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2022 Brickfilmer's Guild Film Festival
THE DEADLINE TO ENTER HAS PASSED. SEE PLAYLIST OF ENTRIES HERE. JUDGES SCORECARD IS AVAILABLE ABOVE FOR ELIGIBLE JUDGES.
The BFG Film Festival is an online brickfilming festival that will showcase some of the best brickfilms of 2022. We invite all Brickfilmer's Guild members to submit their best brickfilm of 2022. Your entry can be a brickfilm that has already been made, or one you make just for this festival, as long as it is published in 2022. You have until the end of the year to submit your brickfilm.
Judging will be completed in two rounds. The first round will have all entries judged by a panel of judges. All judging for round 1 will be completed by February 1, 2023. Round two will consist of a judges meeting held virtually on February 18, 2023. Any Brickfilmer’s Guild member that has ever completed round 1 judging in a past festival is eligible for round 2. Round two will have a condensed film list to watch based on round 1 judging. The winners for Best Film and main categories will be chosen by round 2 panel.
Member’s Choice and BFG 2022 Brickfilmer of the Year voting by BFG members will have the same deadline. The list of festival entries will be made available January 1, 2023 in the form of a playlist on the Brickfilmer’s Guild YouTube Channel and judges score cards will be made available on the BFG website.
Main Categories: (Categories judged by participating invited judges)
-Best Story and Screenplay
-Best Cinematography *
-Best Scenic Design (using LEGO or other building bricks)*
-Best Animation *
-Best Visual Effects (Either practical or digitally made special effects)
-Best Sound Design
-Best Original Music Score (must fill in a box with the name of the composer(s) and note if Filmstro or similar service is used)
-Best Voice Acting (best voice acting from an ensemble)
-Best Film (Open Category) (Collaborations are eligible)
-Best Brickfilm by Solo Brickfilmer (only music, stock sound effects and voice acting are exempt. Writing, animation, post production, etc. must be done by one person)
-Best Film by 16 and Under Person or Team (All contributors must be 16 years of age or younger)
*Must have 50% stop motion at minimum to be eligible for categories (50% does not include title and credits).
Extra categories:
-Best Brickfilm that includes the BFG logo will be judged by thefourmonkeys
-BFG Members Choice - All members of the Brickfilmer’s Guild are invited to vote
-Honorable Mention Categories (categories vary each year) will be judged by thefourmonkeys
-Star Wars, Super Hero, Non-English, No Dialogue etc.
Rules:
1. Submit your brickfilm by deadline.
2. Your brickfilm must be uploaded in the year 2022, no exceptions. The YouTube (or Vimeo) video must have a 2022 date. The deadline for submissions is 12:01 A.M. GMT, January 1, 2023. A re-upload of an old film that has not been in a past BFG festival is eligible to enter as long as it is uploaded in 2022.
3. Your entry does not have to be made for this festival, but if you include the BFG logo in the first 5 seconds of your brickfilm, it will make you eligible for the "Best Entry with BFG Logo" category. This category will be judged by thefourmonkeys. BFG logo can be either the static logo or CGI animated sequence.
Static Logo:
http://www.brickfilmersguild.com/uploads/4/4/2/4/44245419/bfg_logo_large.jpg
or….
CGI animated sequence:
www.brickfilmersguild.com/video-logo.html
4. The principle animation technique must be stop motion or LEGO “brickfilm” inspired CGI. Entries with less than 50% stop motion will not be eligible to be judged in the Cinematography, Best Scenic Design, Best Animation, and Best Brickfilm of Festival categories.
5. Your entry must be under 15 minutes long or be granted a long brickfilm waiver by BFG Council. If you enter a film that is over 15 minutes and it is not granted a waiver, you will have the opportunity to enter a different film.
6. You can enter only one brickfilm. No substitutions are allowed after entry has been submitted unless it is not granted a length waiver (see rule #5). It is very easy to enter the contest, but choose your brickfilm entry wisely. You have until the end of the year to enter your film. If you collaborate on brickfilms, the films must be published on different YouTube channels. No one channel may enter multiple brickfilms. A member that was part of a larger collab project will not be disqualified from entering a solo project if the collaboration film they are part of is entered.
7. Violence with blood is allowed. Guns, knives, and all other weapons are allowed.
8. Offensive language will be tolerated, but could hurt your score if not used in a necessary manner or if any particular judges find it overly offensive.
9. No sexually offensive material allowed.
10. No offensive racist material will be accepted.
11. Use of licensed themes and/or music is allowed.
12. Only Brickfilmer's Guild members may enter. Eligible non-members that enter the festival will automatically be signed up for BFG membership.
Prizes:
We will continue the tradition that was started a few years ago. There will be no physical prizes awarded to the winners. Winning and being nominated for anything in this festival is the prize itself, however the winner of Best Film (Open Category), Best Brickfilm by Solo Brickfilmer, Best Film by 16 and Under Person or Team and BFG Member’s Choice will be added to the list of past winners in the BFG Library.
If your entry is accepted, your name will be added to the "Accepted Entries" list below.
1. LetsPlayGamez
2. Blandeer
3. JaguarBrickFilms
4. Star Brick Studios
5. Sim Ned Productions
6. Bros with da Legos
7. AeroNomad
8. Sullivan Manning
9. RestInPiecesProductions
10. Spinjitzu Master Falcon
11. Brickstorming
12. AnyBrick
13. McAuliffe Media
14. starwarsstudio100
15. UrbanStopMotion
16. France & Alex
17. Hennison Animations
18. Hamster Productions
19. MindGame Studios
20. Airborne_Productions
21. Oli-AG
22. SuitedNinjaNerd Studios
23. Spudson
24. Yetgo
25. Sonjira
26. PR film productions
27. Brickbuster
28. Chaparreras films
29. Kristóf Fekete-Kovács
30. Bricks and Pieces Animation
31. Twisted Bricks
32. Altlandstudios
33. Legg Animations
34. Knauser
35. Legomoves
36. Locker 74 Productions
37. BlueBrick
38. MCC Studios
39. Orbital Lizard Studios
40. Gregory Animations
41. Joshua Nelson
42. Oschi Filme
43. TinyMushroomFilms
44. JO Co
45. Bricks N Blocks
46. Toon Bros
47. LOTW Studios
48. Robukka
49. Legostudio01 and A&M Studios
50. Fineline
Last updated January 1, 2023
This is an international contest, it is helpful if your video has closed captions unless there is no dialogue. This is not a requirement, but will be very helpful for the international group of judges. The BFG reserves the right to make adjustments to the rules if necessary.
Judging:
The eligible BFG members being invited to judge festival include:
-Any past BFG Film Festival judge
-Any Past BFG Brickfilmer of the Year
-Any Past BFG Film Festival Best Brickfilm of Festival winner
-Any Past BFG Community Award Winner (Gold, Silver, or Bronze)
-Past BFG Podcast Guest
-As a way to help reduce a judges time commitment, judges may quit watching any entry after 45 seconds if they feel the brickfilm has zero possibility of making the top 10 or 20 of any category. All brickfilms will be watched completely and judged by thefourmonkeys for “honorable mention” and “Best Brickfilm with BFG Logo” categories.
Below is the list of eligible judges for the Brickfilmer's Guild Film Festival. If you are on this list and would like to judge, please fill out this form.
Dave Smith (thefourmonkeys)
Kim Smith (thefourmonkeys)
Bruno Lefèvre
Shelby Pritchard
Mirko Hortzman
Paul Hollingsworth
Kevin Ulrich
James Morr
Tommy Williamson
Marc Andre Caron
Alex Kobbs
Something's Awry Productions
David Pagano
David Pickett
Sean Willis
Chris Salaisis
Forrest Whaley
Gareth Pugh
Sean Willets
Zach Macias
Maxime Marion
Steffen Troeger
Spencer Katz
Michael Hickox
Thomas Evans
David Clark
Harrison Allen
Dylan Woodley
Aaron Fisher
TofAnimation
Alex Pearson
Gus Danko
Christopher Gearhart
Akash Jones
Andreas Bitzan
Alexander Leitner
Jared Jacobs
Pongowl
Gold Brick Productions
LOTW Studios
Titan Pictures
Frame5 Studios
Bricktale Studios
DudeBrick
SuitedNinjaNerd
BrickHat Studios
Locker 74 Productions
Scorch Bricks
Sonjira
Bricks and Pieces
Knauser
AoW-Gamer
CodeMan
BertL
Chris Wynn
Keshen8
THE DEADLINE TO ENTER HAS PASSED. SEE PLAYLIST OF ENTRIES HERE. JUDGES SCORECARD IS AVAILABLE ABOVE FOR ELIGIBLE JUDGES.
The BFG Film Festival is an online brickfilming festival that will showcase some of the best brickfilms of 2022. We invite all Brickfilmer's Guild members to submit their best brickfilm of 2022. Your entry can be a brickfilm that has already been made, or one you make just for this festival, as long as it is published in 2022. You have until the end of the year to submit your brickfilm.
Judging will be completed in two rounds. The first round will have all entries judged by a panel of judges. All judging for round 1 will be completed by February 1, 2023. Round two will consist of a judges meeting held virtually on February 18, 2023. Any Brickfilmer’s Guild member that has ever completed round 1 judging in a past festival is eligible for round 2. Round two will have a condensed film list to watch based on round 1 judging. The winners for Best Film and main categories will be chosen by round 2 panel.
Member’s Choice and BFG 2022 Brickfilmer of the Year voting by BFG members will have the same deadline. The list of festival entries will be made available January 1, 2023 in the form of a playlist on the Brickfilmer’s Guild YouTube Channel and judges score cards will be made available on the BFG website.
Main Categories: (Categories judged by participating invited judges)
-Best Story and Screenplay
-Best Cinematography *
-Best Scenic Design (using LEGO or other building bricks)*
-Best Animation *
-Best Visual Effects (Either practical or digitally made special effects)
-Best Sound Design
-Best Original Music Score (must fill in a box with the name of the composer(s) and note if Filmstro or similar service is used)
-Best Voice Acting (best voice acting from an ensemble)
-Best Film (Open Category) (Collaborations are eligible)
-Best Brickfilm by Solo Brickfilmer (only music, stock sound effects and voice acting are exempt. Writing, animation, post production, etc. must be done by one person)
-Best Film by 16 and Under Person or Team (All contributors must be 16 years of age or younger)
*Must have 50% stop motion at minimum to be eligible for categories (50% does not include title and credits).
Extra categories:
-Best Brickfilm that includes the BFG logo will be judged by thefourmonkeys
-BFG Members Choice - All members of the Brickfilmer’s Guild are invited to vote
-Honorable Mention Categories (categories vary each year) will be judged by thefourmonkeys
-Star Wars, Super Hero, Non-English, No Dialogue etc.
Rules:
1. Submit your brickfilm by deadline.
2. Your brickfilm must be uploaded in the year 2022, no exceptions. The YouTube (or Vimeo) video must have a 2022 date. The deadline for submissions is 12:01 A.M. GMT, January 1, 2023. A re-upload of an old film that has not been in a past BFG festival is eligible to enter as long as it is uploaded in 2022.
3. Your entry does not have to be made for this festival, but if you include the BFG logo in the first 5 seconds of your brickfilm, it will make you eligible for the "Best Entry with BFG Logo" category. This category will be judged by thefourmonkeys. BFG logo can be either the static logo or CGI animated sequence.
Static Logo:
http://www.brickfilmersguild.com/uploads/4/4/2/4/44245419/bfg_logo_large.jpg
or….
CGI animated sequence:
www.brickfilmersguild.com/video-logo.html
4. The principle animation technique must be stop motion or LEGO “brickfilm” inspired CGI. Entries with less than 50% stop motion will not be eligible to be judged in the Cinematography, Best Scenic Design, Best Animation, and Best Brickfilm of Festival categories.
5. Your entry must be under 15 minutes long or be granted a long brickfilm waiver by BFG Council. If you enter a film that is over 15 minutes and it is not granted a waiver, you will have the opportunity to enter a different film.
6. You can enter only one brickfilm. No substitutions are allowed after entry has been submitted unless it is not granted a length waiver (see rule #5). It is very easy to enter the contest, but choose your brickfilm entry wisely. You have until the end of the year to enter your film. If you collaborate on brickfilms, the films must be published on different YouTube channels. No one channel may enter multiple brickfilms. A member that was part of a larger collab project will not be disqualified from entering a solo project if the collaboration film they are part of is entered.
7. Violence with blood is allowed. Guns, knives, and all other weapons are allowed.
8. Offensive language will be tolerated, but could hurt your score if not used in a necessary manner or if any particular judges find it overly offensive.
9. No sexually offensive material allowed.
10. No offensive racist material will be accepted.
11. Use of licensed themes and/or music is allowed.
12. Only Brickfilmer's Guild members may enter. Eligible non-members that enter the festival will automatically be signed up for BFG membership.
Prizes:
We will continue the tradition that was started a few years ago. There will be no physical prizes awarded to the winners. Winning and being nominated for anything in this festival is the prize itself, however the winner of Best Film (Open Category), Best Brickfilm by Solo Brickfilmer, Best Film by 16 and Under Person or Team and BFG Member’s Choice will be added to the list of past winners in the BFG Library.
If your entry is accepted, your name will be added to the "Accepted Entries" list below.
1. LetsPlayGamez
2. Blandeer
3. JaguarBrickFilms
4. Star Brick Studios
5. Sim Ned Productions
6. Bros with da Legos
7. AeroNomad
8. Sullivan Manning
9. RestInPiecesProductions
10. Spinjitzu Master Falcon
11. Brickstorming
12. AnyBrick
13. McAuliffe Media
14. starwarsstudio100
15. UrbanStopMotion
16. France & Alex
17. Hennison Animations
18. Hamster Productions
19. MindGame Studios
20. Airborne_Productions
21. Oli-AG
22. SuitedNinjaNerd Studios
23. Spudson
24. Yetgo
25. Sonjira
26. PR film productions
27. Brickbuster
28. Chaparreras films
29. Kristóf Fekete-Kovács
30. Bricks and Pieces Animation
31. Twisted Bricks
32. Altlandstudios
33. Legg Animations
34. Knauser
35. Legomoves
36. Locker 74 Productions
37. BlueBrick
38. MCC Studios
39. Orbital Lizard Studios
40. Gregory Animations
41. Joshua Nelson
42. Oschi Filme
43. TinyMushroomFilms
44. JO Co
45. Bricks N Blocks
46. Toon Bros
47. LOTW Studios
48. Robukka
49. Legostudio01 and A&M Studios
50. Fineline
Last updated January 1, 2023
This is an international contest, it is helpful if your video has closed captions unless there is no dialogue. This is not a requirement, but will be very helpful for the international group of judges. The BFG reserves the right to make adjustments to the rules if necessary.
Judging:
The eligible BFG members being invited to judge festival include:
-Any past BFG Film Festival judge
-Any Past BFG Brickfilmer of the Year
-Any Past BFG Film Festival Best Brickfilm of Festival winner
-Any Past BFG Community Award Winner (Gold, Silver, or Bronze)
-Past BFG Podcast Guest
-As a way to help reduce a judges time commitment, judges may quit watching any entry after 45 seconds if they feel the brickfilm has zero possibility of making the top 10 or 20 of any category. All brickfilms will be watched completely and judged by thefourmonkeys for “honorable mention” and “Best Brickfilm with BFG Logo” categories.
Below is the list of eligible judges for the Brickfilmer's Guild Film Festival. If you are on this list and would like to judge, please fill out this form.
Dave Smith (thefourmonkeys)
Kim Smith (thefourmonkeys)
Bruno Lefèvre
Shelby Pritchard
Mirko Hortzman
Paul Hollingsworth
Kevin Ulrich
James Morr
Tommy Williamson
Marc Andre Caron
Alex Kobbs
Something's Awry Productions
David Pagano
David Pickett
Sean Willis
Chris Salaisis
Forrest Whaley
Gareth Pugh
Sean Willets
Zach Macias
Maxime Marion
Steffen Troeger
Spencer Katz
Michael Hickox
Thomas Evans
David Clark
Harrison Allen
Dylan Woodley
Aaron Fisher
TofAnimation
Alex Pearson
Gus Danko
Christopher Gearhart
Akash Jones
Andreas Bitzan
Alexander Leitner
Jared Jacobs
Pongowl
Gold Brick Productions
LOTW Studios
Titan Pictures
Frame5 Studios
Bricktale Studios
DudeBrick
SuitedNinjaNerd
BrickHat Studios
Locker 74 Productions
Scorch Bricks
Sonjira
Bricks and Pieces
Knauser
AoW-Gamer
CodeMan
BertL
Chris Wynn
Keshen8