1 WEEK LEFT! (9.9.13 Weekly Update)

Hello, IYSFF Family!

If  you did not know, we're coming down the line for Australian Submissions! They're due in exactly 1 week from this day, 9/2/13! 

On that note, happy September to our fellow filmmakers and everyone new and old to the family. 

We hope that your month of August was eventful, and if not, make September the eventful month! 

Start by turning in those submissions by the 9th and you'll already be on a hot streak! ;)

With this being the beginning of the week blog post, we're here to encourage you to speak with fellow filmmakers and peers on the Facebook page and also communicate through twitter as well! (Both links down below). 

At the end of this month, we're announcing a new contest that all filmmakers will have access to!
Almost exactly like the previous Youtube contest, this one will be promoting the festival directly! 

If you have any questions at all regarding the festival, submissions, general inquiries, be sure to check out the website! If you want a direct immediate answer, we, the social media team, can assist to the  best of our abilities at almost all hours of the day!

Email: iysffofficial@Gmail.com

We hope that you're all well and enjoying your time working on the films!
For our American friends, with summer coming to an end, we hope you had an amazing Summer!

FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/IYSFF
TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/iysffofficial

Thanks everyone! Stay tuned for announcements and updates throughout this month and leading into October!

- IYSFF Social Media Management

2 WEEKS UNTIL DEADLINE!

Hello, IYSFF Family!

It's a new week, which means a new blog post!


We're coming down the line for Australian Filmmakers to submit their films to the Festival.
September 9th, 2013! Don't forget!

Teachers, keep reminding your students to submit and find new ways to innovate their work! The more submissions the better.

Students and filmmakers: Keep working! A little less than 2 weeks to go until the deadline. We hope you're working hard and that you're excited to see what the Festival is all about. We're excited to visit and put it on for you.

If you have any questions, concerns, suggestions, anything really; Shoot an email to:
IYSFFOfficial@gmail.com and we'll help out!

Stay creative, look for new ideas everywhere and don't forget to check out the Facebook page!


Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/IYSFF

Can't wait to see your films!
- IYSFF Social Media Management

Submissions!

Hey there IYSFF Family!

 Hope everyone is doing well this week!
Have you been working on your films? If you haven't, there's still a little over 2 weeks left until the submission date! 9.9.13 DON'T FORGET! :)

If you have any questions regarding the festival, the submission dates, or anything at all, don't be afraid to ask! Visit Makesilentfilm.com or shoot an email to IYSFFOfficial@gmail.com

Thanks everyone! Keep telling your friends!

- IYSFF Social Media Management

END Of Youtube Advertising Contest!

Today marks the end of the Youtube Advertising contest!

If you have something that you've created and wish to submit, send it to IYSFFOfficial@gmail.com!
Also post it on the Facebook page at: Facebook.com/IYSFF

It's been a great contest! A few people submitted, and we're going to have to get the advertisements running ASAP, so the judgement will be taken place within the next few days.

If there are ANY videos that come in late, it's not a problem! We'll be sharing everything and anything that young filmmakers have created to help promote the festival in October. Aiming towards creating awareness towards the Submission date of ALL films for the festival on September 9th!


More contests will be happening throughout the month and approaching the Festival, so keep your eyes peeled on the Facebook page. :)


As for this contest, it was a great tester and it will be amazing to see everyone's submissions and creative marketing skills. We hope you had fun and that there are many more advertisements that are coming!

~ International Youth Silent Film Festival

I.Y.S.F.F. Youtube Advertising Contest!

ATTENTION LADY AND GENTLEMAN FILMMAKERS OF THE IYSFF FAMILY (and soon to-be members of the IYSFF family):

Today is the beginning of the Youtube contest!
What does this mean? It means create an Ad for the International Youth Silent Film Festival, of course!

But there's more... It has to be specifically promoting the soon-to-be Australian Film Festival in October!
What you win? Your advertisement will be played all over Youtube in Australia!

Because we want this to be a community engagement activity and get everyone possible involved:

We want you to have fun, most importantly. Throw in all your creative titles, stories, effects, acting, etc.! It'll be a BLAST to see what kind of creations you will all produce.

How this will work:
Winner will be determined by the MOST COMMENTS and SHARES on the Facebook page, and then selected by IYSFF Officials. We will share every video created on the facebook page, twitter, and instagram, telling people to go watch.
The more advertisements the better!

GUIDELINES AND DATES:Begins: 7/15 Ends: 8/5

Your advertisement goes live on the 8th of August, all over YouTube in Australia!

Contest Rules:

- 30 Seconds in length

- Must have Australia Submission Date Written in Titles (Sept. 9, 2013)

- Australia Festival Locations in Titles
 (Adelaide, Capri Theater & Kingston City Hall Moorabbin, Australia)

- Have the IYSFF logo at the end

- Non-Violent

- Mention that it’s the International Youth Silent Film Festival

- Any age up to age 20

- More importantly, Have fun! Get creative!

Tell your friends! 

Tonight is...The Creative Youth Awards Ceremony!

Hello, IYSFF followers!

Tonight is the night. What night you might ask? The Creative Youth Awards Ceremony, of course! 

We're trying to grab as many peoples' attention as possible, so be sure to let your friends in on the little secret that, yes, the awards are happening tonight!
They're sure to be incredible and a total blast for filmmakers and fans of films alike. 

Before the Awards (Which are at 7:00 PM at the Hollywood Theater, in Portland, OR) there is a filmmakers hangout! If you don't know what that is, it's a gathering of all the greatest minds, obviously! You, the filmmaker, will be able to participate in a pre-party type event where you, AND ONLY YOU, will have access to the celebrity jurors who had once seen and graded your film.

The celebrity jurors that you were surprised to hear were on the panel! The same celebrity jurors that you perhaps have wanted to meet for quite some time! Now's your chance. It's tonight. 

The filmmakers get-together takes place at 5:00 PM, in the Chameleon Lounge, only a block away from the Hollywood theater.
THIS IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO SUBMITTED FILMS THIS YEAR TO THE IYSFF...OR IN YEARS' PAST. 

It's a gift for putting effort into your films and sticking with the IYSFF family. To get to know one another, have fun, ask the Jurors questions and talk about anything film related!  

For those of you really into social media, and use it on a daily basis, we're going to be updating everything we're on....ALL DAY AND NIGHT! 

PRO-TIP: When using your phone, find us on Instagram, and whenever you take any pictures, hashtag them with the hashtag, #IYSFF or #CYA. It'll be an easy find!

Creative Youth Awards Ceremony

Hello there, IYSFF Followers!



On Thursday night, 7:00 PM at the Hollywood theater in Portland, the Creative Youth Awards are taking place! Honoring the youth of filmmaking and finding out who won the top prize!

It'll be a blast, we're sure.

Bring your friends and family; including friends that might not have been in the festival this year!
Get them interested in joining next year and becoming part of the IYSFF family!

There's a private Meet and Greet for this year's festival participants and participants of Festival's past! It'll be an amazing experience and we hope that you're able to make it. Celebrity jurors are going to be there...an opportunity you will not want to miss!

More information coming, be sure to tell your friends and get as many people as possible interested in the Awards Ceremony!

~ IYSFF Social Media Managers
Follow on Twitter for by the minute updates!
https://twitter.com/IYSFFOfficial

The Official Facebook page will be integrating all of the group members of the past IYSFF page and being sure to engage everyone in the IYSFF family!
https://www.facebook.com/IYSFF

The Tumblr will only work if you participate! Be sure to follow and interact with the community!
http://iysff-official-blog.tumblr.com/

Welcome to the Official IYSFF Blog!

Welcome to the first blog post of the Official IYSFF blog!

We will consistently be updating on news, events, information and press releases from the International Youth Silent Film Festival.
Our latest news is the Creative Youth Award Ceremony for the Pacific Northwest regionals are being hosted on June 6th.

There is a "Meet and Greet" with the Celebrity Jurors at 5 PM on the same day, all Filmmakers from the International Youth Silent Film Festival are invited!
At 7 PM is when the award ceremony begins.

We're also starting up all forms of Social Media to stay engaged in our young community and to also engage you!

There are many fun things coming around the corner, but for now, it would be incredible if you could look at all of the new pages that we've set up, interact with them, and even share them around!

Also, the Winner of the IYSFF will have the chance to ride in the Rose Parade on Saturday, be sure to watch it on our very own Portland Local News station!

Thank you for the continued support and we can't wait to interact and get to know you all better through these sites,

- IYSFF Social Media Manager

Here are the links to the new sites!

Follow the Facebook for information and updates:

• http://www.facebook.com/IYSFF

Be sure to Subscribe on Youtube:

• http://www.youtube.com/IYSFFOfficial

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Live feeds, updates and so much more!

• https://twitter.com/IYSFFOfficial

If you have a tumblr, we have one too. Here we'll be able to have fun and interact using different pictures, GIFS, Blog posts from us (and you guys), all relating to film and media production.

Tumblr:

• http://iysff-official-blog.tumblr.com/

If you have an instagram, just look up IYSFFOfficial