The Christian Life International Film Festival is a festival that touches and teaches the audience with meaningful productions.

A film festival of clean and meaningful films.
The main criteria of selection is simple:
clean, beautiful, fun and with great message.

It is NOT mandatory to be religious or mention anything about God or Jesus.
We encourage a lot comedy.
Our audience loves to laugh.

FOR FILMMAKERS:

SUBMISSIONS:
PLEASE READ THE RULES SECTION ENTIRELY BEFORE SUBMITTING
When you submit your film, fill up ALL the info required by the form.
- contact info and mailing address [for awards shipping]
- fill up the running time of your film the right way
- add a poster to your submission
Failing to do so leads to immediate disqualification of your production.

ATTENDING THE FESTIVAL:
Attendance is not mandatory.
If you are part of the screening films cast and crew, it will be a pleasure to have you with us. It's a great opportunity for networking and future collaborations.
There is FREE admission for cast and crew of the accepted films.
We are working on accommodations deals so more filmmakers can attend and enjoy the event.

CLARIFICATION ON TERM "CLEAN PRODUCTION":
A film that doesn't include foul language [even subtitles], gory scenes, excessive violence, hate message or nudity.

[Trophies, Medals and Diplomas]

1. Best Feature Film - $300 value
-Trophy, Golden Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Emblem
Short Film - Silver Award - $100 value
-Silver Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Emblem
Short Film - Bronze Award - $100 value
-Bronze Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Emblem

2. Best Short Film - $300 value
-Trophy, Golden Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Emblem
Short Film - Silver Award - $100 value
-Silver Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Emblem
Short Film - Bronze Award - $100 value
-Bronze Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Emblem

3. Best Animation - $300 value
-Trophy, Golden Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Emblem
Animation - Silver Award - $100 value
-Silver Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Emblem
Animation - Bronze Award - $100 value
-Bronze Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Emblem

4. Best Documentary - $300 value
-Trophy, Golden Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Emblem
Documentary - Silver Award - $100 value
-Silver Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Emblem
Documentary - Bronze Award - $100 value
-Bronze Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Emblem

5. Best Music Video - $300 value
-Trophy, Golden Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Emblem
Music Video - Silver Award - $100 value
-Silver Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Emblem
Music Video - Bronze Award - $100 value
-Bronze Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Emblem

6. Best One Minute Film - $300 value
-Trophy, Golden Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Emblem
One Minute Film - Silver Award - $100 value
-Silver Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Emblem
One Minute Film - Bronze Award - $100 value
-Bronze Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Emblem

7. Best Webseries - $300 value
-Trophy, Golden Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Emblem
Webseries - Silver Award - $100 value
-Silver Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Emblem
Webseries - Bronze Award - $100 value
-Bronze Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Emblem

8. Best Trailer - $300 value
-Trophy, Golden Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Emblem
Webseries - Silver Award - $100 value
-Silver Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Emblem
Webseries - Bronze Award - $100 value
-Bronze Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Emblem

9. Best Poster - $300 value
-Trophy, Golden Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Emblem
Webseries - Silver Award - $100 value
-Silver Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Emblem
Webseries - Bronze Award - $100 value
-Bronze Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Emblem

10. Best of the Best - $300 value
[the best production from the first 7 categories]
-Trophy, Golden Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Emblem

10 Awards of Merit - $100 value
[in all the categories]:
Award of Merit - Bronze Medal
Award of Merit Diploma
Festival Award of Merrit Winner Crown of Thorns Emblem

All the accepted productions will receive:
Official Selection Diploma
Festival Offical Selection Crown of Thorns Emblem

There has to be a minimum of 10 accepted productions in one category for that category to qualify for awards.
All the award package will be shipped at the mailing addresses submitted.

PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE SECTION BEFORE YOU SUBMIT.
Christian Life International Film Festival

Submission Guidelines:
The following guidelines govern submissions for the Christian Life International Film Festival.
Please read these guidelines carefully and follow all directions for submission.

1. General guidelines for all films:
1.1 We accept only finished productions rated G or PG.
1.2 Submit in the right categories or your production will be disqualified.

2. Content:
The main criteria of selection is simple:
clean, beautiful, fun and with great message.
It is NOT mandatory to be religious or mention anything about God or Jesus.

3. Immediate disqualification
3.1 If the production was submitted in the wrong category
3.2 If the production includes any of the following:
- foul language [even subtitles]
- gory scenes
-excessive violence
- hate message
- nudity
[unless modified versions of the film can be submitted]

4. Eligibility Requirements:
By acceptance of these rules and submission to our festival, the entrant certifies that he/she has sole legal authority to enter into this agreement and agrees for the production and the media kit to be used by the festival and affiliate entities for marketing purposes.

Employees and board members are allowed to submit their productions for screening but not allowed to enter the competition.

5. Format Requirements:
Because the screening will use digital equpment, we accept digital formats for previews and as a final cut.

We accept:
SD [Standard Digital] and HD [High Definition]
mp4 - 6,000 Kbps [not mandatory but suggested]
Other file types: MOV, MPG, WMV, AVI

We don't accept the productions in physical form like DVDs.

6. There has to be a minimum of 10 accepted productions in one category for that category to qualify for awards.

7. Due to being a competition,
OUR FESTIVAL DOES NOT ISSUE WAIVERS.
All the messages received regarding waivers will be disregarded.

Overall Rating
Quality
Value
Communication
Hospitality
Networking
  • Toby Wulff

    I waited nearly one year with my review because I was still hoping getting a response to my mails. The last message I've got was from December, 7th 2018. I've tried it via the Facebook-festival-account, the official Email-address and the organizers facebook-account. I was happy being a part of this festival IN 2018 and happy to hear, that my music video won the "award of merit" IN 2018. After the winners have been announced (in 2018), the festival promised to send the trophys and medals to the winners. As I've heard from other filmmakers, there is no response at all. Unfortunatelly I can't tell anything about the quality, the value and the hospitality of the festival. That would be unfair because I couldn't attend. I just can rate the networking and communication.

    April 2019
  • There are several of us that are waiting for communication about the trophies we won LAST May and have NOT received.
    The festival stopped responding to my emails back on January, 7th 2019 and we are getting frustrated.

    April 2019
  • Momchil A. Karamitev

    Great experience - very nice people - friendly, high standards! Highly recommended. Momchil Ap. Karamitev

    May 2018
  • Benjamin Owen

    While we've never attended in person, CLIFF is always on our "short list" of festivals to submit new projects.

    May 2018
  • This is an Awesome Festival!

    October 2017