Cine Vista Oasis Film Awards

Please read the following rules carefully before submitting your project to Cine Vista Oasis Film Awards.

1. Eligibility
✓The festival accepts submissions from filmmakers and creators from all countries.
✓We welcome short films, feature films, documentaries, animations, experimental films, music videos, scripts, and screenplays.
✓No premiere status is required.

2. Language
✓Projects may be submitted in any language.
✓If the spoken language of a film is not English, English subtitles are required.
✓Scripts and screenplays should preferably be submitted in English.

3. Multiple Entries
✓A project may be submitted to multiple categories, provided the required submission fee is paid for each category.
✓Submission to multiple categories does not guarantee nomination, finalist placement, or award consideration in all entered categories.

4. Submission Responsibility
✓The submitter must hold all necessary rights to the project and all included materials.
✓By submitting, the entrant confirms that the work does not infringe upon any copyright, music, image, trademark, or third-party rights.
✓The festival is not responsible for copyright disputes, ownership conflicts, or legal claims related to submitted work.
✓Submission fee doesn't guarantee a win. Everyone is competing the fair competition. If anyone claims why after paying submission fee they did not win then festival authority will immediately take action against them.

5. Promotional Use
✓By submitting, the entrant authorizes the festival to use the project’s title, poster, trailer, stills, synopsis, and brief excerpts for promotional purposes on the festival website, social media, and related publicity materials.
✓The festival does not claim ownership of the submitted work.

6. Fees
✓All submission fees are non-refundable.
✓No refunds will be given in cases of withdrawal, disqualification, duplicate submissions, incorrect category selection, or failure to comply with festival rules.

7. Festival Decision
✓All selections, nominations, finalist placements, and winners are determined by the festival jury and programming team.
✓The decision of the festival is final.
✓The festival reserves the right to move a submission to a more appropriate category if necessary.

8. Nominee / Finalist Policy

✓At Cine Vista Oasis Film Awards, Nominee status is considered equivalent to Finalist status.

This means:

✓Projects shortlisted for the final round of award consideration may be announced as Nominees
✓A nominated project is officially considered to have reached the Finalist stage
✓If a nominated project does not win its category, it will still be officially recognized as a Finalist
✓Finalist recognition may be issued in the form of a Finalist certificate and/or laurel

•Festival Result Structure

✓The festival recognition structure generally follows this order:

✓Official Selection → Nominee / Finalist → Winner

✓Where applicable, the festival may also present Honorable Mention recognitions.

9. Winner Selection & Category Discretion

✓Being the only remaining submission in a category, or being the only project submitted to a category, does not automatically guarantee a Winner title.

✓Winners are selected based on merit, jury evaluation, artistic quality, technical execution, originality, and overall impact. If, in the opinion of the jury, a submitted project does not meet the festival’s standard for a winning recognition, Cine Vista Oasis Film Awards reserves the right not to declare a Winner in that category.

✓In such cases, the project may instead be recognized at another level, including but not limited to:

Finalist
Official Selection
Honorable Mention (if applicable)
✓The festival also reserves the right to leave a category unawarded if no submission sufficiently meets the standard required for a winning title.

10. Certificates & Laurels

✓Certificates and laurels may be issued according to the recognition level achieved by the project, including:

Official Selection
Finalist
Winner
Honorable Mention (if applicable) (laurels are sent through Filmfreeway email notification.)

Certificate distribution timelines may vary depending on the festival season and internal processing schedule.

11. Festival Format

✓Cine Vista Oasis Film Awards may operate through seasonal online recognition, online screenings, and/or an annual physical event, depending on the festival’s programming structure.

✓Selection, nomination, finalist placement, or award recognition does not automatically guarantee a public screening slot, unless specifically announced by the festival.

12. Right to Update

✓The festival reserves the right to update, modify, or clarify its rules, categories, event structure, award policies, or submission guidelines whenever necessary.

By submitting to the festival, the entrant acknowledges and agrees to all festival rules and terms.