMA, dark, disguised, eclipsed, esoteric, (un)exposed, screened, FILM NOIR, enclosed, undisclosed, clouded, unperceivable, THRILLER, indiscernible, sequestered, invisible, latent, masked, sub-terrestrial, mystical, EROTIC, sexy, obscure, occult, unusual, private, unseen, concealed, recondite, SOFTCORE, secreted, shadowy, shrouded, FICTION, surreptitious, ulterior, undetected, HORROR, secluded, unrevealed, oblique, suspended. GIVE US WHAT YOU GOT!
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