Type: Cinematography (script, storyboard, animated film, short film, full-length film)
Deadline (closes): May 31, 2010
Eligibility: International, Open to all ages
Prizes: 0€ (+ certificates + international promotion + publication + edition of the work in an international anthology + the winner will be nominated for the Grand Prix Leonardo Da Vinci 2010).
Entry Fee: €0 first entry, €25 each additional.
The prize awards: The prize award will take place in the Netherlands on December 4, 2010 during the fourth WUacademia Festival in Groningen. The presence of the winners at the prize award day is highly needed.

SUBMIT YOUR ARTWORK

THE REGULATION OF THE COMPETITION

ITEM 1:  The world-wide competition 2010 of the 7th art (Script, Storyboard, Animated film, Short film, Full-length film) is organised by the World and Universal Academy foundation, in partnership with the WUACADEMIA company. It is open from Januari 5 to May 31, 2010. All artists, irrespective of age, sex, nationality or social situation …may participate.

ITEM 2:  To participate in the competition, send a Script, Storyboard, Animated film, Short film or Full-length film (or several Scripts, Storyboards, Animated films, Short films, Full-length films) that are unpublished. Works can only be accepted if it is written (or translate) in either English, French or Dutch. It will be even much better if candidates would translate their works into the above mentioned languages.

ITEM 3:  The world-wide competition 2010 of the 7th art (Script, Storyboard, Animated film, Short film, Full-length film) rewards the best unpublished scripts. The ten possible themes are the following:
- comedy;
- drama;
- detective fiction or crime fiction;
- thriller;
- action and martial arts;
- adventure;
- science-fiction and fantaisie;
- romance (love stories);
- erotic;
- pornography.

ITEM 4:  The world-wide competition 2009 of the 7th art (Script, Storyboard, Animated film, Short film, Full-length film) rewards the best unpublished short films and the best unpublished full-length film. The ten possible themes are the following:
- comedy;
- drama;
- detective fiction or crime fiction;
- thriller;
- action and martial arts;
- adventure;
- science-fiction and fantaisie;
- romance (love stories);
- erotic;
- pornography.

ITEM 5:  Storyboards and Animated film (cartoon) compete without distinction of subjects or genres. Story-boards must be sent with their corresponding script.

ITEM 6: The three best SCRIPTS from each theme will receive respectively:
- The Gold Prize of the the 7th art : SCRIPTS (certificate and world-wide promotion);
-The Silver Prize of the 7th art : SCRIPTS (certificate and world-wide promotion);
-The Bronze Prize of the 7th art : SCRIPTS (certificate and world-wide promotion).

ITEM 7: The three best storyboards will receive respectively:
- The Gold Prize of the the 7th art : STORYBOARD (certificate and world-wide promotion);
-The Silver Prize of the 7th art : STORYBOARD (certificate and world-wide promotion);
-The Bronze Prize of the 7th art : STORYBOARD (certificate and world-wide promotion).

ITEM 8: The three best animated films will receive respectively:
- The Gold Prize of the the 7th art : ANIMATED FILM (certificate and world-wide promotion);
-The Silver Prize of the 7th art : ANIMATED FILM (certificate and world-wide promotion);
-The Bronze Prize of the 7th art : ANIMATED FILM (certificate and world-wide promotion).

ITEM 9: The three best short films and the three best full-length film from each theme will receive respectively:
- The Gold Prize of the the 7th art : SHORT FILM (certificate and world-wide promotion);
-The Silver Prize of the 7th art : SHORT FILM (certificate and world-wide promotion);
-The Bronze Prize of the 7th art : SHORT FILM (certificate and world-wide promotion).

- The Gold Prize of the the 7th art : FULL-LENGHT FILM (certificate and world-wide promotion);
-The Silver Prize of the 7th art : FULL-LENGHT FILM (certificate and world-wide promotion);
-The Bronze Prize of the 7th art : FULL-LENGHT FILM (certificate and world-wide promotion).

ITEM 10: The best works among the “Gold Prizes" will receive the World-wide Grand Prize of the 7th art: FILM (a certificate, international promotion).

 ITEM 11:  The concurrent works (Script, Storyboard, Animated film, Short film, Full-length film) must be sent through Internet (in format PDF) and through the post, to the service of the competitions of the World and Universal Academy, to the following postal address:

World and Universal Academy Foundation,
Competitions Dept.,
Bentismaheerd 3,
9736 EA Groningen, The Netherlands.

ITEM 12: The works that are sent in will not be returned to their author. Once sent, the work will not be modified or completed by registering again. The author has to send his photography and his artistic curriculum vitae. Candidates are obliged  to send in their works either in Dutch, English or French in addition to their artistic curriculum vitae. The participants using a pseudonym must mention the two names (the true name and the pseudonym) on the participation card when paying for the entry fee,  otherwise they will be eliminated.

ITEM 13: ENTRY FEE (FEES): €0 first entry, €25 each additional. It is possible to present several works.  Every work will have an apart inscription to. The entry fee is non-refundable.

 ITEM 9: The competing works will be published on the site www.wuacademia.org from July 2, 2010. Netsurfers will then  be able to vote.  The netsurfers would vote and choose the best overall work. The candidates do not receive any rights of authors concerning the usage of their works by the World and Universal Academy notably in regards to the voting process on the net.

ITEM 10:  The results will be announced on October.  The prize award will take place in the Netherlands on December 4, 2010 during the 4th world and universal Festival in Groningen.  The presence of the winners at the prize award day is highly needed.

ITEM 11: Candidates must submit only original work of arts. Any work that we receive from participants is assumed to be authentic work of the author. In the event of false claim the author will bare the consequence alone. We wish all the participants good luck.