We are happy to announce the 9th edition of BUZZ International Film Festival, running August 23rd - September 20th 2024, in Buzau, Romania.

PLEASE READ GUIDELINES CAREFULLY AND ONLY APPLY IF YOUR PROJECT IS ELIGIBLE.
WE ONLY ACCEPT FILMS FROM EUROPE AND ISRAEL.
BUZZ - Buzau International Film Festival, now on its 9th year running, is an annual international film festival dedicated to film makers from Europe, including Israel.
We love European films and we have become home to creative, powerful and entertaining stories so we wish to keep sharing them with the world.
We seek films that entertain, inform, create defining stories and break conventions.
Our goal is to showcase and promote these stories and further shed a positive light on our region and its creativity. Either feature films, short films, student films or documentaries, they can all find their place at BUZZ IFF.
We look forward to presenting your films to the public between August 23rd and September 20th 2024 in the beautiful county of Buzau, Romania.
To make the spectators’ and your experience memorable, the festival will include panels, parties, special industry events and, of course awards.

Our 9th edition will feature awards and / or cash prizes for the following sections:

Long BUZZ trophy - BEST FEATURE FILM (European)
Short BUZZ trophy - BEST SHORT FILM (European)
Real BUZZ trophy - BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM (European)
Student BUZZ Award - BEST STUDENT FILM (European)
Kids BUZZ - BEST CHILDREN’s feature (international).

The deadline for submissions is April 1st, 2024, 23.00 EET (GMT +2)
We only select films from Europe and Israel.

PLEASE READ THE GUIDELINES CAREFULLY AND MAKE SURE YOUR PROJECT IS ELIGIBLE FOR BUZZ IFF.
WE ONLY ACCEPT FILMS FROM EUROPE AND ISRAEL and worldwide children’s films - only feature projects.
By submitting to BUZZ International Film Festival, you guarantee that you have full rights and authority to submit the film to the festival.
Please make sure your film was completed after Jan 1st 2022. Older submissions will not be considered.
Please submit your film via Film Freeway and / or directly, on buzz-iff.com, using our e-mail address competition@buzz-iff.com.
Only complete entries are eligible and will be considered for festival presentation.
Complete entries include:
Online screener with English subtitles
Completed submission form.
Digital press kit – minimum 2 hi-resolution jpeg stills from the film
Brief film synopsis.
Each entry must be a separate submission.

!!!PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT the festival does not pay any screening fees to submitted films for the competition. By submitting your film to BUZZ IFF you waiver any any and all screening fees!!!

Works in progress are not eligible, the entries will be analyzed as they are received.
If your film is selected as an official submission, the cost of shipping hard copies of festival screeners to the Festival must be paid by the entrant (although we prefer online submissions of screening copies).

Entrant confirms and warrants required legal authority to submit the entry into the Festival and to use all music, images and content in the entry. Entrant will allow usage of clips from the entry for promotional use on television, radio, in print, and at live Festival events.
The undersigned shall indemnify and hold harmless BUZZ International Film Festival from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney’s fees, and costs of the court) which may be incurred by reason of any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity, screening, and loss of or damage to the materials entered.

The Festival does not pay screening fees for projects selected to compete in the official sections.

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  • Gran festival y una gran oportunidad para cineastas novatos

    February 2024
  • Great festival! Glad to be part of it with 2 films!

    September 2023
  • I was honored to participate in this year's BUZZ IFF - International Film Festival with "Resurrection under the Ocean" short film! - 😃😃😃🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏

    September 2023
  • Timo Metsäjoki

    Everything went really smoothly despite the Covid-19 situation! Online version worked. Wish nothing but the best for BUZZ IFF.

    December 2020
  • Oprea Claudiu

    Very lovely team, the communication was great!

    December 2020