Aussie comedian Julia Morris has joined the likes of Quentin Tarantino, Robert De Niro and Robert Redford in launching her own film festival.
But the Julia Morris Film Festival - or JMoFest for short - has a catch.
Every three-minute short film entered in the festival must feature a life size Julia Morris face mask.
"Anyone who's anyone in Hollywood has their own film festival, so I'm thinking I've got to get on to it," Morris told AAP on her return to Australia after six months in Los Angeles.
"There are no rules and as far as I'm concerned nudity's practically mandatory."
The funnywoman assures hopefuls they do not have to have the filmmaking skills of James Cameron to win.
"You can make the thing on your mobile phone, we're not after the most amazing cinematography, we're just looking for some incredibly silly way to use that ridiculous mask that will make people laugh," she said.
So how did Morris come up with the idea of joining Hollywood's elite and holding her own film festival?
After a few too many champers at the Pink Ribbon Charity Ball auction in 2009, Morris and her husband Dan won (that is, bought) a full-colour page in a major newspaper, which usually retails for a mere $50,000.
The pair had a brainwave and came up with the idea to give Aussies a full-size cut-out-and-wear Julia mask.
"I know it couldn't be more bizarrely egocentric to ask people to make a film with my cut-out face in it but it's not really about the mask it's just about the laugh.
"There are so many insanely talented young people around, I thought this would be a wonderful way to showcase anyone who can be bothered to work," she said.
Morris will sort through the entries and choose her 10 favourites to have their film screened at simultaneous JMo Film Fests in her home town of Avoca Beach on the NSW central coast, Sydney and of course LA.
Entries close on October 31 and Julia Morris face masks can be downloaded at www.juliamorris.com.
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