WHAT - New "Suitable for all Screens" short film competition for "chapters" or concepts that might be expanded into a full-length film.

HOW - Submit your shorts online at http://suitableforallscreens.com - NO ENTRY FEE!

JUDGING - Contest has two levels - a People's Choice award based on online voting (and yes, you're encouraged to spread the word about your entry) - and a juried award.

PRIZES - People's Choice is $1,500 - the Jury Award is production funding to help you make your longer film a reality.

More details:

Deep in heart of Southern California's counter-culture Topanga Canyon, a small revolution is brewing. Organizers of the 6th Annual Topanga Film Festival, to be held August 18-22, 2010, today announced its call for entries for the Suitable For All Screens competition to take place online and at its outdoor festival location.

This call, geared primarily to graduate and undergraduate student filmmakers, is the ultimate challenge in creativity. Two prizes will be awarded:

Production funding for the winner of the Jury Award -- the largest prize ever
to be awarded by the Topanga Film Festival in the form of production goods and services
sufficient to produce the larger segment, based on the winning short.

$1,500 cash prize People's Choice award to the filmmaker who receives
the highest online rating with the highest number of votes.

Submission is by upload only. There is no fee associated with entry.

Click here - http://suitableforallscreens.com - to complete the online application and to upload your short, to learn more about our festival and how you can participate in our communal documentaries and communities-of-interest.