Set Text Event at Salford Film Festival

Screening: Monday 26th November
Salford Arts Theatre, Langworthy Salford
8pm

Salford Film Festival will run from 24th - 28th November, and Filmonik is running a 'Set-Text' filmmaking event in the run-up to the festival, similar to a project we ran with Halloween Short Film Festival at the ICA in London last year.

The idea is that filmmakers will create films based on a number of 'Set Texts' that we provide. The resulting films will be screened at a special event on November 26th, at which we'll be able to see how different filmmakers have interpreted the same scripts.

We have some texts ready to go, and maybe a few more to come in. We're now ready to invite filmmakers to get their name down to make a film for the event (and go out and start making it!).

If you'd like to be sent a selction of texts to choose from email us at: salfordfilm@filmonik.com

A few pointers / rules:

* You don't have to follow the text exactly, by any means. Use it as a springboard for ideas. Take the film in a different direction if you like. But we want to be able to see a clear relation to the initial idea.
* Not everyone will be sent the same texts to consider. We'll be trying to make sure that each text is filmed at least twice.
* Films must be between 1 and 7 minutes in length.
* You must credit the writer of your chosen text in the credits of your film. If you develop the script/text further then you should obviously credit yourself too, in a developing role.
* Be sure to tell us which text you've chosen as soon as possible after receiving them from us, and email us back with all your relevant contact details.
* You must make your film once you commit - if you don't then we'll have no films to show on the night, simple as that!
* There'll be a Filmonik 'tag' to go on the end of the film - we'll reveal what that must say closer to the time.
* Films can be screened from miniDV or DVD.

It may take us a few days to get back to you with the texts, so please be patient.

Happy shooting!