Our 2013 Accepted Filmmaker information will be available in September.
We accept Digital Files or HDCAM for exhibition
NOTE: No DVDs will be screened.
If you would like to submit your film as a digital file please create the video as a h.264 MP4 or MOV to the specifications below (no ProRes). Films in other formats may not be played so please verify your setting before sending your films. We can accept digital files up to 10 GB, any file larger than 10 GB should be mailed on a USB external hard drive or flash drive to the address below.
Video – H.264 MP4 or MOV
Audio – AAC
Resolution – 720p
Framerate – 23.97, 24, 25, 29.97, or 30 fps
Please submit your films without test signals (i.e. color bars, counting leader, or tone) or other additional leader. We will do our best to calibrate digital playback and projection.
Please email ryan@nhfilmfestival.com to receive an account login to our Sharefile account. Do not upload to the Vital Design Dropbox, that is only for photo stills. Any file larger than 10 GB should be mailed to the address designated below.
If you have any technical questions feel free to email Ryan Plaisted, NHFF technical director: ryan@nhfilmfestival.com or call (207) 752 – 2289
Filmmaker shall arrange shipment of exhibition film (HDCam, USB Hard Drive/Flash Drive) to Festival, to arrive no later than Friday, September 28th, 2012, unless other arrangements have been made with the festival. Festival agrees to ship print to point designated by Filmmaker, no later than fourteen days following completion of the Festival. Any variation from this schedule requires New Hampshire Film Festival written approval in advance.
The print supplier will be responsible for the cost of shipment to the Festival. The Festival will provide one-way domestic shipping to the address you specify to return the film. If the film’s return address changes, please contact us immediately to assure the safe return of your print. If the film needs to be sent internationally please provide us an international shipping account number, or pre-paid shipping label.
Nicole Galovski
Programming Director
New Hampshire Film Festival
155 Fleet St.
Portsmouth, NH 03801
PHOTOS (STILLS): please upload at least TWO different photo options http://www.vtldesignhost.com/client_files/nhff/
Photos should be in color and in grayscale
Size: At least 2” wide x 1.5” high
Resolution: at least 300 DPI
Format: Photoshop TIF or JPEG
**Please include your Film Title and Category (if a Short Doc, then it is a Short) in the description box
TRAILER: please upload your trailer to http://www.vtldesignhost.com/client_files/nhff/
We have a small screening room at Headquarters which will be the “Trailer Room” and will be running all received trailers in a loop during the festival weekend.
**Include your Film Title and distinguish it as a TRAILER in the description box.
-For all things technical please contact Ryan Plaisted, Technical Director: ryan@nhfilmfestival.com
-For any other questions or concerns about your acceptance, attendance, or experience at NHFF please contact: Nicole Galovski, Programming Director: programming@nhfilmfestival.com
