Sidewalk Chalk Film Competition

The Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival and Charter Communications present the Sidewalk Chalk Film Competition. Create a short film that raises awareness of pediatric cancer. The winning filmmaker will receive $5,000 cash prize and finalists will be screened at the 2008 festival!

Charter Communications is dedicated to Curing Childhood Cancer. Every school day, 46 young people are diagnosed with cancer in the United States. Charter is heavily involved with the Janie Sims Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports groups, organizations, and individuals that provide aid, comfort, education and recreational experiences to children with cancer and their families. Therefore, participants in the Sidewalk Chalk contest are asked to create a short film that serves to raise awareness on pediatric cancer.

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GUIDELINES
• Entries should not exceed 5 minutes in duration. There is no minimum duration requirement.
• Projects will be evaluated based on their overall content, the adherence to subject matter and criteria and the degree to which the mission of the project is successfully communicated in an emotionally compelling manner. The winning project will be the most relevant, poignant, and emotionally impacting of all entrants.
• Projects of all genres and styles are welcome, including, but not limited to, documentaries, narrative, and experimental. Some examples include:
      - A documentary that chronicles the life of Janie Sims and the beginning of the foundation, complete with family interviews
      - A narrative that tells the story of Judy Smith as she competes at the Summer Olympics, complete with flashbacks of her as a child as she struggled to survive cancer.
• There is no minimum runtime, but submissions must be no longer than five minutes. All entries must be submitted as a DVD. Finalists must provide a digital video version for screening at the festival.
• All entries must be accompanied by a 30 second trailer, which must be submitted on a separate disc.
• All entries are due by September 22, 2008.