Best of Asia Short Film Festival

The Best of Asia Short Film Festival accept all forms and genres. All non-English language films must be subtitled in English. Submission does not guarantee acceptance into the festival.

To be eligible for the Best of Asia Short Film Festival, films must comply with the following:

● Entries are only accepted through Filmfreeway and only completed films will be eligible for consideration. Works in progress or incomplete projects will not be considered.

● BOASSF invites submission of films from writers, directors or producers from Asia or have roots connected to Asia

● The films submitted must have been produced within the last 2 years.

● The running total time of the film should be no more than 40 minutes (including credits).

● Multiple submissions must be provided as individual submissions.

● The submitting filmmaker must be either the Producer or Director of the film.

● All submissions are final and there are no refunds. Films must be submitted through FilmFreeway to be considered for inclusion.

● Ensure you only submit your film once. There are no refunds for duplicate submissions.

● The Producer / Director warrants to the Best of Asia Short Film Festival that they have obtained all the necessary permissions to enter this film and that the film does not infringe the rights, including copyright, of any third party and that all rights and clearances have been made. This includes use of music and literary material. You accept to hold full legal responsibility for the intellectual property herein.

● The film should be submitted as per the eligibility requirements. Films violating the eligibility requirements will be rejected.

● You may withdraw your film at any given point; however, films cannot be withdrawn from the festival after being officially selected.

● All films in a regional languages other than English must include English subtitles.

● Any short film selected or not selected will be a decision of the Best of Asia Short Film Festival selection panel which is final and accepted by all parties. If you are the Producer submitting the film, then you will be fully responsible to obtain a ‘no objection letter’ from whoever owns the rights of the short film.

● We reserve the right to update our terms and conditions.

All competition films will be included on our digital platform, so in addition to a DCP, we also require a high-res .h264 file.

All selected films must have English subtitles either burnt in or delivered as .srt.

** Tech Specs for High-Definition Source Profile

If the short film originally shot on film, please deliver one HD master file in the following format:

■ Apple ProRes 422 HQ or Uncompressed. (NOT ACCEPTED: Apple Pro Res H264).
■ VBR expected at ≥220 Mbps
■ 1920 x 1080 square pixel aspect ratio material.
■ Native frame rate of original source:
■ 24 or 25 progressive frames per second
■ 23.976 progressive frames for inverse telecine sourced from film
■ Telecine materials will not be accepted
■ HD source may be delivered matted: letterbox or pillar box.

Once the entry has been uploaded, the filmmaker guarantees that the submission is original work and that there are no ownership or copyright disputes regarding the entry. That you are authorised to submit the film and affirm that your submission does not violate any law or right of any person or entity.

You understand that failure to comply with the Best of Asia Short Film Festival guidelines, your entry will be automatically disqualified. Should your film not have at least one key cast or key creative crew who is of Asian origin, your film will be disqualified.

By submitting your film to the Best of Asia Short Film Festival, you agree that ShortsTV has the right to use clips, images, and/or sound from your film for promotional purposes in the form of, but not limited to, print, radio, television, and Internet media.