Australian International FilmWorkz

By submitting, you indicate that you have read, understood, and complied with all eligibility requirements of our Festival and of the categories for which you would like this film to be considered.

We DO NOT ACCEPT; Extremist or pornographic film content.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
1. You submission must be accompanied by a submission fee paid in full and a working screener in good correct format to be considered. Festival staff will do their best to follow up with filmmakers who are missing required submission elements, however, the responsibility for a fully completed submission falls to the submitter.
2. Any submissions that are incomplete by our final deadline will be disqualified without refund of submission fees. Reasons a submission will be considered incomplete include (but are not limited to) the following:
a. Missing Screener
b. Missing/incorrect screener password
c. Screener is missing subtitles (if in a foreign language)
3. To Participate in our independent Film Festival, submitted films must comply with current legislation regarding copyright and the right to privacy of individuals. Therefore, participant guarantees the films submitted do not violate current legislation regarding exploitation rights, rights to honour, privacy or image or intellectual property rights and / or industrial rights or third party.
4. In Case of unforeseen circumstances, changes to dates of the festival will be provided.
5. Our film festival reserves the right to change our programming and event parties without notice.
6. The submitter confirms they have the right to publicly display the film, including images, music, texts. Art and all that is in the copyright law.
7. All filmmakers accept that if their film is selected for competition, they grant permission for our Independent film festival to screen the film as well as part of the film (a few seconds) for festival promotional trailers.
8. The films selected for the competition must be sent in Full HD Format (.MP4, .MOV or .MKV) later instructions may be provided to you by email if we have any issues to help you through.
9. Entering this competition or attending implies acceptance of its rules and it’s decisions, which is final, and the waiver of any claims.
10. Submissions are accepted on FilmFreeway Only.
11. Our Film Fest and its owners accept no legal responsibility for the films in competition or their contents.
12. Submitting your film does not guarantee festival acceptance or screening. Acceptance into the competition does not guarantee award or prize.
13. By submitting you agree to our terms and conditions. We will send our marketing information to your email address. Your information will never be shared with third parties.
14. Premiere status is not required.
15. Submission of several films is permitted.
16. All films must have been completed after 1 January 2017.
17. Film entries must not exceed 40 minutes.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE / WORLD CINEMA FILM REQUIREMENTS
1. Films outside of Australia are considered “World Cinema Films”. This includes films from Canada, America, England, India, Russia, Asia, Europe, etc...
2. World Cinema Films can be in any language.
3. All foreign-language films in any category must be submitted with English subtitles if they are not in English. If a film is in a foreign language and does not have subtitles, the Festival will do its best to contact the filmmaker for a subtitled version. However, if the submission does not have working subtitles by the final submission deadline, of April 15, 2021, the project will be disqualified without refund of submission fees.

WORKS IN PROGRESS:
The Australian International FilmWorkz Film Festival accepts works in progress, however the fact that it is a work in progress must be noted in the submission. Any missing elements (colour correction, shots, music, effects) should be clearly indicated (ex: no colour-correction, shot missing at 47:02, temporary score, missing VFX,) both in your cover letter and the film cut itself (ideally as a title card at the start of the film).
1. Any updated cuts must be uploaded to your original FilmFreeway submission with same submission link and password.
2. The Australian International FilmWorkz Film Festival is only responsible for considering the project as it exists at the time of review. While we will try, we are under no obligation to revisit updated cuts once a screener has been completely judged. Therefore, you should not submit your project if it is not complete enough to adequately represent the final product.
3. No updated cuts will be accepted after the final submission deadline: August 15, 2021.
4. The final version of the film must be available by August 15, 2021.

ACCEPTED FILMS:
1. The Australian International FilmWorkz Film Festival DOES NOT PAY SCREENING FEES for submitted films. By submitting your project, you acknowledge that the Festival will not pay to present your work.
2. Films must be delivered in format requested by deadline set at time of acceptance.
3. All Festival scheduling is purely at the discretion of the Australian International FilmWorkz Film Festival staff.

We look forward to seeing your magnificent work.