THE 62ND COLUMBUS INTERNATIONAL FILM + VIDEO FESTIVAL, AKA THE CHRIS AWARDS IS ACCEPTING ENTRIES NOW THROUGH JULY 1 FOR ITS 2014 FESTIVAL. ENTRY FORM AND INSTRUCTIONS ARE AVAILABLE . There is a $1500 Travel Award for filmmakers (of any type) to attend the CIF+VF. The filmmakers chosen will attend the Festival and one filmmaker will perform the final adjudication for the 2014 Greater Columbus Arts Counil Media Fellowships. The filmmaker chosen to adjudicate the fellowships will receive an honorarium as well as travel funds. These awards are not limited by division, so all filmmakers are in consideration for these awards. The award amounts (travel and honorariums) are dependent upon travel and housing costs incurred by the Festival. This year, Stonewall Columbus will choose an LGBT filmmaker to attend the screening of their film and bring the filmmaker to the CIF+VF, all expenses paid. For the second year in a row, we are pleased to announce a $1000 screening fee award dedicated to the works chosen for our Saturday Morning Cartoons/First Night screenings. The child-friendly animated works chosen will receive a screening fee for the use of their work thanks to the generosity of the Puffin Foundation West, Ltd. $1000 worth of stock footage from VideoBlocks will be awarded at the CIF+VF as well as a special one year download membership to their sites worth almost $500. $1200 worth of software from Jungle Software will be awarded as special Jungle Software Awards consisting of three copies of Gorilla 5. Gorilla is designed for the professional filmmaker Everything is at your fingertips, including scheduling, budgeting, full contact management, a locations module, and storyboarding functions. Short film winners will have the opportunity to be considered for inclusion into an upcoming issue of The Journal Of Short Film, a quarterly DVD journal containing 90-120 minutes of independent short film per issue. For more information about The Journal of Short Film, visit www.TheJSF.org In the Film Treatment Division ONE AWARD will be given in recognition of the BEST TREATMENT. The top three entries will receive a professional script analysis/marketing strategy, courtesy of Mojofilter, and a copy of Montage, screenwriting software by Mariner Software. Total Value$1000 for each Film Treatment winner. The Columbus International Film + Video Festival is made possible with support from the Ohio Arts Council and the Greater Columbus Arts Council. OUR MAILING ADDRESS IS: Film Council of Greater Columbus, Inc.

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