Debacle – BizarroLand Film Festival

The BizarroLand Film Debacle is a timed filmmaking challenge where participants have 72 hours to make a weird movie based on some bizarre story prompts. Oh, and the event takes place entirely online, so filmmakers everywhere — literally everywhere — are welcome to join.

Every team that completes the Debacle will have their movie screened publicly for the entire world to enjoy… for about a week. Then I pull the movies down, and you’re free to do with yours whatever you like — submit it festivals, throw it up on your website, delete it from your hard drive and drink away the painful memories… you know, whatever!

Also, each team that completes the Debacle will also get the chance to grab some exclusive Debacle survivor T-shirts that will not be for sale to the public.

Last but definitely not least, a team of judges will watch all the completed movies and award their three favorites with some badass trophies made by an indie artist.

You register your team. REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED!
You pay the fee.
You wait for the kickoff, during which you’ll randomly be assigned some ridiculous prompts for your movie.
Shoot! You have exactly 72 hours starting from your kickoff to write, shoot, edit, export, and upload your movie.
The weekend after your shoot, your movie will premiere to the ENTIRE WORLD on YouTube, and it’ll stay up for people to watch for a little over another week.
You stare at the wall, grinding your teeth and sweating in tense anticipation of next year’s Debacle.

The movie can be a maximum of 10 minutes in length. As for content, there are no restrictions on violence, nudity, gore, coarse language, or whatever else.

Unsimulated animal harm will result in immediate disqualification without refund.

Besides that, there are two things you need to keep in mind:

When you join the Debacle, you take all the responsibility for securing the rights to the content you use in the movie. Most likely, this will only be an issue between you and your conscience, but I promise that if any lawyers come calling, I will not hesitate one nanosecond to throw you under the bus.
Don’t be shitty. Any movie that I decide by my own arbitrary and inarguable criteria to be hateful I will cut from the lineup without refund.

April 1 through May 17 — Registration
Sign your team up here! REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED!
May 17 — Payment Deadline
Send a PayPal payment to stephen@demonskull.org, or email me if you need to make other arrangements.
May 23/24 — Kickoffs
The kickoffs will happen over Zoom, and I’ll do them at several different times from Thursday night through Friday to accommodate folks in weird time zones.
Every team will get a full 72 hours.
May 31 — Live Streaming Premiere
The movies will have a live premiere on YouTube, which means that there will be a live chat running during the runtime. The screening will be public, so make sure you tell literally every human you know about it so they can see your masterwork.
May 31 through June 8 — On Demand Screening
Everyone on the planet will be able to watch the movies on YouTube from May 31 through June 8. After that, I’ll pull the movies down, and then they’re yours to do with them whatever you wish.

Roll	Format	Prop	Chaos Element
1	After-school special	Kitchen utensil	Clowns
2	Corporate/industrial training video	Liquor bottle	Demons
3	Infomercial	Power tool	Holes
4	Local news exposé	Stuffed animal/child’s toy	Meat
5	Soap opera	Underwear	Vomit
6	YOU PICK!	YOU PICK!	YOU PICK!