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film festival submission and PAW award entry information

Our program director Foreman John Scagliotti, is searching the globe for a variety of bear feature, documentary and short films for this year's festival. If you have a bear film, know a filmmaker who'd like to submit a film or you recently viewed a great bear flick or any flick you think the festival will be interested in on youtube, etc. we'd like to hear from you. Please contact us at: stonewal@sover.net or send a copy of your film to: After Stonewall Productions 158 Kopkind Road Guilford, Vermont 05301 att. John Scagliotti.

ENTER THE 2010 PAW AWARD

past PAW award winners

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Are you a filmmaker, videographer or just like to play around with your video camera? You could be seleted by the 2010 VT Bear Film Festival Audience to win this year's coveted PAW award and $250.00.

$250 BUCKS, NOW THAT'S A STIMULUS PACKAGE!

PLUS the winning short will be included on the next "Shorts from the Vermont Bear Film Festival" DVD For entry submission and questions, e-mail Foreman John Scagliotti at:
stonewal@sover.net

Rules and guidelines for film submission are below:

    Guidelines for the PAW Short Film Contest:

  • Shorts should be original in nature with all rights reserved by the filmmaker. No copyrighted material should be included unless the copyright owner including all music, stock footage, stills and performances grants permission. Filmmakers will be required to indemnify the Vermont Bear Film Festival, its staff, sponsors and support foundations if any copyright issues are raised by the inclusion of their short in the contest if your film is selected to be screened.


  • Only short films that were not submitted in past Vermont Bear Film Festivals will be entered in this years contest. A short film is defined as being no longer than twenty minutes.

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    There are no entry fees however if you wish to have your DVD or VHS returned please enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope with your entry.

  • The winner, selected by the bear festival audience, will be included on the next Vermont Bear Film Festival DVD.

  • If selected, the filmmaker/producer will allow the festival to use a minute or less for trailer and promotional videos for the festival on its websites and other promotional Internet sites run by the Vermont Bear Film Festival and its sponsors. Shorts will be programmed and projected on a DVD projection system so a quality DVD will be used for projection.

The Vermont Bear Film Festival is programmed by John Scagliotti, creator of the first glbt TV series on PBS, In the Life. Producer of Before Stonewall and After Stonewall.

The Vermont Bear Film Festival is a private gay mens event.
Guests must be over 18 yrs.

The VT Bear Film Festival is a production of:
After Stonewall Productions and Organ Barn Management.
OBM 2010

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