classicfilmex

Nominations are open! They will remain so until 10pm CEST on July 17. [countdown | in your time zone]

Please make sure to review the rules (below and in the intro post) before you make your nominations; if you have any questions, email the mods at classicfilmexchange@gmail.com and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.

Once you've made your nominations, promo your fandom here!

Eligibility

You must be 18+ to participate in this exchange. The exchange is hosted on AO3, including nominations. An AO3 account is required to participate, but you may participate in nominations without signing up. We allow only one sign-up per person (no sock accounts will be allowed).

For movies to be eligible, they must have been released before 1/1/1980. When considering the release date of a movie that came out close to the end of the eligibility window, please use the release in the country of origin; if a film was released in a different country before 1/1/1980, please let the mods know at classicfilmexchange@gmail.com so we can verify it.

Nominations

Each participant may nominate up to 10 fandoms with up to 10 characters and/or relationships in each. Solo characters may be nominated, as may relationships both romantic/sexual ( / ) and platonic ( & ). Please use the following format when nominating:

SOLO: Character name (Title)
Character name/Character name (Title)
Character name & Character name (Title)

Ships must be disambiguated with their fandom tag, e.g. Mike Hammer/Pat Murphy (Kiss Me Deadly 1955). In the case of a series of films, if there is not already a fandom tag, please use "Movies" and then the date range of the relevant films to disambiguate. For example: Winnetou/Old Shatterhand (Movies 1962-1968). This is useful in case there has been a revival of a series in question, to ensure eligibility and help your writer be sure of the source material.

If you are nominating a film that is not yet in the collection, awesome! Just make sure to follow the AO3 format for movies: TITLE (date). In the case of foreign language films, there is some inconsistency, but please use this approach: ORIGINAL TITLE | ENGLISH TITLE (original release date). For example: Drei Männer im Schnee | Three men in the snow (1955).

RPF: RPF is permitted for requests in a documentary fandom (Grey Gardens (1975), for example). In other cases, it will be subjected to moderator approval.

Crossovers: Crossovers are allowed, but only between classic films. Use "Crossover Fandom" as the tag; a fandom need not be nominated on its own to be included in a crossover request. Please limit yourself to two fandoms/crossover, but poly/multi ships are fine. When nominating ships/characters for crossovers please disambiguate fandom for each character in each ship, ie: Lew Harper (Harper)/Marcello Rubini (La Dolce Vita).

Original characters: Original characters are not eligible for nomination in this exchange. If you wish to explore a character's backstory (their romantic or sexual history for example), nominate them using the SOLO: name (fandom) format, and include an explanation in your prompts when you sign up.