Be part of Australian Open 2011 and have your film viewed by more than 600,000 fans at Melbourne Park during the Grand Slam of Asia-Pacific.
How to enter
Entry is free. Send your entries to 'Tennis Film Festival at Tennis Australia, Postal Bag 6060, Richmond 3121, Melbourne, Australia'.
You can shoot on any format you like — HD, DVD, 35mm, 16mm, Mini DV, mobile phone. You must supply two DVD copies of your film in separate cases with the name of the film and its creator clearly marked. Include the entry form and copyright approval documentation should you require it.
Your DVD should be in PAL TV format and the regional code should be set to ALL REGIONS. Make sure that your DVD works in your DVD player before you submit them.
Changing Ends 2011 'Take Two'
Make a short tennis film no longer than 90 seconds duration with the theme 'TAKE TWO'.
Entries are now open and will close on Friday, 14 January 2011. The best entries will be shown on giant screens at Australian Open 2011.
The Best Short Film will be judged by a panel of four and win AUD$5000.
A Peoples' Choice Award of $2500 will be voted by the cast and crew of Australian Open 2011 including players, tournament staff and fans coming to watch the tennis.
Judging
The overall Best Film prize of $5000 will be judged by a committee of four including an Australian Open tennis player and tournament director Craig Tiley.
The criteria for judging is:
- How well the film-maker combined the theme Take Two with the subject of tennis
- Technical merit
- Likeability — emotional impact
Promotional Video
About Changing Ends
An independent short film event for budding filmmakers to submit a film with the theme 'Take Two' as part of the Tennis Film Festival to be shown during Australian Open 2011.
Twelve films will be shown on this website and on giant screens during Australian Open 2011. Melbourne Park from 11-31 January, starting during the qualifying rounds at Australian Open 2011.
