This festival is dedicated to all documentary directors in particular, and to all filmmakers in general. The mission of Documentary Directors Awards is to soar well-produced and excellently directed films, bring them to the level they deserved, and to promote the strong, unique voices they carried.

Entry Categories:
Special Categories
(Opens for documentary directors only):

1. Documentary Directors Awards for Best Directing in a documentary short
2. Documentary Directors Awards for Best Directing in a documentary feature
3. Documentary Directors Awards for Best Directing in a music video
4. Documentary Directors Awards for Experimental Directing
5. Documentary Directors Awards for Visionary Directing
6. Documentary Director of the Year Award
7. Documentary New Director of the Year Award

General Categories:

Entry Categories:
Special Categories
(Opens for documentary directors only):

1. Documentary Directors Awards for Best Directing in a documentary short
2. Documentary Directors Awards for Best Directing in a documentary feature
3. Documentary Directors Awards for Best Directing in a music video
4. Documentary Directors Awards for Experimental Directing
5. Documentary Directors Awards for Visionary Directing
6. Documentary Director of the Year Award
7. Documentary New Director of the Year Award

General Categories:

Documentary Feature
Foreign Language Documentary Feature (open for non-English speaking documentary with subtitled or dubbed)
Short Documentary
Foreign Language Short Documentary (open for non-English speaking documentary with subtitled or dubbed)
Newcomer
Music Videos
Producer
Cinematographer
Editor
Script Writer
Makeup
Art Director
Story
Sound
Music
Animation
Special Effects

Duration guidelines:
Documentary Feature: over 60 minutes in length
Documentary Short: run time of 59 minutes and below
Music & Video: under 5 minutes in length

Overall winner will get a special trophy.
Winners will receive physical awards.

By submitting to Documentary Directors Awards, submitters agree and will comply all of the Rules and Regulation below
RULES & REGULATION
This agreement pertains to all Work(s) submitted to Documentary Directors Awards (the Festival):
Be it known to any filmmaker or submitter, by submitting your film(s) or screenplay to the Festival, you agree to all TERMS AND CONDITIONS below in full.
1. The submitter guarantee that all rights and releases have been legally secured, including music rights, songs, etc. and the submitter releases the Festival and all its member from any legal action whatsoever.
2. A) If nominated, 2 DVD PAL (required) and 1 blu-ray (optional) or DCP (optional), must be sent. Mark case and DVD, with title, length, and director's name. Please mark your film with "No Commercial Value - For Cultural Purposes Only" either on the envelope and the shipping invoices.
B) Please send the DVDs/Blu-ray/DCP mentioned in point 2A through courier, or post, or Digital Transfer Service. We do not accept data for final judging and screening.
C. Although every possible care will be taken with DVDs while in our possession, however, we cannot accept responsibility for unforeseen loss, stolen, or damage of entries. Please do not send originals. We do not receive downloads of any kind.
3. All transportation/shipping costs (including customs clearance) to Jakarta, plus fees for insurance while in transit, must be borne by the participants (please write: For Cultural Purposes only - Not for commercial use). The Festival Director reserves the right to refuse any shipment involving unpaid costs.
4. All submissions should be sent pre-paid.
5. We will not return your screening and exhibition copies.
6. All submission fees are non-refundable.
7. All selection committees' and juries' decisions are finals.
8. Only producers or directors can receive the physical awards at the award ceremony.
9. Regardless of the Prize and the winning status, winning filmmakers who cannot attend the Awards Ceremony in Jakarta, will only receive laurels.
10. The festival has the right to disqualify a winning film for any reasons, without having to explain the reasons to the submitter.
11. Submission of an entry gives the festival permission to have accepted work exhibited, photographed, locally telecast, and reproduced either in part or whole, for educational or publicity purposes. Filmmakers can request in writing that their material not be used for such purposes after the Festival.
12. We do not pay any screening fees. Not all winning films will be screened. The festival has the full right to select the winning films to be screened.
13. The Festival Directorate may deny participation to any film unable to meet the technical requirements for a public screening of good quality.
14. The Festival Management reserves the right to make changes in the profile of the Festival if it becomes necessary to do so due to circumstances beyond his/her control.
15. All filmmakers/submitters are expected to keep communications with the Festival professional and in good taste. Failure to do so may result in disqualification at any point in the adjudication process, including the nullification of Official Selection status or nominations. That stated, the Festival will only communicate with the person who submitted his/her film to the festival, and that Festival should not be expected to communicate with any other persons.
16. The festival has the right to work with any institution and partner festivals for all kind of cooperation, including joint events or promotions.
17. The Festival reserves the right to make any necessary changes in regulations or scheduling.
18. The submitter/filmmaker also acknowledges that remediation of any sort will be limited to a refund of their submission fees.
19. Films could be from any year.
20. All disputes in respect of any matter relating to the Directors Awards shall be subjected to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts in North Jakarta. Any dispute arising as a result of submission to the Festival will have a recourse limited to the lesser of either the submission fee paid or the cost of correcting the issue.
By submitting to our Festival, submitter/filmmaker:
- indicates that they have read, understand, agree with, and will comply all of the Terms and Condition above, and accept all of the terms and conditions herein, in their entirety, without modification.
- agree to indemnify us and hold our employees and us, owners, affiliates, and partners harmless from all claims and liability associated with your participation or entry to the Festival.