Film Fest 2010 - Guidelines

1) Content of film must be halal.  This means, but is not limited to, no references or innuendoes to sexuality, vulgar language, drug use, any sort of racist or derogatory dialogue.

2) Islamic attire must be observed by both males and females.

3) Films must be handled by MSA members, however, there is no rule defining whether or not non-MSA members may involved in the films.  Anyone interested in taking part is fine, as long as they abide by the guidelines.

4) Submitted films must be in their final edited form and burned into DVD format on a DVD-R, with the name of the film, group leader, and school name labeled on the disc.

5) Each school will be given an allotted 20 minutes in which they are able to show as many movies as they wish in that time period. It is the task of each chapter of MSA to remove any movies that take them past the 20 min time limit.

6) The final deadline to submit screened films to the University of Michigan-Dearborn Muslim Students Association will be March 26, 2010.  Any entries after this date will not be considered for the event.

7) Each MSA will also be allowed to create their own trailer for their chapter.  These trailers are part of the 20 min time limit.

8) Submitted films may be any genre.

9)  All films, from every chapter, will be sent to a neutral screening committee to ensure that nothing was missed.  This committee will be responsible for piecing together all the films and deciding the order of the program. The neutral screening committee will consist of selected members from each organization.