The following guidelines govern submissions for the Bent Sacramento LGBTQ Film Festival. Please read these guidelines carefully and follow all directions for submission.
BENT Queer Film Fest is a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) film festival. All submissions must be relevant to that community or your entry will be disqualified. Please do not submit any films without clear LGBTQ content.
*Preview submissions must be submitted via secure online screener (e.g. vimeo.com with password), or through a secure online link via FilmFreeway. Online submissions are handled through FilmFreeway via a secure online link of your film (uploaded films must be in their entirety; trailers will not be considered). If accepted, you will be contacted to provide a final screening copy on one of the accepted formats.
*Please completely fill out the FilmFreeway Entry Form. A separate Entry Form is required for each film being submitted.
*All music and other copyrighted material used in films must be properly licensed.
*All films must be in English or subtitled in English.
*There are screening fees required to submit to BENT Film Fest paid through FilmFreeway.
*Our submission period is from March 31, 2021 – August 20th, 2021.
*If you are unable to submit via FilmFreeway, please contact michael@bentfilmfest.org.
*Films that are available to the public via VOD, have played in Sacramento (theatrically or featured in another Sacramento film festival) are not eligible.
*Additional materials will be requested once your film has been selected: jpegs, synopsis, posters, film clips, etc.
All selected entries do hereby grant BENT Film Fest the right to use footage, stills, and/or titles and information from the film for promotional purposes to include, but not limited to, cable, TV, Internet, radio and print sources.
