We believe it is possible to do great films with very low budget. Prove us it is possible!

We are a yearly film festival. We focus on creative films made with low budget. We accept all genres, but as our favorites are action, horror, sci-fi etc, films on those genres have slightly better changes to win than drama, comedy etc films.

... and we pay 10% of the profit to plant trees to save our planet for future generations.

The Festival event will be held in Rekolan Kino, Vantaa, Finland. The capacity is 135 people.
130 metres to the nearest bus stop with routes 631, 721/N and 723. 650 metres to the bus stop with routes 587, 624, 631, 721/N and 735. The closest railway stations are Rekola 650 metres and Koivukylä 1,1 kilometres away. We have a very limited amount of tickets available, so book your tickets fast when they become available.

Awards & Prizes

1. All films that were selected will receive Official Laurel.
2. Finalists and winners will receive Laurels and will be mentioned in our website and our Twitter to help your movie be seen worldwide. Short clips will be shown in film festival video that will be published in Vimeo and/or YouTube
3. Winners will also be commented by our jury and published on previously mentioned channels. Longer or multiple clips will be shown in film festival video that will be published in Vimeo and/or YouTube (unless film maker denies it). Some films might be screened completely on the event.
4. Some surprise prizes will be announced later on.

Rules & Terms

All films must be submitted through filmfreeway.com, Vimeo or YouTube link.

All films must be subtitled to English, if English is not the film language.

All films must be final versions. We do not accept work-in-progress versions.

We do not accept films made with a budget over 10.000 euros, and we do not accept films made with a budget over 1.000 euros to nano-budget categories. Equipment such as cameras bought before starting making the submitted film will not be calculated in the budget, but things bought or rented for this film must be calculated in the budget.

Films under 40 minutes long are considered as short films and films at least 40 minutes are considered as feature films.

Submitted films must be finished in 2020-2023. The publishing date can be later.

Entry fees are non-refundable.

Each entry has its own fee, but you may submit to multiple categories your movie fits.

The submitter is responsible for the rights of the film. Budget Film Festival is not responsible in any terms of copyright issues. However we accept films that have mechanised music, but in that case, the submitter must let us know which part (timecodes) of the film has copyrighted music.

We preserve rights to change rules, schedule, categories, prices etc at any time.