Attention Youth Filmmakers Ages 6-19!!
It’s time to submit your work to the 13th Annual "Do It Your Damn Self!!" National Youth Video and Film Festival to be held the week of November 9-13, 2010! Please see below for more info on the NEW DIYDS!! Jr. Category!
Submission Deadline: June 30, 2010 - DOWNLOAD ENTRY FORM NOW!
Festival Mission
We understood that if you want something done,you gotta do it your damn self. So the mission of the festival was, and always will be to give youth producers like us, a place to be heard. - The TMP Youth Producers
The “Do It Your Damn Self!!” National Youth Video and Film Festival was created in 1996 when four teens from Cambridge felt misrepresented in the media and decided to do something about it. DIYDS!! takes seriously the responsibility to preserve a tradition of championing the expression of contemporary youth. This festival is not just about the videos, it’s about who makes them and why. DIYDS!! gives youth producers a national audience. Through the intense candor, courage, and vibrant energy of youth. DIYDS!! filmmakers challenge their audience to be more alive, more aware and more pro-active. The mission of this festival was, is and always will be, to give youth producers like ourselves a place to be heard.
Submission Details
-MEDIA FORMATS ACCEPTED: MINIDV (cued to play with proper labeling)
-All filmmakers must include a digital still (publicity photo) from each film with their submissions. Each still must be labeled according to the film title and saved as a JPEG file on a CD. multiple submission stills can be saved in one CD.
-NOTE: All Submitted DVDs must be previewed in various different DVD players for compatibility and quality before submission.
-Do not use any fiber-filled envelopes, as it may damage your media.
-GENRES/CATEGORIES: animation, documentary, experimental, narrative, public service announcement (PSA), video poetry, social activism
DIYDS!! Jr.
-CATEGORY: Videos made by or with children between the ages of 6 and 12 years. (Entries made or conceived entirely by adults are not accepted.)
-Please specify the age of the child filmmaker and the extent of involvement in the making of the video.
Mail Entries To
DIYDS!! / Community Art Center
119 Windsor Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
Submission Checklist
1. Film(s)/ Video(s) on minidv (make sure your media is properly labeled)
2. Self-addressed, stamped envelope (if you want your miniDVs to be returned)
3. Entry Form completed and signed -
DOWNLOAD PDF NOW!
For More Information
Contact Angela Glabach at 617-868-7100 ext. 12 or email her at:
angela@communityartcenter.org