St Stephen’s School Presents
2023 SYNTHESIS FILM FESTIVAL
CALLING ALL YOUNG FILM MAKERS
If you are a secondary school student in Western Australia who loves making short films, then St Stephen’s School wants to hear from you!
With exciting prizes on offer, entries for our eighth annual Synthesis Film Festival are now open!
With exciting prizes on offer, entries for our eighth annual Synthesis Film Festival are now open!
FILM SCREENINGS
Thursday, October 19th 2023
7:00PM
St Stephen's School, Duncraig, Theatre
7:00PM
St Stephen's School, Duncraig, Theatre
AWARDS AND PRIZES
Prizes will be awarded under the following categories:
Year 11 - 12
Best Senior Production - $500 JB Hi Fi Voucher
Runner-Up Senior Production - $250 JB Hi Fi Voucher
Year 7 - 10
Best Middle School Production - $100 JB Hi Fi Voucher
Runner-Up Middle School Production - $50 JB Hi Fi Voucher
Winners must be able to attend the festival on Thursday 19th October (6:50PM for a 7:00PM start) to claim their prize.
Year 11 - 12
Best Senior Production - $500 JB Hi Fi Voucher
Runner-Up Senior Production - $250 JB Hi Fi Voucher
Year 7 - 10
Best Middle School Production - $100 JB Hi Fi Voucher
Runner-Up Middle School Production - $50 JB Hi Fi Voucher
Winners must be able to attend the festival on Thursday 19th October (6:50PM for a 7:00PM start) to claim their prize.
2021 SYNTHESIS FILM FESTIVAL
WINNERS
A Sticky Situation
Tomas Szabó
Eastern Hills Senior High School
Senior School Winner
Tomas Szabó
Eastern Hills Senior High School
Senior School Winner
WARNING: THE BELOW VIDEO IS RATED M15+.
Companion
Indiana Harvey
Guildford Grammar School
Senior School Runner-Up
Indiana Harvey
Guildford Grammar School
Senior School Runner-Up
Bebop Robot
Jonathon Nilsson
St Stephen's School
Senior School Runner-Up
Jonathon Nilsson
St Stephen's School
Senior School Runner-Up
WARNING: THE BELOW VIDEO IS RATED M15+.
Make a Wish
Sahara Jauncey
Eastern Hills Senior High School
Lower School Winner
Sahara Jauncey
Eastern Hills Senior High School
Lower School Winner
Recycle
Tyson Peel
Roleystone Community College
Lower School Runner-Up
Tyson Peel
Roleystone Community College
Lower School Runner-Up
HOW TO ENTER
All entries can be submitted via a Dropbox, OneDrive or YouTube link emailed to kirra.muni@ststephens.wa.edu.au
Entrants must supply a document with their film outlining:
Production title
School name
Date of birth and year level
Contact details: phone number and email address
Entrants must supply a document with their film outlining:
Production title
School name
Date of birth and year level
Contact details: phone number and email address
Entries close: Monday, 18th September 2023.
ADJUDICATION CRITERIA
ENTRY GUIDELINES
- Entry is free and is open to students (Years 7- 12) who attend secondary school within Western Australia.
- Entries must be audio-visual productions that are no more than five minutes in length with an extra twenty seconds allowed for titles and credits.
- If the genre or intention of the film is not clear, students may provide a written rationale (no more than 200 words) to accompany the film.
- By submitting an entry, the entrant acknowledges that all vision and audio within the entry is original, copyright free or rights have been obtained for its use.
- An adult can help make the film, although they cannot be in a key creative role such as director, writer, producer, or editor.
- The piece of work must be in English or have subtitles and must adhere to no more than an M rating. It should not include any graphic violence (implied violence allowed) or nudity. Entries that do not meet the classification rating will be disqualified.
- The entry must have been made in the last year and a person can only enter once.
- The judge’s decision is final, and no correspondence will be entered into about the awarding of prizes.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
By submitting your work to St Stephen’s School (SSS), you grant SSS and its assignees a non-exclusive irrevocable, royalty-free licence to exercise all rights in perpetuity throughout the world in your work and all other material provided by you to SSS pursuant to this competition at any time.
Without limiting the rights granted to St Stephen’s School (SSS), you acknowledge SSS may exercise any of the following non-exclusive rights throughout the world:
the right to communicate your work in whole or in part to the public on any media platform; and the right to provide free downloads of your work in a downloadable format from the website.
If music or video is included in the submitted entry, the entrant must have rights to use it. If using commercial music or video that you do not have the rights to use, it may affect your entry in the competition as St Stephen’s School (SSS) will not be able to upload the winning video if it contains copyrighted content.
Without limiting the rights granted to St Stephen’s School (SSS), you acknowledge SSS may exercise any of the following non-exclusive rights throughout the world:
the right to communicate your work in whole or in part to the public on any media platform; and the right to provide free downloads of your work in a downloadable format from the website.
If music or video is included in the submitted entry, the entrant must have rights to use it. If using commercial music or video that you do not have the rights to use, it may affect your entry in the competition as St Stephen’s School (SSS) will not be able to upload the winning video if it contains copyrighted content.