Frivolous or serious, you decide. But make sure you have fun doing it!
Australian-based filmmakers are invited to submit to “CUT!” teaser trailer competition, sponsored by Panavision Australia.
Trailer can be either:
· a proof-of-concept for a feature or short film (whether it be a single scene or a montage)
· a teaser to a faux/fake feature or short.
Trailer must be no longer than three (3) minutes in duration, including any on-screen credits.
Trailer must include on-screen graphics that identify the title of feature.
Trailer cannot use any non-licensed stock footage or non-licensed temp music.
Trailer cannot be for a pre-existing or produced feature or short film, or a feature film or short film currently being produced, or a feature or short film likely to be completed and/or released in 2023.
There is no restriction on when the trailer has been made provided it has not previously been exhibited to the general public.
In submitting your trailer to A Night of Horror International Film Festival you guarantee that you have all the relevant permissions, licenses and releases for your film or video to be screened in a public exhibition. You must have in your possession the permissions, licenses and releases for the submitted film or video's music, script, actors etc.
Entrants MUST first register via email: bryntilly.anightofhorror[at]gmail[dot]com
Following confirmation of registration entrants will be provided with necessary submission details and any further relevant information.
Registration via email closes July 14th, 2023. Submission deadline closes July 31st, 2023.
Five finalists will be selected and screened as part of A Night of Horror’s closing night awards ceremony, and the winner announced thereafter.
Judges for the inaugural 2023 competition are Andrew Traucki (THE REEF, BLACK WATER) and Brett Garten (RED CHRISTMAS, PUB: THE MOVIE).
Submissions for the teaser trailer competition are judged separately from any other A Night of Horror category, and judges’ decision is final.
Winning trailer will win a $3500 prize pack (for gear hire) courtesy of Panavision Australia, and a one (1) hour informal consultation session via Zoom with judges. Panavision Australia terms and conditions apply, see below.
A Night of Horror International Film Festival is not responsible for or answerable to any correspondence or developments entered into with judges during the informal consultation session.
Panavision Australia terms and conditions
The prize is provided by Panavision Australia
The prize is for $3,500 worth of hire of Film Equipment for the production of one project (single hire) only.
This award of equipment hire is valid for twelve (12) months from the date the award is given and is non-transferable.
The prize is for equipment hire only.
The hirer must satisfy Panavision Australia as to their competency to use the equipment.
Equipment is subject to availability at the time of booking.
Insurance Cover as per Panavision Australia’s Conditions of Business is the responsibility of the hirer.
Brett Garten is the director of Maximum Daddy-O, Australia’s largest retailer of vintage movie stuff and is a third-generation art, antiques and collectibles dealer. Brett has worked as a writer, performer, music and nightclub promoter, and informally and formally as a consultant in arts, media and entertainment. In the cinema industry, Brett has worked for Hoyts, Palace, The Valhalla and Mandolin Cinemas. Brett revived the Chauvel Cinematheque, curating and producing over three hundred shows that leaned on his extensive knowledge and collection of rare and archival film. Art critic Amelia Groom called Brett, “One of the top five artistic movers and shakers in Sydney.” Brett studied Cultural Studies at the University of Sydney and worked for media mogul James Packer. In the film industry, Brett exec-produced the short films of Abe Forsythe including COMPUTER BOY, Craig Anderson’s RED CHRISTMAS, and Andrew Leavold’s PUB: THE MOVIE. Brett wants to vertically integrate Maximum Daddy-O into all five sectors of the industry: finance, production, distribution, exhibition, and home video.
Andrew Traucki wanted to be the next David Attenborough but life is a tangled web and instead he ended up writing and directing survival feature films that star big sharks and big crocodiles. When not writing and directing Andrew likes to surf… but not with sharks, or crocodiles.