Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1953)

the HIRAM PERCY MAXIM AWARD or PLACE IN THE TEN BEST CONTEST The AMATEUR CINEMA LEAGUE invites you onee again, as it has done every year since 1930, to submit your movie making efforts in the oldest, most honored contest in the world of personal filming — the ACL selections of Ten Best Amateur Films of the year and the Hiram Percy Maxim Award. The contest is open to amateurs anywhere in the world, using 8mm. or 16mm. film, black and white or color, silent or sound, in short or long reels and on any subject. The Ten Best selections are made by the officers and trained staff of the Amateur Cinema League, men who see more than a quarter million feet of film each year. The selection is not limited to League members — any amateur firmer, anywhere, may compete. What the judges seek first is sincerity — sincerity of camera work, film planning, editing, titling, and, above all, creative movie imagination. Any fine film can win ... it may be your film! THE MAXIM MEMORIAL AWARD, established in 1937 in honor of the League's Founder President, has become by international acclaim the most treasured trophy in the world of amateur movies. A cash prize of $100.00 and a miniature silvered replica of the Memorial is given annually to the one amateur whose film is judged the best of the Ten Best. In its sixteen year history, the Maxim Memorial Award has been won by films of every type — 8mm. and 16mm., long and short, silent and sound, factual and story. This year it may be won by your film. ALL AMATEURS honored in the Ten Best competition will receive a distinctive ACL Award Leader, animated and in full color, as well as a handsome, hand-lettered ACL Award Certificate in recognition of their outstanding efforts. SEND IN YOUR FILMS NOW It is not too early to send your films in for judging. The contest closes October 15, 1953. Send the entry blank below for each film you submit to: AMATEUR CINEMA LEAGUE 420 Lexington Avenue New York 17, N. Y. Send the Entry Blank below (or a copy of it) via 1st class mail for each film that you submit. I, , certify that (name) I have read the rules governing the ACL selection of the Ten Best Amateur Films of 1953 and the Hiram Percy Maxim Award and that my entry is in full compliance with these rules. □ Please return via Express Collect. □ Enclosed is $ for return via Name of Film Camera usecL I I Signature !__ — __ Date. RULES GOVERNING THE ACL SELECTION OF THE TEN BEST FILMS of 1953 AND THE HIRAM PERCY MAXIM AWARD States because of trademark regulations governing this product. 1. The ACL Ten Best competition is open to amateur filmers everywhere in the world. Films eligible to compete may be produced on 8mm. or 16mm. stock, black and white or color, silent or sound, 2-D or stereo, and may be on original or duplicate stock. However, no film will be eligible for which the maker has received payment or rental, or for which he will receive payment or rental prior to Dec. 1, 1953. Prizes won in other amateur film contests are not regarded by ACL as payments. 2. An official entry blank at left lor copy of it) must be forwarded by first class mail to cover each film submitted. The films themselves may be forwarded as the contestant elects, at his expense. Entries will be returned by the ACL at the expense of the contestant via the transportation he requests. 3. Film entries from outside of the United States must, because of American customs rulings, be made on film stock originally manufactured in the United States. Such entries should be forwarded by parcel post I do not enclose written matter) — not express — and must be valued at less than $100. U. S. funds. Entries from outside of the United States which fail to comply with one or both of these provisions will not be cleared through customs by the ACL. 4. Phono records (78 or 33 rpm only), of music, sound effects or narrative, may accompany films. But start marks, the order of playing, change-over cues and desired projector speed should be clearly indicated on a score sheet. Typewritten narrative to be read during projection also may be submitted if desired. Both score sheet and narrative must be sent by first class mail. No phonograph records of any kind can be received from outside of the United Magnetic recordings, either on film, tape or wire, also may accompany films; but their reproduction will depend on our ability to secure correct playback facilities. Please indicate desired running speed where necessary. 5. No competitor will be permitted to present his sound accompaniment personally at ACL headquarters nor may he be present in the League's projection room during the competitive screening of his film. 6. The number of films honored in the competition will include the ten selected as the Ten Best Amateur Films of 1953; an undetermined number of films which, in the opinion of the judges, merit Honorable Mention, and the winner of the Hiram Percy Maxim Award, which is chosen from among the Ten Best films. 7. Every film honored in the competition will receive an ACL Award leader in full color and an ACL Award Certificate signifying the honor which it has won. 8. Selection of the ACL Award winners will be made by the officers and headquarters staff of ACL. Their decisions will be final and the judges cannot undertake to discuss entries comparatively with the contestants. The ACL reserves the right to duplicate at its expense any film (either in whole or in major part) entered in the contest, for non-profit distribution or screening by ACL as ACL shall see fit. 9. No officer or director of the Amateur Cinema League and no staff member of the League or of MOVIE MAKERS is eligible to compete in the contest. 10. October 15, 1953, is the closing deadline for the competition. All entries must reach the office of the Amateur Cinema League, 420 Lexington Avenue, New York 17. N. Y., on or before that date. Award winners will be announced in the December number of MOVIE MAKERS.