2017 Short Film Festival
Chair: Bianca Violet
Submission period: 15 April–15 May 2017
The Bridges Short Film Festival was initiated by Reza Sarhangi in 2010, and has since become an integral part of the conference. The festival presents an annual reel of invited and juried short films exploring mathematical themes. See the gallery page for the contents of past short film festivals.
For this year’s festival, a small jury will evaluate all submissions and choose the very best to be part of the program screened in Waterloo. The program will include films, videos and animations that have been created for educational, corporate and artistic purposes, or just for fun. A variety of styles can be submitted, from visualizing objects or spaces, conceptual animations, mathematical stories and fairytales, art based on mathematical rules, exciting explanations and entertainment, and hopefully many more.
Short film submissions should not exceed 5 minutes in length and should also include some form of audio. A link to the film, a still image, and accompanying descriptions should be submitted between April 15 and May 15, 2017. Submissions of films to the Bridges Short Film Festival 2017 will only be accepted through the submission website.
If your film is selected, you will be responsible for delivering a production quality copy of your film for projection at the conference. Please provide a .mov file using H.264 compression. It may be possible to process different formats, however, we cannot guarantee to screen your film if a different format is submitted. The finished size should be 1280×720 or 1920×1080 pixels, and the finished frame rate should be 24 fps. Films with a different frame rate can be converted, but be advised of a potential loss in quality.
In contrast to the rules for regular or short papers, authors of films accepted to the Bridges Short Film Festival do not need to attend the conference in person, though we highly recommend it.
Schedule
- Submission period: 15 April–15 May 2017
- Author notification: 01 June 2017
- Submission of production quality copy: 15 June 2017
Contact
If you have any questions regarding the short film festival, please contact the chair Bianca Violet at filmfestival@bridgesmathart.org.