HORSHAM FILM FESTIVAL 2022
The Horsham Film Festival is back for 2022 and this year, we’re bigger and better than ever before!
SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN!
First of all, if you’re ready to submit your film, just click the FilmFreeway logo below and then read on for more info on the festival…
Watch our video with presenter Emily Beach to find out more about this years festival and get a look at our new home…
Following the virtual, livestreamed Awards Night in 2021, we are excited to be going back to an in-person event for the festivals fourth year!
This year, we are teaming up with the EVERYMAN CINEMA in Horsham to not only host the Awards Night later in the year but to run a program of screenings in the week leading up to the Awards Night, where all shortlisted films will be screened in full at ticketed screenings at the cinema!
Everyman Cinema, Horsham
The Horsham Film Festival celebrates not only local, West Sussex based talent but also looks further afield to celebrate films from all over the UK.
We want to see films from everyone – whether you are a filmmaker who has already won awards at other film festivals or a first-time filmmaker looking to start developing your skills and in 2022, we particularly want to see films from young filmmakers too.
Our judging criteria doesn’t exclude any filmmakers. We aren’t judging based around equipment quality or technical expertise. We want to see and experience good stories first and foremost. Of course we consider shots, editing, acting and so on as part of the judging process but your film will not be looked down upon if you have shot it on your phone rather than Blackmagic gear!
The Festival hosts 4 categories for both over 18s and under 18s, each with their own prizes and awards:
- Best Drama
- Best Documentary
- Best Animation
- Best Comedy
The event also hosts a special category with its own marking criteria, the ‘Your District Award’. This is for film makers that have used the Horsham District in their entries, whether it’s use of the local environment, local actors or something that links the entry to our home district! You can enter your film into both a standard category and the ‘Your Horsham District Award’ if the entry criteria is met.
Please note – the other four categories CAN have films made ANYWHERE in the UK entered into them. They are NOT exclusively for West Sussex made/set films.
So – show us your stories, show us your world, show us your imagination and make sure you enter for this year’s event – read on for ALL the festival details and keep up to date with us on social media throughout the year for more news on the 2022 Awards Night!
Take a look back at the 2021 livestreamed Awards Night…
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ENTRY RULES AND MORE INFORMATION
SUMMARY
- Entry via FilmFreeway ONLY unless arranged specially, directly with us
- Entry costs £12 for Over 18s and is FREE for Under 18s. Filmfreeway GOLD member entry is £8.50
- Films should be no longer than 15 minutes (including credits)
- Prizes are non-exchangeable
- If you are submitting on behalf of an Under 18 entrant please notify us at Silvertip Films
- If you have filmed in the Horsham District, please notify us at Silvertip Films
THE FILM CATEGORIES
We have four main categories for you to enter your film within…
- Best Comedy – we want to see the funniest, wackiest, most off the wall entries to make us laugh!
- Best Drama – move us, thrill us or maybe even scare us – this is the category for storytelling at its best. It’s open to interpretation so give us something we don’t expect!
- Best Animation – we love animation whether its hand drawn, stop motion or computer generated. Make it out of paper, plasticine or pixels – whatever you want!
- Best Documentary – celebrate the Horsham district and it’s places, people and activities within this category. Tell us their story, bring it to life on screen.
We also have our special category for films which celebrate the Horsham District whether it be in the locations used or within the stories told. This is the Your District Award – so get out there and make use of all there is in the Horsham District to produce your film!
You CAN also enter a Horsham District-filmed film into Best Comedy, Best Drama, Best Animation OR Best Documentary as well.
If your film was NOT filmed in the Horsham District, please DO NOT enter the Your District category but you CAN still enter into Best Comedy, Best Drama, Best Animation OR Best Documentary.
AGE CATEGORIES
We have two age groups for entry…
- UNDER 18s – if you have a camera and are under 18, we want to hear from you!
- OVER 18s – if you’re over 18 and have a camera, we want to hear from you too!
KEEP UP TO DATE
If you want to be kept up to date with the Horsham Film Festival and everything happening with it, then please join our mailing list or ‘like’ our Facebook page for the most up to date information. You can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram.
JUDGING PERIOD
Once all the films are in, the judges will sit down between September 16th 2022 and October 7th 2022 to watch, enjoy and deliberate the films received to make their shortlist of best films.
SHORTLISTED FILMS
If your film is shortlisted for the festival, we will notify you no later than October 7th 2022. If your film isn’t accepted, we will inform you as well.
THE HORSHAM FILM FESTIVAL 2022 AWARDS EVENT AND SCREENINGS AT THE EVERYMAN, HORSHAM
The screening events for the shortlisted films and the subsequent winner announcements will be revealed later in the year but will be taking place at the Everyman Cinema in Horsham!
Geoff Cockwill, director at Silvertip Films said:
“We’re so excited to be running the Horsham Film Festival again! After a difficult couple of years for everyone, the chance to get out and make a film and then get together to celebrate a shared love of film is something to look forward to. We can’t wait to see what films come in, meet the filmmakers and their cast and crew at the awards night later in 2022. We’re especially thrilled to be partnering with the Everyman Cinema for the festival as the venue will bring a real sense of old time Hollywood glamour to the awards night!”
THE SCREENINGS AND AWARDS NIGHT
Screenings of the shortlisted films will take place at the Everyman Cinema in Horsham from 5pm-6.30pm on November 28th through to December 1st 2022.
The Awards Night will take place at the Everyman Cinema on Dec 2nd 2022.
Ticket info will soon be available for the night – will we see you there?!
THE PRIZES
We will be offering a range of prizes to the winning films at the Film Festival event as well as great PR coverage for the winners!
Across 2019, 2020 and 2021, we had over £7000 worth of prizes including camera accessories, cinema tickets, meal vouchers, holidays, books and more plus video commissions for some of the winners. There was also coverage for the winners in the District Post newspaper, All About Horsham magazine, the County Times newspaper and Horsham Pages magazine plus coverage on various websites as well.
Details on what will be on offer in 2022 will be made available throughout the duration of the event. Prizes will be awarded to the winning films, not individual members of the film-making team – and these will be non-exchangeable. These prizes are subject to change without notice although any updates will be listed here.
SPONSORS and SPONSORSHIP
We’re pleased to be working with a number of businesses as sponsors of the Film Festival, whom we are promoting through their involvement in the event.
Thank you to the following for sponsoring…
GOLD SPONSORS
- Woodstock IT – the number one IT support team in West Sussex
- Silverback Studios – creative design wizards
SILVER SPONSORS
- Freeman Brothers Funeral Directors
- Seofon Business Services
- Firebird Brewery
- T21 Group
- Major Mind Games Horsham
BRONZE SPONSORS
- BW Cars
- Shelley Venue Decoration
We are actively looking for businesses (or individuals) to come on board the Film Festival and offer prizes in exchange for considerable exposure online and in print via our Media Partner. If your business would be interested in talking further with us about these opportunities, then please email us on [email protected] to talk further.
AWARDS NIGHT PRESENTER
We are thrilled to have our vlog presenter Emily Beach hosting the Horsham Film Festival 2022 Awards Night! Emily will bring her fizzing, bubbling, life-affirming energy to the event as the main show host.
THE JUDGES
We will reveal more judges throughout the year but for now, the films will be judged by….
- Geoff Cockwill – Director and Producer at Silvertip Films
- Ray Holman – BAFTA winning Costume Designer on Doctor Who, Sherlock, Fleabag, Broadchurch and more
- Nick Mowat – Theatre writer, producer and director
OUR SUPPORTED CHARITIES
Our first ongoing charity partner is Springboard – the childrens charity based in Horsham, West Sussex. We will be donating a percentage of the ticket sales from the live festival event to the charity as part of our commitment to helping them with video and fundraising.
For 2022, we are also bringing onboard The Meath Epilepsy Charity as a charity partner. After working with the Surrey based charity on videos in 2021, we wanted to help support the incredible work they do for people living with complex disabilities.
ENTRY RULES
- Films can be shot anywhere and submitted, however…
- Any films which are partly or fully shot within Horsham District will be eligible to win the Your District award in each age group, this is the award that celebrates our District by making great use of our locations or acting talent or telling interesting stories about the area. Horsham District covers Horsham, Billingshurst, Pulborough, Storrington, Steyning, Henfield, Rusper, Warnham, Colgate, Slinfold, Broadbridge Heath, Itchingfield, Southwater, Nuthurst, Lower Beeding, Shipley, Cowfold, West Grinstead, West Chilington, Thakeham, Ashington, Ashurst, Shermanbury, Woodmancote, Upper Beeding, Bramber, Wiston, Washington, Coldwaltham, Parham, Amberley, Rudgewick.
- We will want to see some proof of shooting within the District so we can incorporate that into potential promotional material around the festival and its entries.
- Films must be 15 minutes maximum runtime
- Your productions must not break any laws during filming! Be safe, be careful and be respectful.
- You must obtain permission for all locations you film at and you must also obtain release consent forms from all actors and people involved in your film
- Prizes awarded are per category, per film – not per group member. There are no duplicate prizes for winning films with multiple crew members.
- All prizes are final, there are no cash prize alternatives.
- By signing up to the film festival, you agree that clips / stills from your film may be used for event promotional material, as well as being used at the film festival awards ceremony.
OUR SUPPORT
- We are here to help you with your film production – join our Facebook Group Horsham District Filmmakers and you can communicate with us, privately in a closed group, and receive help, advice, tips and more.
- What we can’t do however, is read your scripts and provide input into them – it isn’t fair on the other entrants.
- All other updates, information and details will be posted on the Silvertip Films Facebook page and on our main website and communicated to you via mailing list.
- We can’t provide equipment, insurance or any editing facilities.
- During the lifetime of the festival, we will be featuring reports, updates and mentions on randomly selected entrants and their productions in the Silvertip Films vlog and on our blog and Facebook pages and live streams.
- After the event, we will be giving further exposure to the winners and runners up with things including, but not limited to or guaranteed to be -a interviews, live stream features, blog articles, press coverage and more.
- We want to create a community of filmmakers in this district who can help each other, support each other, work together and come together over a mutual love of film and our district.
- We’re always on the look out for new crew and new talent so be sure to be proactive during the event period and be putting your best production skills to work in making your film.
That’s everything for now – send us your films or get out there and start shooting! We can’t wait to see what you have to show us!
If you’re getting involved, use the hashtags #horshamfilmfestival or #horshamfilmfestival22 or #HFF22 so we can find you on social media or just tag us on one of our social media platforms!