A CALL FOR ENTRIES

THE FIFTH ANNUAL FLICKERING IMAGE FESTIVAL SHORTS COMPETITION 2007

OUR FIFTH YEAR!
That's right, after FOUR successful years, we are doing it again? and as always (we can now start using such phrases) it's going to be bigger and better!

WORLD-WIDE AND INTERNATIONAL!
If history continues to be a good predictor, entries will pour in from around the world... Europe, England, Japan, France, Australia, and quite a few from Canada. Each year it gets more difficult to make decisions, but we will narrow the entries to just ten winners. Since the competition gets more intense every year, don't wait until 2008.

A HOLLYWOOD SCREENING FOR ALL TEN WINNERS!
Each of the ten winning shorts will be screened in Hollywood (January 6, 2007)

AN AD IN VARIETY'S SUNDANCE EDITION!
Each of the ten winning shorts will get a congratulatory listing in ?Variety? just before that infamous mega-festival in Park City, Utah.

MORE DETAILS

A Flickering Image is proud to present the Fifth Annual "Flickering Image Festival Shorts Competition 2007" - dedicated to sparking the careers of the next generation of moviemakers. Beginning JULY 1, 2006 shorts makers can submit their finished works (THIRTY minutes or less strongly preferred, and must be completed after January 1, 2005) to compete in A Flickering Image Shorts Competition.

The winners? screening will take place in Hollywood, on January 6, 2007. The deadline for submissions is November 1, 2006 (all submissions must be postmarked on or before November 1, 2006). No exceptions. So, as they say, don't delay.

The top ten shorts are selected by open-anonymous ballots (each and every entering shorts maker will actually see how their work rated with each of three judges ? something no other festival used to offer? until several started copying us!). Each of the ten winning shorts will be shown on the "big screen" in Hollywood and the winning shorts makers will receive awards ? as well as a congratulatory listing in Variety (just before that "major festival"). More perks are in the works.

The founders of this festival have nearly a hundred years combined experience in fields like acting, directing, writing, casting, and of course, criticism. With many festivals under their collective belts they've seen how poorly the process can be run, vowed to do better, and did so! Through publicly viewable correspondence they have planned and refined a festival the guarantees impartiality, accountability and dedication to the arts of visual storytelling that other festivals can only imagine.

** No "Invited" Films ? Everyone must compete.

** No Secret Deals ? All ballots will be returned to the shorts makers ? including judges? comments!

** No Watching the First Few Minutes ? All ballots rate items like story, pacing, photography, and editing ? elements impossible to judge in fast forward!

A Flickering Image Festival is about moviemaking ? not politics and it is definitely not "business as usual." Fair, open and forward facing ? this festival will make a difference.

Details, entry forms, application fees, and more are on our website at

http://www.actorsbone.com/Shorts/index.html

We look forward to seeing your shorts!