SURGE! The Third Annual, International, Social Uprising, Resistance and Grassroots Encouragement (S.U.R.G.E.) Film Festival and Film Festival Network - www.WeSurge.org

SURGE is now accepting films and videos for 2007!

Every activist needs to party occassionally!

And we have a lot to celebrate! The 2007 A World Beyond Capitalism Conference and SURGE 2007 meetings in the Fall and early Winter went very well. We gave away over 50 info booklets expalining each of the events to people. Maya came and took a bunch of booklets to her activist meeting on Wednesday. Thanks Maya! Volunteers spoke with Media Island bout working with them! Thanks Rick! Capital Theatre (which has Olympia's only balcony) said they'd rent us their space and
all the works for an affordable amount! Thanks Mark for looking into that and thanks for offering your house for campers to sleep during the film festival! Much like the AWBC 2006 we decided the SURGE 2007 would remain free of charge! Sweet! The website for SURGE 2007 is up and ready! www.WeSurge.org Thanks to April who thought up the awesome name for the website!

Also, April is still looking into seeing if we can get free of charge space elsewhere so we can have a much large Film festival. Mark, Stephanie and other AWBC and SURGE volunteers saw a movie ('Before the Music Dies) in Lecture Hall 5 at Evergreen Collge and they showed a DVD and it was a great spot so maybe we can get that Lecture Hall for SURGE 2007, who knows. :)

Anyway, to celebrate the progress made with AWBC 2007 and SURGE 2007 we invited everyone to a party which was posted on this website.

Thank you for joining us at the party on 11/18/2006! It was an incredible party with music and homemade pizza and a whole lot more! Future parties will also be posted to this webpage. If you can't make it to our next party for whatever reason, we hope to see you at the AWBC 2007 in August 2007 or at SURGE 2007 in May 2007!
The address for the next party will be posted to this website.

  When submitting films please keep the following in mind:

• SURGE enables people worldwide to bring the festival into their area of the world through the SURGE film festival network!

• SURGE is a non-competitive film festival so all participants are winners
• Each and every year admission and ticket fees for people to attend the SURGE film festival has remained free-of-charge! This enables the largest possible audience, from all different financial, cultural and ethnic backgrounds, to participate in the film festival.
  
• Registration fees to submit films into the SURGE film festival remain low. Thanks to your generous donations, SURGE has made scholarships and fee-waivers available so no one is turned away for lack of funds. This enables the largest possible audience, from all different financial, cultural and ethnic backgrounds, to submit films.
  
• Yes, SURGE accepts anonymous entries as we encourage whistleblowers to expose injustice!
• Any entries that include a screening fee or scholarship which are not included in the SURGE festival are still published along with all the other entries in our International, S.U.R.G.E. Multilingual Film Festival Directory! This enables all entries to receive exposure and networking with people from all over the world.

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  FILM CATEGORIES
  

  You can list each entry in one, two or three different categories, enabling each submission to reach the broadest audience possible:
  

dig = digital
dis = discrimination
doc = documentaries
educ = educational films
envi = environmental
exp = experimental/innovative
fai = faith/interfaith
fam = family
fant = fantasy films
flf = full-length features
for = foreign/international
gen = general subject matter
his = history
hor = horror films
ind = industrial films
int = international/foreign
kid = children's films
music = music video
nar = narrative films
new tech = new technology
panel = panel of speakers
reg = regional/local
retro = retrospectives
sci-fi = science fiction
shorts = short films
vid = videos
wom = women

The SURGE Film Festival ONLY accepts Films/Videos that are directly, indirectly, literally, or symbolically related to activism.

Important:  Please do not waste your time and resources by submitting any film or videos which are focused on promoting or campaigning (also known as advertising) for politicians, government agencies or multinational corporations.  We will quickly discard such entries along with their checks or money orders.

The following must accompany a submission for it to be considered for The SURGE Film Festival:

1. Completed SURGE Entry Form
2. 2 VHS or DVD Copies of your Film/Video. Multiple entries must each be placed on a separate VHS tape or DVD. We then require 2 copies of each VHS tape or DVD.
3. Screening Fee. SURGE accepts check, money order, PayPal or on-line paperless Credit Card payments made payable to The Institute of Pamela.  PAMELA is an acronym for peaceful alliances facilitated by multilingual, multiracial education, handicapable outreach and native language accessibility.

FILM LENGTHS

The SURGE Film Festival accepts the following lengths only (which include all credits):

FILM SUBMISSION FEES & DUE DATES

We are now accepting film submissions!

NOTE: "Premium WithoutABox (WAB) Members" receive a discount on all submission fees.

NOTE: Filmmakers may submit multiple entries of their own work. You must pay an additional entry fee for EVERY ADDITIONAL ENTRY submitted.

SURGE PREFERS PAPERLESS ENTRIES submitted via The International Film Festival Submission System at Withoutabox.com, allowing you and us to enter your film more quickly and with greater accuracy.

Anyone is able to submit their Film/Video through "Withoutabox".  The Basic Membership Is Free-of-Charge!    And, by doing so, you have the advantage of uploading your Press Kits (or Withoutabox.com will make a Press Kit for you free) and tracking your Film/Video submission status on-line!

By clicking this link, you can click over to Withoutabox and follow the instructions to apply online.

IF YOU decide to not apply on-line through 'withoutabox.com', you can download, print, and mail The SURGE FILM FESTIVAL Submission Form found by clicking one of the  below links:

• The PDF (.pdf) version of the SURGE FILM FESTIVAL Submission Form
• The Document (.doc) version of the SURGE FILM FESTIVAL Submission Form
• The Single Webpage (.mht) mhtversion of the SURGE FILM FESTIVAL Submission Form
• The Webpage (.html) version of the SURGE FILM FESTIVAL Submission Form