The Department of Film and Creative Writing is pleased to announce its 2019-2020 One Minute Movie Competition, which is open to all University of Birmingham students, staff and alumni.
As we continue to celebrate the opening of the Green Heart of campus, we are asking you to produce one-minute films on the Green Heart Festival’s winter theme ‘illumination’.
You can interpret the theme however you choose and take any approach you like - fact or fiction, literal or abstract, it’s up to you. Tell us a story, in just sixty seconds, that responds to or takes inspiration from this word.
The competition is open to all University of Birmingham students (undergraduate and postgraduate) and to staff and alumni. The winners will be announced at a Department of Film and Creative Writing Screening Event to be held in March 2020 (date tbc) and prizes will be awarded in both categories.
- View the winning film from 2019, ‘Synchronicity’, and other entries from the 2018-19 competition (theme: how green is your heart?)
- View the winning film from 2018, ‘The Third Law’, and other entries from the 2017-18 competition (theme: stop/start)
- View the winning film from 2017, ‘What does water mean to you?’ and other entries from the 2016-17 competition (theme: land and water)
- View the winning film from 2016, ‘One Day’ and other entries from the 2015-16 competition (theme: memory and forgetting)
Your film must work with the theme of ‘illumination’
You must have copyright control of any audio or visual material that goes into your movie. This means either filming it yourself or using audio-visual material to which you have copyright permission. There are many sources of copyright free images, videos, music and other audio material available online that can be used under appropriate Creative Commons licenses, or because they are already in the public domain.
Your film must not exceed one minute (60 seconds) in length – this includes any credits!
13:00 on Friday 28 February 2020
Films can be submitted via a service such as WeTransfer to ftv@contacts.bham.ac.uk. Alternatively, films can be submitted as a digital file on USB/hard drive to the Film and Creative Writing departmental office (G08, 31 Pritchatts Road) to Jemma Penny or Dr Richard Langley.
Please give your film a title and include this alongside your ID number (if a student) in the file name.
If you are entering in the staff or alumni category, please specify this when sending in your film.
By entering the competition, you consent to your film being shown at the screening event and published online afterwards.
If you have any questions about format, content, copyright, or anything else related to the competition, then please email ftv@contacts.bham.ac.uk