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The Sixth Annual International Social Uprising Resistance and Grassroots Encourage (SURGE)Film Festival

Taking Place Feb 2012 in Austin, Texas 
 

SURGE is now accepting films, scripts and music videos for the SURGE 2012 Film Festival.

Submission Forms are found at the bottom of the page.

• When submitting films please keep the following in mind: SURGE enables people worldwide to bring the festival into their area of the world through the SURGE film festival network!

• SURGE is a non-competitive film festival so all participants are winners.  
• S.U.R.G.E. is now an  International Move Database (IMDb) Qualifying Film Festival, granting all eligible film submissions a no-hassle title page on IMDb.com, the world's most visited and most award-winning movie site. This means that our filmmakers receive an added benefit just for submitting to S.U.R.G.E. the Annual International Social Uprising Resistance and Grassroots Encouragement Film Festival!

• Each and every year admission and ticket fees for people to attend the SURGE film festival has remained free-of-charge! This enables the largest possible audience, from all different financial, cultural and ethnic backgrounds, to participate in the film festival.
  
• Registration fees to submit films into the SURGE film festival remain comparatively low when considering the vast array of benefits SURGE offers. Thanks to your generous donations... ...SURGE has made scholarships and fee-waivers available so no one is turned away for lack of funds. This enables the largest possible audience, from all different financial, cultural and ethnic backgrounds, to submit films.
  
• Yes, SURGE accepts anonymous entries as we encourage whistleblowers to expose injustice!
• You can list each entry in one, two or three different categories, enabling each submission to reach the broadest audience possible:
  

ani = animated films
ava = avante garde
coa = coming of age
conf = conflict resolution
come = comedy
dig = digital
dis = discrimination
doc = documentaries
educ = educational films
envi = environmental
exp = experimental/innovative
fai = faith/interfaith
fam = family
fant = fantasy films
flf = full-length features
for = foreign/international
gen = general subject matter
his = history
hor = horror films
ind = industrial films
int = international/foreign
kid = children's films
music = music video
nar = narrative films
new tech = new technology
panel = panel of speakers
reg = regional/local
retro = retrospectives
sci-fi = science fiction
shorts = short films
vid = videos
wom = women

The SURGE Film Festival ONLY accepts Films/Videos, scripts and multimedia that is directly, indirectly, literally, or symbolically related to love, activism, protest, or civil disobedience.

Important:  Please do not waste your time and resources by submitting any film or videos which are focused on promoting or campaigning (also known as advertising) for politicians, government agencies or multinational corporations.  We will quickly discard such entries along with their checks or money orders.

The following must accompany a submission for it to be considered for The SURGE Film Festival:

1. Completed SURGE Entry Form
2. If submitting more than one entry, submit a completed SURGE Entry Form for each.
3. Screening Fee. SURGE accepts money orders, PayPal and all credit cards. To pay by PayPal or credit cards, simply use the 'buy now' button. If you use the 'buy now' button please make certain that you place the name of your movie under the 'optional note' section.
4. Optional: If you have a poster for your event, please send two.  This is not required.
   

SURGE ACCEPTS ENTRIES VIA PAPER OR VIA PAPERLESS ENTRIES submitted via...

    * The International Film Festival Submission System at Withoutabox.com (be sure to see the important note at the bottom of the page regarding ISA discounts), or
    * sent Directly to SURGE by email or paper (using the email address found on the form) which allows you and us to enter your film more quickly, with greater accuracy and in a manner which is environmentally friendly.  If you choose to send your submission directly to SURGE you can use the below secure PayPal button to pay for the screening fee.
      
  

Regular Submission Fee (Before 11:59pm, November 8th, 2011).   

Submission Forms

The PDF version of the SURGE FILM FESTIVAL Submission Form
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The Document version of the SURGE FILM FESTIVAL Submission Form
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By clicking this link, you can click over to Withoutabox and follow the instructions to apply online.

If you decide to not apply on-line through 'withoutabox.com', you can also download, print, and mail (or email) The SURGE FILM FESTIVAL Submission Form found above.