Harrowarts

We are so excited to see you! We are open to the world, so far this season we have received amazing submissions from the US, Canada, all over Europe, Russia, Japan and India... Join in and get your films reviewed!

1) We are a festival who reviews & celebrates passionately made low budget films with strong stories. The festival will take place at the Harrow Arts Centre in London, January 11th 2020. Especially if you're submitting, please follow and subscribe to our Twitter, YouTube and Facebook pages for crucial regular updates - its a community!

2) How does Film Only Film Festival work???
*We intend to write a review for ALL submissions.
*If your project is ACCEPTED to the festival it means we really think you have potential, you will get a video review on our YouTube community page and be listed on our websites.
*A selection of shortlisted films (FINALISTS) will be screened at our festival.
*We will announce category winners (1st and 2nd places) at the festival.

The theme is simple: There must be an engaging STORY and there must be evident serious dedication to the craft. We want to see passionate skills demonstrated in all creative processes (not evidence of budget, evidence of vision).

3) IMPORTANT: We are building a film community here.
You will be required to subscribe to our festival's YOUTUBE channel linked here, you might already be in line to be a part of it, who knows!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDUJaGDTHOXiI2AwmThOpaQ

4) We welcome ALL/ANY passionate storyteller.
We would love to receive short supporting introduction videos from filmmakers talking about their work as part of their PR package (some footage may be used for our promotions online). It's as much about the films as it is the filmmakers.

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The key event founder is a multi award winning British/Italian filmmaker who runs youth storytelling workshops aside from making films regularly.

Awards & Prizes

Submissions under various categories will be watched by the professional panel.
A shortlist of great films will be publicly reviewed on our YouTube channel.
The very best among the selected films will be screened publicly in London and will be reviewed and exposed online.

The top 2 films from each category will also receive a bespoke award certificate (1st and 2nd place) expressing why we enjoyed the work so much!

Rules & Terms

1) All films must be subtitled (embedded) in English if the main language is not English.

2) Technical details of all the films (release year, format, genre, duration, camera, country of origin) are crucial information for the festival, any submission lacking these will not be given priority, if the submitter is unresponsive to such information requests, the films can be disqualified.

3) A maximum of 2 films per submitter will be considered. Each submission must be clearly labelled: (filmmaker name, submission number, film title, year of film's release and country of production/release).

4) All filmmakers give the organisers full rights to stream/use any part of their films and reference to titles, cast and crew names in the reviews and relevant festival websites.

5) All young filmmakers (under 18) must be prepared to provide contact details of a legal guardian (over 18) should we request them.

6) Filmmakers should be aware that we do not require DVD's posted (unless specifically requested) we deal with high quality downloadable digital screeners. Also, awards will not be monetary - certificates will be posted out to filmmakers who cannot attend. Reviews will be organised at the Festival's discretion and any file transfers will take place online via email.

7) Our festival will retain all streaming/screening rights, aside from the FilmFreeway screener. Plus we will require downloads of publicity materials to be used for promotional purposes at the Festival's discretion.

7b) Relevant film clips might be included/streamed and stills may be used (and edited to measure by the festival), also your original (approved) links to full films will be attached to all public reviews (if you don't have a relevant direct link to a film we may ask you create one for us) so people can enjoy the works. Please note there is one category for non-public film submissions which will get private feedback.

8) We do not require premiere status, however all screenings and accolades a film has already received must be listed for each to be considered. We prefer films with less exposure, any release date is accepted.

9) In order to partake in our festival we require submitters to subscribe to our festival YouTube channel - we are creating a community of filmmakers. Some of your PR material will be uploaded to our channel at the discretion of our panel. If you are not subscribed we will remove your work and potentially retain the right to disqualify you from the festival.

By submitting any works all submitters agree to the above.