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Teams must be registered by a student, faculty or staff member of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and that person may only register a team once. Films must be under 5 minutes (including credits), and include a prop, line of dialogue and shot presented at the beginning of the competition. No stock footage or footage shot outside the 49-hours may be used. Equipment for teams is limited, and all teams are encouraged to use their personal equipment if they have it. Teams registering first and requesting equipment will be given priority. Equipment checkout will occur one hour before the competition begins. Equipment checkin will occur right after the competition ends. Submissions will be screened prior to the festival, and some may not be included based on not meeting requirements or the number of submissions. By submitting a film, the filmmakers agree to allow Illini Film and Video to use the film for non-commercial use. Teams should conform to the University of Illinois conduct policies, and any local, state or federal laws while making the movie. Only one film per team may be submitted. Films may be submitted on a video DVD, miniDV tape, portable storage device (including external hard drive, flash drive, etc) in a self-contained, uncompressed format or a data DVD with a self-contined, uncompressed file. Obtaining any releases including, but not limited to, copyright, location, crew and/or actor releases are the responsibility of the filmmaker.