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Download the 2012 Cinema Without Sight Film Festival application form below to learn more about the Cinema Without Sight contest. The application deadline is May 1, 2012!
Cinema Without Sight Film Festival
Applications Now Available for 2012 Cinema Without Sight Film Festival
This year's theme: Dare to Dream
Cinema Without Sight (CWS) is a unique film festival sponsored by Braille Institute for visually impaired students in grades 7-12. It challenges participants to apply their creativity and shepherd a film concept from script to screen. The goal of the program is to enable students to contribute their own unique perspective to society, thereby demonstrating how well they are able to interpret and engage in visual media.
The full video must be no more than five minutes long. It may be a fully scripted, acted and edited story, or simply a collection of images and scenes. Entries should be based on this year’s theme: Dare To Dream.
A panel of film industry experts from Hollywood will judge films accepted into the contest. The winner of the festival will be flown to Los Angeles and given a full scholarship to attend the New York Film Academy's prestigious one-week film making summer program at Universal Studios in Hollywood, CA. For more information about this film making program, please visit the New York Film Academy's website.
Participants must submit their original work as a DVD or electronic file to the CWS festival director on or before May 1, 2012. Download the application form in the box at right for a complete list of guidelines.
Click here to view the winning entry for 2011 as well as all the creative and inspirational contest entries from the past two years.