Enter Your Short Film

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PANDEMIC GENRE: How good is this short film. Don't worry, it hasn't entered. It's a festival film.

Any genre of short film is accepted, the only criteria is that the work is less than five minutes long and connected with surfing and the ocean in some way, and the criteria listed in the rules below of course. Zag Shorts culminates in an evening of selected screenings followed by an awards ceremony and Q&A at Jack Black’s Brewery with the winners on Friday 11 December 2020. Hurry and enter here

The winners scoop from this insane bundle of prizes:

• GoPro Hero 7 Silver action-camera (worth R4 500)
• One year Zigzag Super User Subscription (worth R1 620)
• VANS “filmmaker” hamper, so you can rock your surf-auteur steez (worth R5 000)
• WAWA hamper including bellyboard, handslides, beachbats (worth R8 000)
• O’Neill steamer wetsuit (worth between R4 000 – R6 000)
• Surf4Earth Eco Surfboard (worth R5 500)
• Wavescape Film Festival Tickets, Tote and T-shirt (worth R750)
• Cases of Jack Black beer

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RULES

• Only entrants from South Africa are eligible.
• Footage can be from anywhere in the world.
• Entries are unlimited but the same video can only be entered once.
• Only video footage is eligible.
• Footage must have been shot over the last 12 months.
• Entries must be the original work of the entrant. Permission must be granted and due credit given if footage or help from another source has been utilised in a submission.
• Music and footage must comply to privacy rules, and be free to air (not protected by copyright).
• If copyrighted music or imagery are used, permission must be granted by the copyright holder.
• Films must be surfing and ocean related and no longer than five minutes.
• Zigzag and Wavescape reserve the right to verify all footage submitted through any means necessary.
• Zigzag and Wavescape may use the entries as content on their websites and social media platforms.
• Any entry that does not comply with the rules or terms and conditions will be instantly disqualified.
• The top 10 films will be screened at the Zag Shorts Awards evening at Jack Black’s Brewery on Friday 11 December 2020 where the three winners will be announced.
• Judging is weighted collectively as one third from Zigzag, one third from Wavescape and one third from Jack Black.
• Prizes will only be delivered within South Africa.
• Relatives or family of anyone at Zigzag, or Wavescape may not enter.
• Judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.