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First Round

Upload and vote now. Top five films go through to the FINAL ROUND.

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First

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From the 1st till the 20th of each month you can upload a film you have made of any length across any genre made in any year to our film competition. Shooters can then vote on your film by awarding it 1 to 5 stars. The top 5 films at midnight on the 20th will proceed to the FINAL ROUND, where they will be joined by 5 wild cards from the leaderboard. These wild cards are films picked by Shooting People staff and guest experts that we think deserve more attention.

Final

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The top 5 films from the FIRST ROUND and the 5 Shooting People wild cards make up the FINAL ROUND leaderboard. Star ratings are set back to zero. It's then a scramble for the top 3 positions and the chance to have your film viewed by our guest patron. Voting closes at midnight on the last day of the month. Only the top 3 films in this round will go to the guest patron for judging. 2011’s patrons included; Nick Cave, Paddy Considine, Miranda July and Matt Groening.

winners

All 3 finalists will receive a Vimeo+ membership worth $60, but more importantly they will get feedback about their film from that month’s judge. The judge will also pick a winner. Each month there may be additional prizes which we will announce at the time. Read what previous patrons have had to say here

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Film of the Month is a competition unique to Shooting People, you can upload any film of any length, genre or style and made in any year.

Each month the competition is split into 2 rounds, the FIRST ROUND takes place between the 1st and the 20th of each month.

You can upload your film at any time before the 20th and all members can vote for your film, the top 5 films from this round will be entered into the second round.

Those films will be joined in the second round by 5 films we consider to be underdogs in the competition, those who deserved to but didn’t quite make the top 5 (in our opinion).

Then they will battle it out for the top 3 positions on the leaderboard to win the coveted prize of being viewed and judged by one of Shooting People’s high profile patrons.

Not only do our top three films receive feedback from a Shooting People patron, they also win a free Vimeo Plus account worth $60.

You must be a member to submit your work, sign up now to take part.

Promote your own film in the competition through your own social media outlets, posting to our bulletins and asking personal contacts for support.

“This is an opportunity to view new film created by the rising stars of tomorrow, as hand-picked by the leading talents of today.”

- Aesthetica Magazine

Film of The Month - Terms & Conditions

You must be a Member of Shooting People to enter Shooting People's Film of the Month. Membership is only £35 (UK) or $45 (US). You can join here.
It is the member’s responsibility to ensure they have the right to upload a film to Shooting People.
All films participating in Film of the Month will need to be completely cleared. A 'cleared' Film is a film that can be distributed, performed, copied, and otherwise exploited by Filmmaker (or its licensees/distributors) without infringing or violating, and without the likelihood of a claim of infringing or violating, some person or some entity's rights.
To be eligible for consideration as Film of the Month, Members have to upload and enter their films from the first day of that month to the 20th of the same month. Films uploaded in previous months are not eligible for reconsideration in the current month. If you upload more than one film to the competition, and they reach the top three positions at the end of the month, only the most liked one will be sent for consideration.
All films uploaded during the entry period are submitted into Film of the Month unless you click the box ‘Opt out of Film of the Month’ when uploading
Trailers, showreels, promo video’s and adverts are not eligible for Film of the Month.
Excerpts or cut-downs of longer films are eligible for Film of the Month.
Shooting People has no rights to the films for any form of commercial exploitation whatsoever. Shooting People reserves rights to use the Film of the Month for promotional purposes including, but not limited to, featuring the film on the Shooting People homepage; Vimeo, Facebook, Twitter and Youtube.
The shortlisted entries will all receive a personal review from one of Shooting People's patrons.
Shooting People reserves the right to change the patron allocated to a particular month at any point.
Once a film has been included in a shortlist or selected as the Film of the Month, it cannot be shortlisted again. However, a shortlisted Member could then upload a new film that would be eligible for consideration as a subsequent Film of the Month.
Shooting People reserves the right to remove from the website any film that the management consider inappropriate for Film of the Month.

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