Submiting your Entries

Rules and Guidelines

In order to submit an entry to the Sundial Film Festival, you must download, read and comply with the Rules and Guidelines documents. The documents are available by clicking the Download or View links below next to Entry Rules and Guidelines Documents. In order to download any of the Festival Rules & Guidelines or Applications you will need an Adobe .PDF reader installed on your computer. You can download one by clicking here. Questions or problems with film entries should be addressed to:

Sundial Film Festival, 
1700 Pine Street, Suite 300
Redding, CA 96001 

Phone: (530) 547-4433 E-mail: film@sundialfilmfestival.com

Entry Rules and Guidelines Documents: View | Download

Film Entries

Film entries must be submitted via the Withoutabox application form accessed by using the Withoutabox link found below. Withoutabox is a film festival management organization and will be handling all film entries for the Sundial Film Festival. There will be no mail in film entries this year.

Status: Film entries are now closed.

Film entries use the following form to enter your video production:

Enter Sundial Film Festival video entries online!

Photography Entries

Photography entries can be submitted by mail or online. To submit by mail, download the photography application and mail it to the Redding Rotary with a CD containing your photos. To submit online, click the Apply Online link below next to Digital Photography Application. Payment is handled online using your Paypal account or using your credit card. We value your privacy and your financial information is guaranteed to be secure.

All entries must be submitted in JPEG and sized at 72 dpi to a maximum of approximately 15 inches vertically for most images or 27 inches horizontally for panoramas.

Status: Photography entries are now closed.

Digital Photography Application: View | Download


Submit your photos by completing this form and checking out with Paypal
 
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File Names

File names must not contain any spaces, & signs or other symbols. Please use dashes(-) instead of spaces. Format your file names containing title, photographer’s name, and category.

Example: Harvest-Moon-Over-Tahoe—G-Knaebel—Adv-FineArt.jpg
 
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Subject Categories

Fine Art (FA): Primarily traditional outdoor scenes such as landscapes, waterfalls, street scenes, panoramas, etc.

Still Life (SL): Portraits, domestic pets, posed groups of people, studio setups, close ups, and macro photography where the photographer has control over the subject and has the ability to control lighting through the use of flash, lamps, reflectors, shades or positioning.

Action (Act): Photos involving movement (or the possibility of movement) on the part of the subject and where the photo- grapher has limited or no control over both the subject and the lighting, except for the possible use of flash. This includes sports, wildlife and photojournalism.

 

Competition Certification

I have read all of The Rotary Club of Redding Charitable Foundation dba Sundial Film Festival “Official Rules and Guidelines,” I agree to, and have complied with, these “Official Rules and Guidelines.” I warrant that I have sufficient right, title, and interest in the photographs to convey to the festival herein and that I have not previously conveyed any rights or entered into any licenses that conflict with the rights conveyed herein. I further warrant that to the best of my knowledge, information and belief, my photographs do not infringe on any copyrights or other proprietary rights of third parties, the photographs are not the subject of any notice of any infringement(s) and the photographs are not the subject of any license or arrangement between me and any third party that would have an effect on my rights to exercise rights of copyright in and to the photos as set forth in this submission. I understand that failure to adhere to the Sundial Film Festival rules will result in disqualification and forfeiture of the entry fee. I further agree to indemnify, defend, release, and hold harmless The Rotary Club of Redding Charitable Foundation dba Sundial Film Festival and its agents, legal representatives, volunteers, sponsors, vendors, affiliates, successors, or assigns against all claims, demands, losses, damages, judgments, liabilities, and expenses (including attorney’s fees and costs) arising out of the use of my photography entry, and/or in connection with any breach of the terms and conditions of this entry form and certification, the Official Rules and Guidelines of the Sundial Film Festival, the above stated warranties, and any and all claims of any third parties, whether or not groundless, based on any photos submitted to the Sundial Film Festival.

Accept By selecting this check box and pressing the Submit Application button below, you agree that all information supplied is valid and that you are in full compliance with the Official Rules and Guidelines of the Sundial Film Festival. Download a full copy of the rules and guidelines by clicking here

 
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