SUBMISSION CRITERIA
Eligible films should be recent productions on the topic of the Japanese American wartime incarceration experience and its aftermath, in either documentary, narrative, animation, or experimental forms. Works in progress may be considered if they are under production and guaranteed to be completed by the film submission deadline.
SUBMISSION CATEGORIES
-- Feature-length documentary (more than 40 minutes)
-- Short documentary (less than 40 minutes)
-- Feature-length narrative (more than 40 minutes)
-- Short narrative (less than 40 minutes)
-- Animation
-- Experimental
-- Other
Please submit your film to the most appropriate category. If our review team believes your film is better suited in another category, we will communicate with you directly about further considerations.
If your film is submitted to the wrong category, you are responsible for any changes in submission fees. We do not offer refunds.
FILM COMPLETION DATE
All submitted works should have been completed in the last two years, with some exceptions made if discussed with the review team.
If you wish to submit a work in progress, please e-mail our team PRIOR TO SUBMITTING to ensure your eligibility.
SUBMISSION MATERIALS
-- Synopsis
-- Director’s biography & photograph
If your film is selected for screening, you are responsible for delivering the completed film as a digital file and other materials (trailer, press stills, etc.) by deadline. Films of Remembrance (FoR) will use these materials for print and online promotion.
DEADLINES & FEES
Signed entry form, screener, and entry fee must be received via FilmFreeway.com by one of these dates:
-- PRIORITY DEADLINE: November 7, 2025 | $10 USD for standard, $5 USD for students, $8 for Gold
-- LATE DEADLINE: December 1, 2025 | $15 USD for standard, $7 USD for students, $10 for Gold
GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS
-- FoR accepts films of all premiere statuses, including films that have distribution.
-- All final works must be completed and submitted by January 16, 2026.
-- It is the responsibility of the submission contact to ensure that all requirements are met. FoR retains the right to disqualify an entry, with no refunded fee, if rules and regulations are not followed.
-- FoR retains the right to disqualify an entry with no refunded fee if the film contact for a selected film fails to respond to email correspondence from the Festival by deadline.
All selections will be notified by the notification date. Please do not call. If you have questions, please email us at FoR@nichibeifoundation.org.
CERTIFICATION OF ENTRANT: I, the contact person for the film submitted with this application, agree to the following:
I, the undersigned have read, understood, and completed all eligibility requirements for which I would like this film to be considered. To the best of my knowledge, all of the statements in this application are true.
I have all the rights necessary and am authorized to submit this film to Films of Remembrance and the Nichi Bei Foundation. Submitted films hereby grant FoR the right to screen such film, if selected, as part of the showcase without compensation.
This film is not subject to any claims or litigation and is not threatened by any claims or litigation. I release and discharge Films of Remembrance and the Nichi Bei Foundation, its employees, agents, contractors, volunteers, licensees, successors, and assigns from any and all claims, demands, or causes of actions related to misappropriation or infringement of copyright or violation of any other right arising out of or relating to my film submission. I agree to indemnify and hold harmless Films of Remembrance and the Nichi Bei Foundation from any and all claims that arise as a result of this submission or screening of this film, should it be selected, as well as from damage to or loss of any submitted materials en route to the showcase.
