Female Film & Foto Fest

Film Fest Rules:
✓ As mentioned in the festival name, this festival is only for females.
✓ Film Director, Writer or Producer should be a female to submit for any Best Film category
✓ Film with a Story about woman also can be submitted for any Best Film category
✓ Only female participants can apply for all other individual categories.
✓ All films must have been made in or after 2011.
✓ Any genre films can be submitted.
✓ All films must be submitted in English or with Onscreen English subtitles (if in a different language).
✓ Films from Kerala with Malayalam language are exempted for English subtitles.
✓ Duration of the Feature films should be over 75 minutes and under 180 minutes.
✓ Duration of Extra Short films should be over 43 minutes and under 75 minutes
✓ Duration of the Short films should be over 7 minutes and under 43 minutes.
✓ Duration of Micro Short films should be over 2 minutes and under 7 minutes
✓ Duration of Nano Short films should be over 30 seconds and under 2 minutes
✓ No restriction/limitation on the duration of the Documentary films.
✓ Filmmakers are responsible for sorting out the copyright on their own materials.
✓ Films streamed/released online and/or available on OTT/television platforms also can be submitted.
✓ We may promote clips/posters from your film on social media, based on the press kits you provide us with.
✓ We retain the right to change the date and timing of the festival under special circumstances.
✓ We place no restrictions on your work in terms of premiere status or whether your work has been made available online.
✓ Any technical issues with the submitted films are 100% the responsibility of the filmmakers. If, at the time of judging, your video file doesn’t work or doesn’t have English subtitles (if in a language other than English), it will be automatically rejected, without a refund. Please contact the festival team ASAP if there are any issues with the submission process, and a solution will be found.
✓ We cannot provide refunds.
✓ If you have submitted your project in the previous year, you can resubmit the same project to current edition. But will have less precedence.
✓ By submitting to us you agree to our terms and conditions and to receiving marketing newsletters and discounts about film festivals in the form of emails. We will never sell your information to third parties.
✓ We reserve the right to update our terms and conditions.
✓ No pornography. Explicit sexual or extreme nude content will result in disqualification.
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Foto Fest Rules:
✓ As mentioned in the festival name, the photographer should be a female.
✓ The "Submitter" may enter as many categories as they wish.
✓ You may enter as many photographs "in a series" as FilmFreeway will allow per "project page" (six photos).
✓ These photographs must be the original work of the person submitting themselves or on "behalf" of a photographer the submitter is representing with their consent.
✓ For those of you "new to FilmFreeway", you must make a profile page for yourself and a "Project page" for each of your Photographs before entering “Malabar Foto Fest” competition.
✓ You may enter Black and White photographs in ANY category but we also have a Black and White photograph category SPECIFIC to Black and White photos.
✓ Use your best judgement into which category or categories to enter each of your photos. You may enter the same photography entry in more than one category or enter more than one photo project in the same category.
✓ Write a brief about your works in the project page, explain how did you relate your work and theme/category.
✓ Mention the year of creation/capture in the project page.
✓ No restriction/limitation on the oldness of the final work.
✓ Multiple entries from the same submitter are accepted.
✓ The decision of the festival selection committee will be final.
✓ No fee waiver. All entry fees are non-refundable.
✓ Works that are submitted must be the entrant’s original work and shall not infringe on any copyrights or any other rights of any third Parties. By submitting to Malabar Foto Fest, contestants/submitters agree that they have obtained all required copyright permissions regarding Photos, Paintings & Posters etc.
✓ Watermarked works and/or proof to confirm the ownership are needed upon festival selection committee request
✓ Videos(Time lapse, storytelling etc..) streamed/released online and/or available on online platforms also can be submitted.
✓ We may promote photos/posters from your submissions on social media.
✓ Malabar Foto Fest organizers reserve the rights to change, cancel or re-schedule the dates, venue, awards & categories without consent or information to contestants.
✓ The organizers reserve the right not to award any or all of the prizes.
✓ Any technical issues with the submitted works are 100% the responsibility of the entrants. At the time of judging if your video file doesn’t work, it will be automatically rejected, without a refund. Please contact the festival team ASAP if there are any issues with the submission process, and a solution will be found.
✓ If you have submitted your project in the previous year, you can resubmit the same project to current edition. But will have less precedence.
✓ By submitting to us you agree to our terms and conditions and to receiving marketing newsletters and discounts about film festivals in the form of emails. We will never sell your information to third parties.
✓ We reserve the right to update our terms and conditions.