Absurd Film Festival - Bimonthly awards

Submission for the competition must be made through FilmFreeway, the submitter will receive a confirmation of the registration via email.

This is the link for subscription:

Film Freeway: https://filmfreeway.com/Assurdo.

- Films can be produced anywhere in the world, no distinction. They can also be produced anytime, no distinction.

- Films must be under 60 minutes.

- In case of selection for the final event of the Festival, the subtitle srt files must be sent from the filmmaker, and they have to be in Italian or English.

- Every author can submit more than one film.

- All film genres are accepted.

- Films inciting violence or hate of any form are not accepted.

- By registering, you declare that you have the rights to the registered film.

– The jury may decide to change the entry category of any film if it deems it appropriate.

- The Festival may use, for promotional use, the data of authors, producers and crew, the movie poster, the trailer and a maximum of 1 minute of the video.

- By registering your movie at our Festival you agree to share personal data with partner festivals, exclusively for promotional purposes, for this festival and for future editions.

- Distributors can ask for a special price for the submission of 20 or more movies. Just send us an email to info@assurdofilmfestival.com.

- The data from each film can be used in publications of cultural interest

- In case of selection the author and / or production and / or holder of the rights of each film must send a link of the film (via file sharing platforms such as Wetrasnfer, Dropbox, Google Drive, etc.) to the festival organization. This video must be appropriate for projection, the basic format required is FullHD 1080p.

- A complete list of selected films will be published on the festival website, the authors of the selected films will receive an mail.

- The author and / or production and / or holder of the rights of each film, by submitting to the festival, claims to be in possession of the rights of reproduction of film’s video and audio.

- The author and / or production and / or holder of the rights of each film grant rights to public screening inside the Assurdo Film Festival without any claims.

- Any material sent to the organization of the festival will not be returned.

- The author and / or production and / or holder of the rights of all selected films authorize the publication of their data on www.assurdofilmfestival.com and on every type of distribution channel as promotion.

- The admission to the Festival implies the unconditional acceptance of this regulation.

- For any dispute not covered by the Regulation the competent authority is the organization of the Assurdo Film Festival, if such disputes do not find the solution, the competent authority is Foro of Monza. In case of objections to this Regulation, Italian version of the same prevails.

- Subscribers to the Assurdo Film Festival agree, as established by Legislative Decree 30 June 2003, No. 196 on the protection of privacy, the use of personal data for all initiatives related to the event. The Author of the film declares to accept the Regulation in all its parts and to have the legal availability of the film and to authorize the public screening without compensation, freeing the organization of the Festival from any present and future responsibility. With the contest entry each author is responsible for the content of his work. The author claims to own all rights to the work, not prejudicing in any way the rights of third parties, like other authors, subjects portrayed, transferees of rights, together with those music, etc. . It also declares that the audiovisual material is not protected by SIAE. Under the provisions of Legislative Decree. 30/06/2003 n. 196, we inform the author that the data requested is necessary for completing the documentation of registration to the Festival.