Entering Films
FILMFREEWAY IS OPEN FOR ENTRIES for the 2021 Mud and Saltwater Short Film Fest. This year we will celebrate World Environment Day, with the 2021 screenings on June 4-5 at Broome’s Sun Pictures in Chinatown. There will be a third screening on June 12, 2021 at Cygnet Bay Pearl Farm 200 km north of Broome on the tip of the Dampier Peninsula.
Filmmakers of any level can enter short films in the Mud and Saltwater Short Film Fest. If your short film is selected for inclusion in the 2021 Mud and Saltwater Short Film Fest, it may also be screened at a later stage in Broome, the Kimberley region or other fantastic locations.
We accept Films that have been made within the last 12 months (since the last Mud and Saltwater Short Film Fest).
Please get in touch should you have any feedback or queries.
Ensure you get talent release forms signed for all talent in your Film because it is respectful and required to enter a film in the Mud and Saltwater Short Film Fest! * Please keep a copy of signed talent forms should the Producer request to sight signed form/s.
- First and foremost, HAVE the necessary forms.
- BRING them to every shoot.
- Ask nicely for people to sign and explain how the film will be used.
- Last but not least… try to get forms signed up front!
Below is a link to a Mud and Saltwater Short Film Fest talent release form – you can use this form, or better, make your own and brand with your production name.
Mud and Saltwater Talent Request Form »
SHORT FILM CATEGORIES * PRIZES ARE AWARDED FOR THE BEST FILM IN EACH CATEGORY
*Films can be as short as 1 minute, 2 minutes etc, with the limit 5 minutes including credits.
*Complete your film and 
finish uploading by April 1, 2021.
ROEBUCK BAY, (WESTERN AUSTRALIA)
1 Drama/Narrative Actors, lights, camera…action
2 Documentary Non-fictional and intended to document some aspect of reality
3 Science With a science edge on any aspect of Roebuck Bay.
4 Comedy Can your short film make someone laugh?
5 Animation Using any animation technique from claymation to computer generated imagery
6 Music Integrating song and imagery
BROOME (WESTERN AUSTRALIA)
7 Broome *About Broome’s natural, cultural or heritage values (any genre)
KIMBERLEY CALLING (WESTERN AUSTRALIA)
8 Kimberley Calling *About the Kimberley’s natural, cultural or heritage values (any genre)
9 FEATURE FILM *A limit of 10 minutes including credits
Enter a film about any of the above topics. Please note: this category is limited to 3 films only. Please email Producer Pia Boyer to register interest and check whether spots are available.
OTHER PRIZES
10 BEST IN FEST
11 BEST IN FEST BY AN EMERGING FILMMAKER
12 BEST WORLD ENVIROMENT DAY FILM
Encourages worldwide awareness of the exceptional biodiversity of Roebuck Bay, and or Broome, and or the Kimberley, and action for protection of the environment.
13 PEOPLE’S CHOICE
