Writers, dreamers, storytellers, and the like, take the first step towards actualizing your vision and bring your written words to life! Consider this as an attempt to inspire you to the next step in your filmmaking journey. We present:
OFFICIAL JURY
All you need is an idea (who doesn’t have, right!). With today’s technology, anyone with a Smartphone can create a stunning visual to draw people into their story and leave them wanting more. This is a great way to help promote your project.
- The teaser must be from your own unproduced story, script of up to 30 seconds.
- The story, script should be registered with your local authority
- All entries MUST be submitted with a synopsis of less than 300 words in reference to the teaser submitted
- Entries without synopsis would be disquaified without any refunds.
- The teaser CANNOT be from any screenplay or film that has been produced or is in production.
- The teaser can be whatever brings your story, screenplay vision to life; live action, animation, a collection of static shots, etc
- The teaser will be accepted only as an url which is to be uploaded on a youtube, vimeo, google drive etc.
- Video File Requirements: H.264 @ 1080p / 10Mbps.
- Please add the FFTG intro VIDEO file at the beginning of your film followed by two seconds of black and then your film begins.
For an existing teaser/trailer - To maintain the quality of your work, please do not use existing compressed format or re-render, as it may add further compression to your film. Instead, use your existing timeline or add it to your archived master exports. - Entry opens Sat, May 27, 2021
- Entry last date Sun Jul 18, 2021, 11:59 pm Pacific Time
What types of images should I not add in the teaser?
Behave as if you were a guest at a friend’s dinner party. Please treat the community with respect.
While we want FFTG to be a friendly and enjoyable place, we understand not everyone will agree on the exact definition of an acceptable image. Determination of what constitutes these prohibited items is at the discretion of our jury panel and they are final. Content which falls outside of these guidelines may be edited or removed by our editors without notice.
Do not add:
- Profane, obscene, or disparaging images
- Images with nudity, excessive violence, or any images with implied or explicit sexual acts, even if the image is directly from the film or show
- Images containing personal or contact information such as real phone numbers or mailing addresses
- Images containing any personal information about children under 13Images advertising for products or services
- Images which are not relevant, or others would not find interesting
- Grainy, low resolution images
- Images for which you do not own the copyright or have the necessary rights.
Winning Categories
- Winners announced on Jul 18, 2021
Best Teaser of the festival of unproduced scripts
Best Teaser for unproduced feature
Best teaser for unproduced short
Best teaser for story idea
Awards & Honors
Best Teaser of the Festival of unproduced scripts
Receives FFTG Statuette designed by Society Awards (New York), the creators responsible for the design and manufacturers of Emmy’s, Golden Globe, Academy of Country Music, Youtube Creators Awards, BET, Billboard Music Awards, MTV Movie Awards, MTV Video Music Awards and Dancing with the Stars among others.
- Official Certificate of Winner (to winners)
- Official Certificate of Nomination (to nominees)
- Nominees and Winners will be displayed on ftgawards.com under 2021 Contest permanently
- Nominees and Winners will be a part of FFTG Youtube channel and will have the right to promote on social media under 2021 Contest permanently
- All winners and nominees will have free entry to the fest 2021 submissions.