Austin Indie Fest

NO WAIVERS, NO WAIVERS and ... NO WAIVERS!

1. ALL SUBMISSIONS should be submitted under SUBMISSION CATEGORY first, then ADD-ON's second. Each film needs to be under the required length for each category.

2. Submissions in other than English must be subtitled.

3. Multiple entries are allowed from a filmmaker and each entry may be entered in multiple categories. Your film does NOT need to be in a premier status, nor does it have to have been made recently.

4. Online screeners are mandatory. Make sure you upload your project to FilmFreeway’s site and be sure to include the password if there is one.

5. PROOF OF STATUS may be required for the following: STUDENTS, VETERANS, MADE IN TEXAS.

6. Have the rights to your film and the music used in it. Don't use other people's film or music as a part of your own. Using unlicensed music is cause for non-selection/removal.

7. We will only do electronic screeners. If you make the final cut as an OFFICIAL SELECTION to be screened, we will ask to download your film through this website, Vimeo or YouTube.

8. NO REFUNDS. PERIOD.

9. If you decide to withdraw your film(s) for any reason, please let us know ASAP. Chances are we've already spent our time watching your film and have begun scheduling where the Official Selections fit in and any last minute changes really screw up everyone's schedule.

10. Visit our webpage to see any festival updates, possible Screening times and Award Nominations.

11. DO NOT CONTACT US to tell us about how important your project is, any hardships you've encountered during filming or how your pet "Fluffy" gave it's last bowl of food to make sure you could afford this festival entry. We get it - film making can be a challenge, but we will only judge your work based on what you submit, not your life story.

11-A. DO NOT CONTACT US to get an exception to the time limit. If your film is longer than the time limits we have listed, it probably needs to go back to the editing bay to be streamlined a bit. Think like Dave Grohl: "Don't bore us, get to the chorus!"

12. DO CONTACT US IF you've received a distribution deal or have a conflicting Festival that requires a "World Premier" or something like that. Let us know and send us a trailer that we could screen instead!

13. If you want to advertise in the official program and fill an entire page with your film(s)/Production Company information and/or Personal & Team Bios, please do that through our webpage.

14. Submission to our festival is considered consent to screen your film if selected. Screening options may be live and/or online.