ENTRY GUIDELINES
What is the Zoom Young Filmmaker Award?
The Zoom Young Filmmaker Awards are designed to show the very best films made by Welsh
children and young people as part of Wales’ International Young Peoples Film Festival.
Will each film submitted be shown?
Not all films submitted will be shown during the Film Festival. We will choose films by screening
them for a panel consisting of Industry filmmakers and organisations. A panel of children and
young people from the Zoom Film Council, who help us plan the Film Festival, will also be
involved in the selection process.
What are we looking for?
There are no strict rules about what your film should be like. What we’re looking for is originality
and creativity. All we’re asking for is that the majority of your film’s crew, including the Director,
and those who appear on screen are aged between 8 and 19. The best films will have an
interesting story or subject matter, filmed and cut to the best possible standard within their time
and budget constraints. So if you have a good story you want to tell everyone and think you could
tell it in an original way, send it to us and you may well be seeing your work on the big screen.
CRITERIA FOR APPLICATION
1. Produced by children/ young people
By this we mean that the majority of the people involved in the production of the film must
be aged 19 or under when the film was made. The director of the film must be aged 19 or
under and have received no formal education in filmmaking above further education level. Any
questions please call Zoom 01443 888337.
2. Fiction, Animation or Documentary
3. No longer than 10 minutes
4. Made in Wales after January 2010
There will be 10 Awards, decided on by a panel of industry professionals and members of the
Zoom Film Council.
Zoom Award
Best Film age 8 – 13
Best Film age 14 – 19
Best Performance
Best Direction
Best Animation
Best Documentary
Best Fiction
Best Welsh Language
Best Music Video
FURTHER CONTACT DETAILS
website:http: //www.zoomcymru.com/films
Tel: 01443 888337
Email: gemma@zoomcymru.com or Rebecca@zoomcymru.com