Scripts

Due to COVID-19 the Canes Film Festival will be re-scheduled for later this Fall  

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Only feature film scripts (@90 pages) or hour-long episodic scripts may be entered in the Script Competition. 

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Please fill out the application form and provide an upload of your script.

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TBD

Check out the Rules and Regulations HERE

Films

Due to COVID-19 the Canes Film Festival will be re-scheduled for later this Fall  

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Films/videos submitted to screen at the Festival must have been completed for credit in an official CIM course during the period of Jan 1, 2019 – April 16, 2020

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Please fill out the application form and provide a Vimeo link to your film (see instructions on form)

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TBD

Check out the Rules and Regulations HERE

Screening at the Cosford Cinema

Besides the Vimeo link you provide with your festival submission form on or before TBD - we will need a quicktime video of your film to screen at the Cosford Cinema. Deadline for your screener is: TBD

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Tech specs for your screener HERE

CANES FILM FESTIVAL – PROJECTION TECH SPECS

We ask that you deliver your film as a quicktime (.mov) file with an H.264

codec.

Encoded using the following settings:

1. Resolution/Aspect Ratio:

   1. 1920x1080(1.78:1-16x9,HD),

   2. 1998X1080 (1.85:1 flat), or

   3. 2048X858(2.39:1scope).

   4. If you have a film in 1.66:1 or 1.37:1 or another non standard

      ratio, please contact us.

2. 23.98fps, 24fps, or 30fps. Please only send files that are progressive

   scan. Interlace files will look degraded and have a ghostly frame

   blending.

3. Please do not put color bars or tone in your file.

4. Please put three seconds of black at the beginning of your film and at

   the end.

5. Subtitles must be “burned in” and positioned in the “active” picture

   area, not in letter-boxed region.

Please label the file with its name and aspect ratio: YOURFILMNAME_<AspectRatioOfYourFilm>.mov

Following these specifications will help ensure your film looks the best we can make it look.