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COMPETITION: OPENLENS SHORT FILM COMPETITION

1. Categories include but are not limited to narrative, documentary, animation, and experimental.
   
2. Entries are accepted from film and video artists living in the Oregon counties of Benton, Coos, Curry, Deschutes, Douglas, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Polk. This includes Florence and Newport to the West, Bend to the East, Salem to the North with Medford and Klamath Falls to the South.
   
   
3. Length: 15 minutes or LESS with shorter films preferred.
   
   
4. Entries, regardless of the original format, must be transferred to DVD before being submitted.
   
   
5. Only ONE submission per filmmaker will be accepted.
   
   
6. It is understood that each submitting artist is responsible for all copyright and permission clearances in his/her entry and that DIVA accepts no responsibility for copyright or permission infringement. Each entrant must be able to present completed permission forms upon request.
   
   
7. DIVA requests the right to compile the submitted movies into a touring show or for display on the Internet for one year.

1. All submitted work must mailed or hand delivered to DIVA by December 1, 2010.
   
   
2. Download and complete an entry submission form available here as a (PDF). An entry form must accompany each entry.
   
   
3. Please make out your $5 entry fee check or money order to: DIVA: OpenLens 2011
   
   
4. All entries are to be submitted on a DVD and clearly marked with name, contact information, video title, and length
   
5. Mail or hand deliver your entry form, disc, and entry fee by stated deadline to:
   
   
   DIVA OpenLens Festival
   110 W. Broadway
   Eugene, Oregon 97401
   
   
6. Include a SSAE for return of discs. No item returned without a stamped and self-addressed envelope.
   
   

Rules and Responsibilities: By completing the entry form entrants understand that:

1. Only those films selected by the Judges will be screened during the festival. Artists will be notified either way as to whether or not their work has been accepted as part of the final program.
   
   
2. Each submitting artist is responsible for all copyright and permission clearance in his/her entry and that DIVA accepts no responsibility for copyright or permission infringement. Each entrant must be able to present completed permission forms upon request.
   
   
3. The DIVA Center reserves the right to compile all entries accepted as part of the 2011 OpenLens Festival program for purposes of programming. By virtue of having their work accepted into the 2011 OpenLens Festival program, all selected artists acknowledge the DIVA Center's right to screen repeatedly without limitation the 2011 compilation of winners at the DIVA Center and at other venues of DIVA's choosing up to one year from when the 2011 OpenLens Festival ends. It is further understood by all entrants that the DIVA Center shall retain a permanent copy of the 2011 OpenLens Festival compilation for archival purposes.