Bite Night Presents...

PUBLIC RELEASE
A screener of your work is NOT REQUIRED to participate in our festival. To avoid “public release” of films still moving through the circuit, we encourage filmmakers to include a trailer or teaser on their Bite Night project page instead. Unless prompted otherwise, all screeners of selected shorts that are approved for download by the submitter will be added to the film’s Bite Night page. All content on bitenight.net is viewable at no cost to the general public. Please reach out to the Bite Night team with any questions.

SUBMISSION REGULATIONS
Submissions deemed to be outside of or in conflict with any of the following regulations will be subject to disqualification.

- Submissions must be no longer than 10 minutes in runtime, including credits.
- Submissions must fall within the horror genre or some adjacent sect.
- Submissions must be entirely original works, with all media being owned or created by the submitter or their team. The use of AI is discouraged, but not explicitly prohibited at Bite Night and is judged on a case-by-case basis. Any submissions deemed by the CHOMPR team to be relying on an excessive amount of AI is subject to disqualification.
- Films primarily in languages other than English must include English subtitles.
- Submissions must not be pornographic in nature.
- Repeat submissions of the same film will be disqualified from judging.

ONLINE LISTINGS
Unless prompted otherwise by the submitter or filmmaker, all selections will remain in the online collection—publicly accessible, listed on bitenight.net, and eligible for awards and live screenings—beyond the season of their selection. Bite Night Selects are encouraged to participate in and take advantage of the online collection for as long as they would like. Filmmakers are welcome to leave the festival at any time and can contact the team to do so.

BUILD WITH US
Bite Night is a young organization and growing fast. In the following seasons, we hope to grow to put on bigger events and try new things, like competitions and fundraisers. All works submitted to and selected by Bite Night are eligible to be shown at any Bite Night event. All media from selected works—stills and clips—are considered for promotional use in any and all Bite Night materials. That said, no work will ever be used or screened without the explicit consent from the film’s creator. We’ll always talk to you first.