Adventure, adrenaline and breathtaking landscape views. The very first Mountain Motion Film Festival is next Saturday and there’s still time to submit a video to win $500.
Presented by the BYU-Idaho Outdoor Resource Center and sponsored by Kelly Canyon Resort, the film fest is accepting videos until Wednesday for any outdoor adventure content that is two to five minutes long and horizontally filmed. Submissions are free and open to BYU-Idaho students, local high school students and community members. Outdoor Resource Center Communications Manager Jason LeFevre advises contestants to have fun with their videos.
“Any winter activity is good for us,” LeFevre said. “If you have awesome sledding videos or snow biking videos, snowmobile, anything like that, it's all welcomed. We just want people to enjoy getting outside and enjoy having a tangible creation in their hands.”
Each contestant receives five free tickets, and community tickets are $2. Awards are people’s choice based on audience votes. In addition to the $500 prize, Kelly Canyon will supply prizes like rental vouchers and day lift passes. Event marketer Jaelyn Lebaron hopes the event will encourage the community to enjoy winter.
“I think it's just such a fun way to celebrate winter,” Lebaron said. “I mean, as a student here at BYU-Idaho, winter can be seen as a negative or a positive and I think this is one of the ways such a positive light on that. Seeing people out in the snow, being out in the snow and just this is such a creative way to do that.”
The film festival is Saturday, Feb. 8 at 7:30 p.m. in the Crossroads at the Manwaring Center at BYU-Idaho.
“If you don't want to submit a film, come and watch, that's totally okay too,” LeFevre said. “There's going to be some prizes for the games. We're going to do some giveaways from the ORC. We're going to have a hot cocoa bar and popcorn movie snacks. And it's going to be pretty fun for all the attendees as well.”
For more information on how to submit a video, or purchase tickets visit mountainmotionfilmfestival.com.