2024 marks the 9th year of the home-grown Ghan International Film Festival Australia (GIFFA) started in Adelaide in 2016 by migrant Afghan film maker Fahim Hashimy. This thriving event now runs for 6 days and screens across Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. As always.

Terms and Conditions
Ghan International Film Festival of Australia (GIFFA)

GIFFA aims to bring together people from mainstream and culturally and linguistically diverse [CALD] backgrounds to explore and address the current problems facing marginalised people from country such as Afghanistan and around the world.

Eligibility Criteria
You can submit films in the following categories:
Short documentary film
Short fiction film
Short animated film
The duration of a registered film cannot exceed 40 minutes.
Participation in GIFFA is free of charge.
Commercial or training films, trailers or video clips will not be accepted for inclusion in GIFFA.
All non-English films must include English subtitles.

Format of Films
Films can be projected at GIFFA in the following formats:
2K
Blu-ray
DCP
Mp4
HD
DVD
Requests for projection in other formats must be submitted to the GIFFA Selection Committee.

Submission and Registration Process
The deadline for the submission of films for GIFFA will be announced 3 month before the event via www.giffa.org.au.
Each entrant is obliged to send the online registration form available on the GIFFA website.
Films submitted without a registration form will not be accepted.
The festival does not charge a fee for submitting a film.
The applicant is responsible for the cost of sending copies of the film to the GIFFA Selection Committee. Otherwise, an arrangement made.
Films for GIFFA can be sent:

Online:

By sending a public or private (with or without password) link to the video (eg. Vimeo, Youtube, etc.) with unlimited access time to the following address <info@giffa.org.au cc to ghanfilmfestival.official@gmail.com>

By post:

On DVD, Blu-ray or mp4 format, the boxes, USBs and DVDs must have a clear description – the names of filmmakers, film title, duration, and the category in which the film is registered.

To:

GIFFA Selection Committee

U5 141 - 157 O'Connell St, North Adelaide

Selected copies will not be returned.

Selection Process
The Selection Committee established by the organizer will make the selection of films submitted to GIFFA, whose decision is final.
The producers or applicant will be informed about the results of qualification and will receive an official recognition certificate by email. The film and filmmaker will be listed on the Festival’s official website.
The GIFFA Selection Committee is not obliged to give explanations about the selection decisions.
If the selected film is to be screened on DVD GIFFA may requests a back up copy.
GIFFA is not responsible for any postage or freight costs incurred by participants. Otherwise, an arrangement made.
The organizers do not take responsibility for the possible loss or damage of the films, caused by third parties.

Legal and Other Requirements
The film copyrights should in no way be restricted, violate any third party’s copyrights or other privileges. Should this condition not be met, the participants are obliged to attach to the Festival application a written statement explaining the legal status of his work.
By submitting the film, the producer, director, person applies or rights holder agrees to screen it to the public free of charge, within the Festival screenings.
The organizers have the right to copy the films. By submitting a film the applicants are agree allowing the organizers to screen no more than 3 minutes of the film to promote the festival via TV or through online media.
The organizer has the right to use the submitted materials for the Festival’s promotional actions. The producer agrees that information about the film will be published on the Festival’s website, in official documents and that clips from the film may be used to make promotional, audio-visual materials about the Festival.

Submitting films is equivalent to the participant’s statement that he/she owns unrestricted personal and financial rights to the films and that he/she takes full responsibility for breaking those rights.
In the case of any claim on the organizer by third parties, resulting from breaking the copyright or personal goods of the third parties involved in the use of the submitted materials, the participant ore the person complete the form covers the costs and pays damages connected with the claim of those people.
The participant is obliged to read and be fully aware of the GIFFA Rules and regulations.