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The 2018 Beat the Clock Challenge is now open for registration!

Thank you for your interest in our filmmaker challenges. Wondering how it works? As a team leader, you sign your team up for the challenge. Your team members and your equipment is up to you. At the kickoff, IFP Phoenix will provide you with guidelines for the challenge.  Then you turn in an amazing film (on time to be eligible for awards) and we screen your newest masterpiece at Harkins Theatres! Teams are competing for a $250 cash prize as well as the right to be an automatic selection to the Phoenix Film Festival. Please complete the form below to register your team!

Cost to Register

Early Bird Registration: $15 for IFP Phoenix Members / $30 for non-members until April 27th

Regular Registration: $20 for IFP Phoenix Members / $40 for non-members until June 8th

Late Registration: $25 for IFP Phoenix Members / $50 for non-members until the day of the challenge

Beat the Clock Filmmaker Challenge Sign Up

  • This is how your team will be credited and announced during the kickoff and awards.
  • This person will be the primary contact when sending updates on the competition.
  • MOST contact will be made through email. So please make sure this is an address that is checked regularly.
  • If you selected the reduced price registration fee, please enter your membership ID in this box.

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  • To pay by phone, please call 602-955-6444
  • Please verify your final total, then click the Register Button to check out.
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  • I, the undersigned, have read and understood each provision listed below, and I accept and agree with each of the following provisions:
    • Team leaders must be resident of Arizona.
    • Films must be made following the use of elements that are set forth during the event kick-off
    • Footage included in your film must be shot during the competition.
    • To the best of my knowledge, all of the statements in this document are true.
    • This film is not subject to litigation nor is threatened by any litigation.
    • I am duly authorized to submit this film to the Challenge, and its Competition and understand that the Foundation holds the right to screen my film for future Foundation screenings and promotional purposes and to extract clips from this film for promotional purposes.
    • I understand that the Phoenix Film Foundation (“Foundation” is not responsible for any type of damage to or loss of the print during screenings, at any other time, while the film is in the Foundation’s possession or while en route to or from the Challenge, and I release the Phoenix Film Foundation from any and all liabilities regarding damage to or loss of the print while en route to/from the Challenge or while it is in their possession.
    • Should this film win an award, I am authorized and/or empowered by all parties legally representing this film to name the individual(s) listed on the Designation List (to be received upon notice of selection to Foundation) to receive any and all award(s).
    • In the event the designated party is unable to attend the awards ceremony, I understand that the director and/or producer of the film as listed in the credits of the film shall accept any and all awards in their stead.
    • Because of the special nature of the competition, I duly state that I will have all proper permits and permissions, licenses and allowances for all of the elements of the team’s entry, and that the team will not perform anything illegal or immoral to obtain said elements during the production of the film.
    • Finished films may not screen publicly or be available to the public online until after the official screening.