| Short Films for ADFEST 2013 by the Fabulous Four |
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| Short Films for ADFEST 2013 by the Fabulous Four is a unique category within the New Director Lotus with the aim of promoting the up-and-coming directors in the region. The 4 Directors whose scripts are voted as the juries' favorites, will become what ADFEST affectionately calls, the Fabulous Four. |
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| Eligibility |
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Entrants must be directors or assistant directors based in Asia (including Middle East), and the Pacific (including Australia and New Zealand). |
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If selected, the script under the theme "Connect the Dots"must be one of the first 7 works directed by the entrant. |
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Works which might offend national or religious sentiments or public taste are not eligible. |
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Works which have infringed any of its country of origin's voluntary or regulatory codes of practice are not eligible. It is the responsibility of the entrant to withdraw such work should an infringement arise prior to the screening at ADFEST 2013. |
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Previous Fabulous Four directors are not eligible for script submission. |
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Each entrant submits (free of charge) a script for a 5 minute short film under the theme, "Connect the Dots", the theme of ADFEST 2013.
All scripts will be read by the Film Craft & New Director jury panel, who will independently vote for 4 of their favorite scripts. Scripts will be sent anonymously to all juries with no information on the identities of the directors to ensure greatest fairness and transparency.
The 4 directors whose scripts receive the highest score will be notified by ADFEST to produce the short film of the scripts they submitted.
The short films will be debut at ADFEST 2013.
ADFEST will provide return economy airfare, ground transportation, accommodation, and full delegate registration for these 4 selected directors to attend ADFEST 2013 to show and discuss their works at the Fabulous Four session on Tuesday 19th March 2013.
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| IMPORTANT: Each entrant must also sign & send in the script submission for to verify they meet the eligibility criteria. |
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| NOW – Fri 4 Jan |
Entrants submit a scenario script (in English) in word document format for a 5 minute short film of their interpretation of “Connect the Dots”, theme of ADFEST 2013 |
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Note: Each Director/Assistant Director can only submit one script |
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| Mon 7 Jan – Fri 25 Jan |
Film Craft & New Director jury panel members vote for their favorite 4 scripts |
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| By Fri 1 Feb |
Directors of the top 4 scripts are notified to produce the short films |
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| Sat 2 Feb –Fri 1 Mar |
Short film production |
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Note: The Directors may shoot with film stock, HD camera, DV-cameras, or other equipments. However, there will be no production subsidy provided by ADFEST |
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| By Tue 5 Mar |
All hi-res short films by the Fabulous Four arrive at the
ADFEST Office in Bangkok |
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| Sat 16 Mar |
The Fabulous Four arrive in Pattaya |
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| Sun 17 – Tue 19 Mar |
ADFEST 2013 |
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| Wed 20 Mar |
Departure from Pattaya |
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| For more information |
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| Ms. Nat Luevarapong |
| Entry Manager |
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| Tel: +662 530 9300 ext. 23 |
| Mobile: +6687 711 6903 |
| Email: Nat@ADFEST.com |
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| To download Script Submission Form, visit http://www.adfest.com/Entries_fabulous.php |
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ABOUT FABULOUS FOUR
