BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:WorCo X-WR-CALNAME:Ocean City Film Challenge Registration Open BEGIN:VEVENT UID:359022026-06-19 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260619 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260620 LOCATION:502 94th Street\nOcean City Maryland 21842 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=502 94th Street\nOcean City Maryland 21842;X-APPLE-RADIUS=49;X-TITLE=502 94th Street:geo:38.410058,-7 5.062242 GEO:38.410058;-75.062242 SUMMARY:Ocean City Film Challenge Registration Open CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Ocean City Film Challenge\nCreate. Compete. Celebrate Ocean Cit y on Film.\nThe Ocean City Film Challenge is the annual contest by the Oce an City\nFilm Festival\, inviting filmmakers to create a short film in or about\nOcean City for a chance to win prizes\, bragging rights\, and the\n opportunity for their work to be featured in the Ocean City Film\nFestival catalog.\nFilmmakers registering for the 2026 Ocean City Film Challenge m ust\ncomplete the registration form for eligibility. Serious inquiries\non ly\, as registration is limited. Applications are subject to review.\nClic k here to register:\nhttps://ocmdfilmfestival.com/ocean-city-film-challeng e/\nTimeline\nSunday\, June 1: Registration opens\nTuesday\, June 30: Regi stration closes\nMonday\, July 27: Final deliverables due\nSaturday\, Augu st 8: Film screening at the Art League of Ocean City\nRules & Regulations\ nAll films must be shot between June 1 and July 26. Filming may only\nbegi n after registration.\nFilms must not exceed a run-time of 10 minutes.\nFi lms must feature the designated line of dialogue listed in the\nregistrati on form.\nFilms must include at least one scene that visibly depicts Ocean City\nas the setting.\nFilms must be shot in or about Ocean City. Ocean C ity must either be\nvisibly featured or central to the premise of the film .\nFilms must follow a cinematic narrative structure\, either as a fiction \nnarrative or traditional documentary.\nVacation footage\, music videos\, or non-traditional cinema submissions\nwill not be accepted.\nFilmmakers must secure documentation of clearance for any\ncopyright-protected materi als used in their submission.\nDeliverables\nMP4 or MOV file of the film\n High-resolution poster\n2–3 still images from the film\nText document in cluding the film title\, run-time\, synopsis\, and\ncredits\nAll deliverab les are due no later than Monday\, July 27 via\nFilmFreeway. Upon registra tion\, filmmakers will receive the access\ncode to submit to the FilmFreew ay platform.\nFailure to comply with final deadline requirements may resul t in\ndisqualification from future OCFF events.\nPrizes\nPrizes are presen ted by the Art League of Ocean City and OCFF\nsponsors. The top three winn ers will be featured in Season 11 of the\nOcean City Film Festival during March 2027.\n1st Place: OCFF Season 11 filmmaker pass\, additional guest p ass\, swag\nbag\, and hotel stay for the duration of the 2027 OCFF\n\n2nd Place: OCFF Season 11 filmmaker pass\, additional guest pass\, swag\nbag\, and $50 cash\n\n3rd Place: OCFF Season 11 filmmaker pass\, additional gue st pass\, and\nswag bag\nFilm Screening & Awards\n\nFilms will premiere on Saturday\, August 8 at the Art League of Ocean\nCity. The event begins at 7:00 PM\, with films starting at 8:00 PM.\n\nThe screening will be follow ed by a live Q&A with filmmakers and the\nannouncement of award winners.\n Questions? Email OceanCityFilmFest@gmail.com.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Ocean City Film Challenge
\nCreate. Co mpete. Celebrate Ocean City on Film.
\nThe Ocean City Film Challenge is the annual contest by the Ocean City Film Festival\, inviting filmmaker s to create a short film in or about Ocean City for a chance to win prizes \, bragging rights\, and the opportunity for their work to be featured in the Ocean City Film Festival catalog.
\nFilmmakers registering for th e 2026 Ocean City Film Challenge must complete the registration form for e ligibility. Serious inquiries only\, as registration is limited. Applicati ons are subject to review.
\nClick here to register: http s://ocmdfilmfestival.com/ocean-city-film-challenge/
\nTimeline
\nSunday\, June 1: Registration opens
\nTuesday\, June 30: Registr ation closes
\nMonday\, July 27: Final deliverables due
\nSaturd ay\, August 8: Film screening at the Art League of Ocean City
\nRules &\; Regulations
\nAll films must be shot between June 1 and July 26. Filming may only begin after registration.
\nFilms must not excee d a run-time of 10 minutes.
\nFilms must feature the designated line of dialogue listed in the registration form.
\nFilms must include at least one scene that visibly depicts Ocean City as the setting.
\nFil ms must be shot in or about Ocean City. Ocean City must either be visibly featured or central to the premise of the film.
\nFilms must follow a cinematic narrative structure\, either as a fiction narrative or traditio nal documentary.
\nVacation footage\, music videos\, or non-tradition al cinema submissions will not be accepted.
\nFilmmakers must secure documentation of clearance for any copyright-protected materials used in t heir submission.
\nDeliverables
\nMP4 or MOV file of the film
\nHigh-resolution poster
\n2&ndash\;3 still images from the film\nText document including the film title\, run-time\, synopsis\, and c redits
\nAll deliverables are due no later than Monday\, July 27 via FilmFreeway. Upon registration\, filmmakers will receive the access code t o submit to the FilmFreeway platform.
\nFailure to comply with final deadline requirements may result in disqualification from future OCFF even ts.
\nPrizes
\nPrizes are presented by the Art League of Ocean C ity and OCFF sponsors. The top three winners will be featured in Season 11 of the Ocean City Film Festival during March 2027.
\n1st Place: OCFF Season 11 filmmaker pass\, additional guest pass\, swag bag\, and hotel s tay for the duration of the 2027 OCFF
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\n2nd Place: OCFF Seaso n 11 filmmaker pass\, additional guest pass\, swag bag\, and $50 cash
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\n3rd Place: OCFF Season 11 filmmaker pass\, additional guest pas s\, and swag bag
\nFilm Screening &\; Awards
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\nFilms will premiere on Saturday\, August 8 at the Art League of Ocean City. The event begins at 7:00 PM\, with films starting at 8:00 PM.
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\nT he screening will be followed by a live Q&\;A with filmmakers and the a nnouncement of award winners.
\nQuestions? Email OceanCityFilmFest@gmail.com.

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