The Malarkey Film Festival

We are proud to present our next edition of the Malarkey Film festival… --- |MALARKEY X BLACKMAGIC DESIGN| --- This is a 2 Part, 1 night event, with two categories for submission: 1. Malarkey X Blackmagic: Introductory Micro Shorts - Eligible for the Audience Vote Award/Blackmagic Prize This will be the opening portion of our event; curated ‘Introductory Micro-Shorts’. Guidelines for the intro micro-shorts portion (eligible for the audience vote prize) require that the submitted short film be 5 minutes or less in length and utilize at least one aspect of Blackmagic's DaVinci Resolve FREE software. Whether it be picture edit, audio edit, VFX or final deliverables. We will provide links to official Blackmagic Resolve tutorials to help aid first time Resolve users. We encourage anyone, new to the program or pro users to submit to this FREE, ultra accessible category of our event. PLEASE NOTE: If selected you will be required to show proof that you have used at least two facets of Blackmagic's DaVinci Resolve Software in the making of your Introductory Micro-Short. 2. Malarkey X Blackmagic: Open Submissions - Eligible for the Industry Vote Award/Blackmagic Prize The films submitted in this category (15 minutes in length or less) are eligible to win our Industry Vote Award. This 'Open Submissions' Category can utilize Blackmagic's extensive range of cameras, equipment or software but it is NOT a requirement for this section. These films will be selected by our jury. This category includes a low/sliding scale submission fee. |$5 BIPOC/Femme/Queer Filmmaker Submissions | |$7 NYC Local Submissions | |$10 Standard Submissions| Fee Waiver Form HERE: https://forms.gle/wBmEjDUrasum3Ar56 As of now we will be hosting virtually and the event will be free for all (suggested donation). We will be collecting donations throughout the entirety of our event and at the end of the festival 100% of collected donations will go to a local NYC initiative. The event itself includes a live musical performance by an emerging NYC based artist, and a live award ceremony. Prizes are Blackmagic Design products in both categories! -------------------------------------------- MALARKEY ma·lar·key /məˈlärkē/ noun: malarkey meaningless talk; nonsense. Example: "That’s a bunch of malarkey!" Why "Malarkey"? ------ (We feel it’s important to note here that we are not endorsing Joe Biden). The Malarkey Film Festival is a mostly-for-fun but serious-about-art screening event created with the intent to celebrate film, its makers and its community. The Malarkey Film Festival is founded in an effort to take some of the hot air out of filmmaking by lowering the stakes, encouraging audience involvement, and maintaining a commitment to accessibility. We strive to present a structure that emphasizes the pleasure of creating, with the hope of alleviating the inhibiting fear of showing work. How Does It Work? ​------ The Malarkey Film Festival embodies "malarkey" with brand new sets of guidelines for every festival! That means sometimes guidelines are more specific or thematic, sometimes the guidelines will be wide open! If your film doesn't fit this time around, keep checking back for upcoming editions of the Malarkey Film Festival. The Event: ------ If selected, your film will be screened at the Malarkey Film Festival's screening event (virtual or in-person depending on COVID-19 CDC Guidelines). Each event has a screening, filmmaker meet & mingle, live music, and an award ceremony with prizes any cinephile will enjoy. At the Malarkey Film Festival there is an AUDIENCE VOTE and an INDUSTRY VOTE.