The Girl Improved Film & Television Festival

** READ CAREFULLY BEFORE SUBMITTING - it is your responsibility to ensure your eligibility - we do not issue refunds for entry fees. **

ELIGIBILITY

GIFT Fest invites artists from around the world, who are 22 or younger and identify as girls or nonbinary, to submit content twelve minutes or shorter that meets the following criteria:

1.) The director and at least 50% of the key creative team (writer, producer, cinematographer, editor) must be girls or nonbinary, and

2.) At least 50% of the people on screen must be girls/women or nonbinary.

Hand Up Mentorship Awards are limited to films made in 2022-2023 and to filmmakers who agree to mentor/ing, but all official selections will be screened and included in the Q&A sessions.

Notification is in July.

RULES

1.) Pieces must be 12 mins or less.

2.) Entire crew must be 22 years old or younger.

3.) Submissions from any genre of film are acceptable (i.e. narrative, documentary, animation, experimental, music video, etc.).

4.) Submissions from any type of television/web series are acceptable.

5.) Content must be in English or subtitled/translated to English.

6.) Any piece selected can be used for promotional purposes.

SUBMISSIONS

Submitted films will be screened by no less than three different Jurists.

The submission fee offsets costs for the streaming platform and Jurists. When submitting to GIFT Fest, you are agreeing (if selected and the invitation accepted) to screen the submitted film on-demand on our virtual streaming platform during the dates of the festival. The submitted film will be removed at the close of the festival. GIFT Fest will not pay any screening fees for the presentation of the film during the festival.

Selected filmmakers/submitters must provide a high-resolution copy of the film, a short film summary, a filmmaker bio, poster/other digital images, and the film runtime for the program as requested by the festival organizers. Fill out all the details on FilmFreeway - it helps us when promoting your film.

By submitting your film, you agree that clips from your film and all other materials related to your project may be used and/or published on our website/social platforms/event program, or for any promotional purposes which GIFT Fest deems appropriate.

If selected, all cleared rights are the responsibility of the filmmaker/submitter. The filmmaker/submitter will indemnify the organizers of GIFT Fest against all claims, demands, costs, damages, expenses (including legal fees), proceedings and losses resulting from the screening of the film at the Festival or from claims by any third parties.

By submitting, the filmmaker/submitter expressly acknowledges and agrees that they shall be bound by the terms of this agreement.