The National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP) and the Fish Habitat Section of the American Fisheries Society invite you to submit a film to be showcased as part of the 2019 NFHP/AFS/TWS Reno Film Festival: Reno-vating Habitat for Fish & Wildlife: A Film Festival Highlighting Collaborative Habitat Conservation and its Benefits. This film festival is being proposed to organizers of the 2019 American Fisheries Society (AFS) & The Wildlife Society (TWS) Joint Annual Conference, being held in Reno, Nevada September 29-October 3, 2019. 

**To accommodate organizational needs for the conference, film submission information forms are needed by April 1, 2019 to secure a tentative spot in the festival.** 

To be considered, film submissions must: 

• Focus in on an aspect of fish or wildlife habitat conservation; priority will be given to projects that highlight collaborative efforts to protect, restore and enhance freshwater, coastal, and terrestrial habitats that support the needs of fish and wildlife. Of great interest are films that showcase how landowners, anglers, hunters, volunteers, local communities, tribes, federal, state and local agencies, scientists and others are working together across the continent to solve habitat conservation challenges and successfully conserve America's treasures species. Film categories will include fish and wildlife conservation projects, target on-the-ground habitat restoration examples, and include other films that capture the dynamic landscapes and unique habitats that are home to our fish and wildlife. 
• Be less than 30 minutes in length - preference will be given to shorter films (ideally 10 minutes or less) to allow for more films to be included in the festival. 
• Be downloadable to conference organizers via vimeo.com 
• Participants are limited to making one film submission to provide an opportunity for more individuals to present their work.

Deadlines:

• Completed submission form (below) is due on April 1, 2019
• Final cut film submissions with Vimeo weblink are due to festival organizers no later than June 1, 2019

If you have any questions please contact Deborah Hart, Southeast Alaska Fish Habitat Partnership Coordinator, at coordinator@sealaskafishhabitat.org and/or (907) 723-0258. (And a big thanks to Tom Lang from the Fish Habitat Section of the American Fisheries Society and other NFHP partners for their help as festival organizers, specifically Therese Thompson from the Western Native Trout Initiative, Stephane Vail-Muse from the Desert Fish Habitat Partnership, and Alicia Marrs from the California Fish Passage Forum who will lead festival efforts during the conference!) 

It is anticipated that the film festival will take place during the 2019 AFS/TWS Joint Conference over a two day period. Films will be shown multiples times during the festival to allow meeting attendees to drop in to see films at their convenience. Film submitters are encouraged to attend the conference and film festival but are not required to be present. Details on the conference can be found at https://afstws2019.org

Upload film to Vimeo

If your film is ready, you can upload it to Vimeo today (this is not required, but preffered!); a final cut must be submitted to festival organizers no later than June 1, 2019. 

If you don't already have a Vimeo account, begin by signing up (its free!). Using this platform's uploading service, upload your finished film and share the link in your submission form (above). The link should look something like this: www.vimeo.com/82813271.

You must change the privacy settings so that we are able to download your submission to prepare a looping DVD to be used at the festival without depending on the internet. 

 

To do this, scroll below your downloaded video and description and click the "settings" button. Select the "privacy" tab and scroll to where it says "What can people do with this video?" and select "Download the video". By following these steps, Vimeo will compress your video and allow us to easily watch and download your film for the festival.

Once your film has been downloaded we will let you know so you can change the privacy setting on Vimeo or delete it upon your preference. Please send an email to Deborah Hart at coordinator@sealaskafishhabitat.org with your Vimeo link details.