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Launching the Lensrentals Pitch Contest

Published December 28, 2020

This year, we want to celebrate filmmakers who worked hard despite everything to make their dreams come true. Even short films take an immense amount of time, planning, and money, so we want to help make your vision a reality. And so, we’re so excited to announce our pitch contest, where you have a chance to win a $2000 Lensrentals.com credit, $1000 cash, and plenty of other prizes to help make your vision a reality.

How It Works

We’re looking for those who want to make a short film (5-7 minutes) with their original idea and execution – and all we’d need from you is your pitch. The contest runs from December 28th, 2020, until January 29th, 2021, where you have the opportunity to submit a script and video pitch of your idea to our panel of judges. From there, our judges will select their favorite idea, and you’ll receive a prize package worth an estimated $5,000.

The Prizes

With the help of our sponsors Musicbed, Frame.io, FilmConvert, CineMatch, and others, the prize package will be given to the best pitch as judges by our panel of judges. The prize package, valued at over $5,000, includes —

  • $2,000 rental credit from Lensrentals.com
  • $1,000 cash
  • 1-year Business subscription to MusicBed
  • 1 year Pro subscription to Frame.io
  • 1 FilmConvert Plug-in Bundle
  • 1 CineMatch Plug-in
  • A feature on the Lensrentals Blog

The Judges

When all of the pitches have been submitted, each pitch will be looked over by our team of judges where they will collectively choose their favorite pitch. Our panel of judges includes the Lensrentals marketing and video team, and Cinematographer and No Film School’s Charles Haine.

How to Submit your Pitch

What we’d need from you is a 1-3 minute video pitch submitted to YouTube explaining your idea to our judges. In addition to your video pitch, we’ll need a written pitch, which can be an abbreviated copy of the script, logline, synopsis, mood board (optional), and cast (optional) submitted by January 29th, 2021. The video pitch must be submitted on YouTube, and the written pitch on the Film Freeway platform, which you can submit by clicking the button below.

Regulations / Terms

RULES & TERMS
Lensrentals can only accept original pitches that do not infringe on the copyrights or intellectual property rights of any third parties, engage in defamation, or infringe privacy rights.
Only one project may be submitted per person. All submissions must be submitted through FilmFreeway.

The selection process will be carried out at the discretion of the organizers and may not be disputed by entrants. We will not respond to any inquiries regarding the selection process or results. For inquiries relating to the entry guidelines, please contact us at marketing@lensrentals.com.

Final deadline for submissions is January 29th. Notification of the winner is February 8th.

In addition to the above, Lensrentals Pitch Contest submitters must: be 18 years or older submit their work in English submit screenplay as a PDF in standard screenplay format, font, spacing, and margin. Winners of the contest must be in the United States to accept the prize. This contest is open to US residents only.

COPYRIGHT AND OWNERSHIP

Lensrentals or any other partner, employee or agent associated with this contest claims no ownership nor first right of option to any original intellectual property or pitch submitted to this contest. All ownership and rights to the scripts submitted to this contest remain with the original rights holders until and unless other agreements are made. By entering this contest you are agreeing to joining the email lists of our partners, Frame.io, Musicbed, and Filmconvert. You may unsubscribe at any time.

PUBLICITY

Except where prohibited by law, participation in the contest constitutes each entrant’s consent to Lensrentals and its agents’ and contest sponsor’s use of entrants’ names, likenesses, photographs, and/or personal information for promotional purposes in any media, worldwide, without further payment or consideration. All uses of a entrants’ information are in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

ENTRY CONDITIONS AND RELEASE: BY ENTERING THE CONTEST YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND AGREE TO THESE CONDITIONS. You agree to release and hold harmless Lensrentals, Lensrentals.com, its subsidiary, parent and affiliated companies, Prize contributors, judges, Sponsors, and any other organizations responsible for administering, advertising or promoting the Contest, and every one of their respective members, directors, employees, agents and representatives (collectively, the “Released Parties”) past and present from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liability, including but not limited to damages and negligence to property and persons, including but not limited to invasion of privacy, defamation, slander, libel, violation of right of publicity, copyright, infringement of trademark or other intellectual property rights relating to a participant’s Entry, participation in the Contest and/or acceptance or use or misuse of Prize; provided however, that such release will not apply to any commercial exploitation of the script by a Released Party in violation of your rights under applicable copyright law; and (c) indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Lensrentals.com and its Sponsor, agents and employees from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liabilities (including reasonable attorneys fees) relating to an entrant’s participation in the Contest and/or entrant’s use or misuse of Prize. Employees of Lensrentals and their immediate families are ineligible to participate in this contest. Any such submission will be immediately disqualified.

ENTRY TO THIS SKILL-BASED CONTEST IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED or restricted by any Federal, State or Local law. Voided entries will be refunded. Recipients’ eligibility will be verified before the grant is awarded and the winner may be required to sign an affidavit of eligibility. By entering the contest, you authorize us to use any trusted third-party online and cloud-based services and databases for hosting, managing and/or transmitting your submission file(s).

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