The 7th Siding Festival of Film has a special interest and preference in submissions that are 'Rural' and or remotely themed locations outside of urban areas.
- 7th Siding defines ‘Rural’ and remote films as those with a focus on and/or produced in non-urban environments.
Films that portray stories or images of the rural world and the cultural landscape living outside the cities.

Films can be any genre including drama, documentary, animated, music video, experimental...with a preference towards film which have a 'Rural' theme or component.

Films should be Independently produced after 2021 and 15 min. or less.

Enter your film in one category only.

Two days of screenings take place at the Tivoli Theatre.
The single screen Art Deco style Tivoli Theatre first opened in November 1938.
This 250-seat theatre is modernized with a Christie-equipped digital projector.

'7th Siding' was the original name of Creston, BC., as a railway siding.

Awards & Prizes

7th Siding Festival of Film is a non competitive festival dedicated to promoting awareness, appreciation and education of the cinematic arts to our local community.
Therefore there are no awards.

7th Siding Festival of Film is a volunteer run festival with a very low budget, so we cannot afford to pay screening fees at this time.
7th Siding Festival of Film is not for profit and is part of the Creston Valley Film Society.
Entry Fee is Free.

Rules & Terms

**Enter your film in One Category Only**

Films must be 15 min. or less and produced in 2021 or later.

The 7th Siding Festival of Film has a special interest and preference in submissions that are 'Rural' and or remotely produced locations outside of urban centre’s.
- 7th Siding defines ‘Rural’ and remote films as those with a focus on and/or produced in non-urban environments.

- Films can be any genre including drama, documentary, animation, experimental, music video, student.

- Films should be Independently produced after 2021.

- Film submissions are only accepted through FilmFreeway or Vimeo.
outside links such as Google Drive and YouTube are not accepted.

- Submissions will be juried for acceptance of rules and regulations as set out by the 7th Siding Festival of Film.

- Student films under 15 minutes are welcome.
If your film is a Student project, enter it in the ‘Student Category’ only.!

- Foreign-language films must be English subtitled.

- The Filmmaker authorizes the Festival to use a short clip less than 30 seconds for promotional purposes only.

- All film genres and derivations thereof are welcome. However, films seen as containing gratuitous scenes of violence, racism, sexual assault, exploitation or political extremism will be declined.
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  • Faizan Suleman

    Thank you for film selection.

    April 2024
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  • Gwai Lou

    Amazing experience! I couldn't attend in person but The communication with the festival was all right.

    January 2024
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  • Kathleen Bryson

    Thank you so much for this honour! Jessica and Kathleen

    November 2023
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  • kamal sehaki

    pas mal bien merci et bon courage pour la suite

    November 2023
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  • Ali Rojhat Karaoğul

    Thank you for choosing my film for the festival. The festival has many shortcomings. After my film was accepted to the festival, I was not contacted in any way. No information was given about the release date of my movie. I wasn't invited to the festival. I wanted to contact the festival management. There was no response to the messages I wrote on social media. I wish you had an approach that cared about the director of the film.

    November 2023
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    Response from festival:

    Hello Ali Rojhat Karaoğul,
    so sorry for missed contact with you, all of our inquiries and communications are done through the email address listed on the FilmFreeWay festival site. Our social media is not used for contacting film directors for personal and privacy reasons.
    It was a pleasure to screen your film 'Balance' and our audience loved it!! Thank You !!