This year you can enter 2 different ways. You can download entry forms directly from this site:

Download the .pdf entry form, or a Word doc. form and fill it out, and send two (2) copies for each entry(ies) and payment to the:

Film Council Of Greater Columbus
1430 South High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43207

Our peferred method of payment is by check, but we do accept credit cards through paypal. If you wish to use a credt card:

or you can enter through Withoutabox, a festival entry service. Either way you must send your DVD, VHS, or CD to us at:

Film Council Of Greater Columbus
1430 South High Street, rm 322
Columbus, Ohio 43207

A single check for multiple entries fees is preferred. For more information or questions, call us at 614-444-7460 or E-mail us at info@chrisawards.org

For each Entry received by April 1, 2008, deduct $10.00 (Multiple entries included. For example, for three entries, deduct $30.00)

For each Entry received by May 1, 2008 deduct $5.00 (Multiple entries included. For example, for three entries, deduct $15.00)

Series
A series, campaign, or multi-part package may be entered. We suggest submitting two (2) or three (3) representative segments. If a series is made up of short segments, totaling under 15 minutes, it may be put on one tape or DVD to qualify for lower fees.

Late Fee
Works in post production may receive a two week deadline extension if requested by July 15, 2008. There will be a $30 late fee for utilizing this grace period. Any work completed after July 31, 2008, should be entered in the 2009 competition.

We do accept Purchase Orders from companies and organizations.

We do not return tapes/DVDs.

IF YOU MOVE after entering, please let us know your new address!!(both postal and email) Notification of results are sent in mid-September, so it is essential to have your correct address.

ENTRY FEES NON-REFUNDABLE

ENTRY DEADLINE

July 15, 2008

Carefully read the following Guidelines and the Terms & Conditions. Submissions must comply with these rules to be eligible for Festival competition. The Entry Form may be photocopied. If you have questions, e-mail or call the Film Council Office at  (614) 444-7460.

Format
Entries should be submitted on DVDs or 1/2" videotape cassettes in the standard NTSC signal pattern (0 or 1). We do not accept PAL or Seacam. Interactive Online entries may be web adresses or on CD or DVD.

Deadline
Entry deadline is July 15, 2008. Entries should be at our office by that date. Written or emailed acknowledgements will be sent to all entrants shortly after they are processed in the Film Council office.

Eligibility
Productions completed in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 are eligible for entry into the 2008 festival. 

Re-entry
Entries from previous Columbus International Film & Video Festivals are eligible for this years competition if they are entered in a different division than the original submission, and were produced during or after 2005.

English Language
All entries must have the essential information on an English language soundtrack or English subtitles. A separate English translation script is not an acceptable substitute with the exception of foreign student entries.

Promotion Rights
Unless we are otherwise notified, producers or distributors who enter the festival grant permission for their winning entries to be presented at any Festival screening or event. Please notify us at time of entry if you require an exception to this policy.

Liability
Although every possible care will be taken with videotapes and dvds while in our possession, we cannot accept responsibility for loss or damage. Do not send any original materials. Judges decisions are final. 

Publicity
Print publicity and reproducible stills may be used in the Festival Program and Festival publicity. If you are interested in such coverage, please include stills on a cd or dvd. We do not return materials. 

Judging Period, Notification, & Retention of Tapes
Entries will be judged from receipt through early September. Notification of competition results, will be sent to all entrants by the end of September. Information about the awards presentations, and invitations to awards banquet will be included to winners at that time. Entries will not be returned. We keep Chris winners for the Chris Collection.

Entry Form
Send two (2) copies of the Entry Form, which may be photocopied, with each entry. The back of the form may be used for expanded purpose, synopsis or production information. One Entry Form stays in the office, the other goes with the entry to the jury panel.

Divisions
Entrants should select the appropriate division for each entry. The subject matter and purpose of the production are primary factors for selection of placement. However, style (i.e. documentary, drama or animation) may also determine placement. Entries with multiple purposes may be submitted in more than one division; however, each submission requires separate entry tape/dvd, form and fee. The festival office can provide guidance as to which division might be most appropriate.

Division Transfer
The entrant best knows the material and its purpose. However, each Division Chair has the right to change the division or category of an entry if another placement seems more appropriate.

Videotapes must be shipped rewound or cued up (with a notation how to recue), as they will be viewed more than once. It is traditional to not place color bars on the head of a competitive piece.

Videotape or DVDs of each entry should indicate the title, running time, and name of the entrant. In the case of a series indicate the part or sequence number.

Any incoming shipping, banking, wire fees or other charges will be billed back to the entrant and must be paid before the entry is eligible.

Awards are shipped by USPS to all addresses. The awards will not fit in a Post Office Box, so you must provide a street address. We ship USPS to Canada and overseas, unless other arrangements are made.

Please let us know if your address changes between time of our receipt of entry and your notification of results in late September!

Videotapes and dvds not retained for the Chris Awards Research Collection will be destroyed.

Each entry should be accompanied with two (2) copies of the Entry Form and your check in U.S. funds drawn on a U.S. bank. Send to: FILM COUNCIL OF GREATER COLUMBUS, 1430 South High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43207 USA.

Our jurors evaluate entries on NTSC equipment. We cannot accept entries in other formats. DVDs are to only be 1 or 0 formats.

Each entry should be accompanied with two (2) copies of the entry form and a check in U.S. funds drawn on a U.S. bank or an International Money Order in US dollars and sent to the above address. Do not hand write "in US dollars" on a check from outside the United States, as our banks will not accept them.