Rules & Terms
Our selection judges will watch and evaluate each entry to determine which submissions are selected for screening during the festival. By submitting your film you hereby give us the rights to publicly screen your film at FAFF 2025 and any FAFF related events, such as future FAFF screenings, FAFF best off screenings, FAFF events in collaboration with our partner festivals, talks and seminars.
If your film is accepted, you are required to provide film stills, and ideally a poster and trailer. We will require a 1080p high quality H264 MP4 or ProRes MOV export of your film. For audience accessibility, we require all filmmakers to provide SRT files with English language closed captions, regardless of the spoken language. You may also be required to provide a DCP (digital cinema package).
Participation in the online festival is optional for filmmakers. The online festival is not geo-blocked and will be available to any audience member who signs up for access. Filmmakers and distributors participating in the online festival do so at their own risk and FAFF will not accept responsibility for any member of the public using the online festival to infringe a film’s copyright. As such, we understand some films are not able to participate in the online festival. We ask that those not participating provide a trailer instead. If your film is selected for the FAFF programme, you will be provided with an opportunity to opt out of the online festival in one of the initial notification emails.
Up to two complimentary tickets per film will be offered to filmmakers whose films are officially selected. Only individuals directly connected to the production and/or distribution of the selected film are eligible for complimentary tickets. Tickets are not transferable. FAFF cannot provide transport or accommodation for filmmakers to support their attendance at our screening events.
- Animated films under 1 minute.
By submitting your film, you permit us to use and manipulate any publicity stills you have supplied, as well as stills from your film, for promotion of FAFF, and you allow us to use up to 12 seconds of your film in trailers and other video promotion. Non-English language submissions will be disqualified from consideration if they are not accompanied with english language subtitles or closed captions. Filmmakers must secure all copyright clearances. FAFF will not accept responsibility for any copyright infringement.
- Animated films 1-20 minutes.
By submitting your film, you permit us to use and manipulate any publicity stills you have supplied, as well as stills from your film, for promotion of FAFF, and you allow us to use up to 30 seconds of your film in trailers and other video promotion. Non-English language submissions will be disqualified from consideration if they are not accompanied with english language subtitles or closed captions. Filmmakers must secure all copyright clearances. FAFF will not accept responsibility for any copyright infringement.
Prizes cannot be exchanged for cash and are not transferable. Submission fees cannot be refunded.
