Join us in the Preston House, Main Street, Abbeyleix at 4:00pm on Saturday June 12th for a screening of all 4 films and the awards presentation.

The films feature many well known faces from the locality and awards for Best Film and Audience Award will be handed out following the screenings.

Read all about the 4 documentaries by following the links below:

• In Search of the Red Beggar
• The Last Train
• Brown Gold
• A Royal Welcome

Following the massive success of the very first Abbeyfest and the 48 Hour Film Experiment in 2009,Crewger.com are returning with an exciting event based around this year’s ‘Abbeyfest Music and Arts Festival’ that will combine the best elements of both.

This unique event is designed to promote both the work of our up and coming documentary filmmakers, and the town of Abbeyleix.

If you are a filmmaker looking to turn a project around in record time, to have that project seen by an esteemed panel of adjudicators and to have your film screened as part of one of Ireland’s most exciting new festivals, then this is the competition for you.

The Competition:

5 teams will be given the challenge of shooting a documentary on the people and history of Abbeyleix.

The competition is open to all Crewger members, and prizes will be awarded in the following categories:

• Best Film
• Audience Award
• Best Use of Social Networking Tools

The awards ceremony will take place on Saturday, June 11^th at a special screening event in the town of Abbeyleix. Each entry will be screened on the night and awards will be handed out.

The Films:

The Crewger team will select a number of interesting subjects from the annals of Abbeyleix history that we feel are worthy of a one-off documentary.

Subjects will then be picked out of a hat by the chosen teams. Leads and sources for research will be provided for each project..

Filmmakers are encouraged to tell the human side of these stories, to use the town and the people of the locality as much as possible in weaving their tale. We are not interested in films that merely ‘show us’ the story. We encourage filmmakers to uncover and explore the real-life stories and experiences behind the subjects that they have been provided with. We are looking for new research, insights, revelations and challenges to conventional wisdom.

Prizes and Judges:

Films will be judged on originality, artistic merit and impact.

A special prize will be awarded to the filmmakers who demonstrate the most effective use of social networking tools to organise and promote their individual production. Winners in this category will be chosen by the Crewger team.

The Audience Award will be chosen by those attending the official awards night to be held as part of the Abbeyfest 2010 line up, in specially built venue on Saturday, June 11^th.

There will also be a special screening event held in Dublin in July, featuring the best performing artists from this year’s ‘Abbeyfest Music and Arts Festival’.

Last year the Crewger Team collected nearly €1,400 worth of prizes from parties such as Filmbase, GFD Communications Ltd, Film Works and Conns Camera’s. We are confident that this years prizes we will almost double that amount.

Last years adjudicators included Kirsten Sheridan, Lenny Abrahamson and Vanessa Gildea. We are currently in negotiation with a number of high profile documentary filmmakers who we hope will act as adjudicators for this years competition.

How To Enter The Competition

To register your interest, simply register online at www.crewger.com, fill out your entire portfolio and email Brendan@crewger.ie, telling us why you feel you have what it takes to enter the competition.

Deadline:

The deadline for completed entries is Friday June 4^th 2010. All finished films must be received at Studio Rua, The Digital Depot, Thomas Street, Dublin 8 and clearly labelled ‘ABBEYFEST DOCUMENTARY FILM COMPETITION’, by close of business.

Competition Rules & Regulations:

• All team members must be active members of Crewger.com.

• All projects must be run live on Crewger.com, accompanied by Facebook and Twitter campaigns.

• Teams can have no more than five members.

• Your team must obtain all the necessary permissions and rights including copyright of all people involved.

• All films must be made specifically for the Abbeyfest Digital Film Competition.

• The running time of your completed documentaries must be between 9 and 10 minutes long.

• You must submit 2 hard copies of your short film by Friday June 4^th deadline – one on DVD and the second on mini DV tape (do not send us your master copy!).

• All projects must be up and running on Crewger.com within 48 hours of the initial selection process.

• Films must be in English or have English subtitles.

• Crewger reserves the right to disqualify any films that are deemed offensive or irrelevant.

• The judges’ decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into.

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