Heart of Gold International Film Festival

Time

Mar. 17-20, 2011

Location

Gympie, Cooloola Shire of Queensland, Australia

  DEADLINES & PRICES  

Sep 30th, 2010: Earlybird Deadline

$25 AUD

Short Foreign Language (under 20 mins), Australian Indigenous and Shorts Made by Kids (under 15 years of age)

$25 AUD

Music Video and Student entries

$25 AUD

Short Narrative, Animation, Children/Family, Comedy (under 20 mins), Short Documentary (under 30 mins) and Shorts Out Of Competition (under 60 mins)

Oct 31st, 2010: Regular Deadline

$30 AUD

Short Foreign Language (under 20 mins) and Australian Indigenous Films

$30 AUD

Shorts Made by Kids (under 15 years of age)

$30 AUD

Music Video and Student entries

$30 AUD

Short Narrative, Animation, Children/Family, Comedy (under 20 mins), Short Documentary (under 30 mins) and Shorts Out Of Competition (under 60 mins)

Nov 11th, 2010: Late Deadline

$40 AUD

Shorts Made By Kids (under 15 years of age)

$40 AUD

Music Video

$40 AUD

Short Foreign Language (under 20 mins)

$40 AUD

Short Narrative, Animation, Children/Family, Comedy (under 20 mins), Short Documentary (under 30 mins) and Shorts Out Of Competition (under 60 mins)

Nov 18th, 2010: WAB Extended Deadline

$50 AUD

Shorts Made By Kids (under 15 years of age)

$50 AUD

Music Video

$50 AUD

Short Foreign Language (under 20 mins)

$50 AUD

Short Narrative, Animation, Children/Family, Comedy (under 20 mins), Short Documentary (under 30 mins) and all Films Out Of Competition (under 90 mins)

  CATEGORIES  

Shorts

Genres

all genres, animation, children, comedy, family, foreign language, indigenous, narrative, short, student, young filmmakers

Screening Formats

DVD

Length

up to 20 minutes

About

Films that handle, with a lighter touch, important issues and environmental themes are welcome.
Heart of Gold will not be screening films that have explicit sexual acts, nudity, excessive profanity or gratuitous violence. Films that condone racism, illicit activity and cruelty would also not find a place in this festival.
All non-english language films must be subtitled/dubbed in English.

Documentaries

Genres

documentary, indigenous, short, student

Screening Formats

DVD

Length

up to 30 minutes

About

Films that handle, with a lighter touch, important issues and environmental themes are welcome.
Heart of Gold will not be screening films that have explicit sexual acts, nudity, excessive profanity or gratuitous violence. Films that condone racism, illicit activity and cruelty would also not find a place in this festival.
All non-english language films must be subtitled/dubbed in English.

Music Video

Genres

international, music video

Screening Formats

DVD

Length

up to 6 minutes

About

Films that handle, with a lighter touch, important issues and environmental themes are welcome.
Heart of Gold will not be screening films that have explicit sexual acts, nudity, excessive profanity or gratuitous violence. Films that condone racism, illicit activity and cruelty would also not find a place in this festival.
All non-english language films must be subtitled/dubbed in English.

Out of Competition

Genres

all genres, feature, short

Screening Formats

DVD

Length

up to 90 minutes

About

Films that handle, with a lighter touch, important issues and environmental themes are welcome.
Heart of Gold will not be screening films that have explicit sexual acts, nudity, excessive profanity or gratuitous violence. Films that condone racism, illicit activity and cruelty would also not find a place in this festival.
All non-english language films must be subtitled/dubbed in English.

  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION  

About

Heart of Gold is five days of fun, inspiration and stimulation – a feast of well-crafted films that nourish us and send us back into life smiling.

The Heart Of Gold International Film Festival is a warm hearted and fun film festival that runs in the Cooloola Shire of Queensland, Australia. Within an hour’s drive are two of Australia’s largest film societies and in the local area many people wanting to access great film. Our small town (of about 18,000) is a beautiful place that already hosts one of the biggest music festivals in Australia. Gympie is a goldmining town with heart of gold and we have a festival of rich with wonderful films.

The festival is a busy one with good sized audience in most sessions. We also have a big focus on films for children and family as well as comedy films.

Awards

- GOLD HEART AWARD FOR BEST FILM
- JURY BRIGHT FUTURE AWARD
- GOLD HEART AWARD FOR BEST AUSTRALIAN FILM
- JURY SPECIAL MENTION - BEST AUSTRALIAN FILM
- THE Q 150 AWARD FOR BEST QUEENSLAND FILMMAKER
- GOLD HEART AWARD FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- MAYOR’S AWARD
- THE ‘TONI’ AWARD FOR FESTIVAL DIRECTOR’S FAVOURITE FILM
- SCREENER’S AWARD FOR MOST INSPIRING FILM
- GOLD HEART AWARD FOR BEST NARRATIVE
- GOLD HEART AWARD FOR BEST MUSIC VIDEO
- GOLD HEART AWARD FOR BEST CHILDREN’S FILM
- GOLD HEART AWARD FOR BEST COMEDY
- GOLD HEART AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATION
- GOLD HEART AWARD FOR BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- GOLD HEART AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY
- GOLD HEART AWARD FOR BEST CHILD MADE FILM

Submission Formats

DVD

Website

http://www.heartofgold.com.au/

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