FILMS
Our primary focus is on promoting girls' and young womxn's filmmaking talent in the UK, but we also welcome international entries.
Films should be up to 20 minutes long (including credits), in drama, documentary, animation, experimental or hybrid form, completed since September 2020.
GGM UK’s focus is on highlighting social issues of concern to girls and young womxn, particularly those from diverse and under-represented communities. We welcome films that align with this vision.
Films will be judged primarily on the strength of the story and their ability to inspire or move the audience. We like films with the potential for social impact and sparking change. Attention will also be paid to originality, artistic vision and technical quality (though you don't need a special camera - a smartphone [set to shoot at the highest resolution] will do just fine).
The director should be a girl or woman, including self-identifying women and non-binary people, aged 14-30 (no younger than 14 and not yet turned 31 at the time of the final submission deadline of 31 Jan 2023).
Crews and cast may include males, but we favour female-dominated crews, characters and subject matter.
SUBMISSIONS
Entries must be submitted digitally. Provide a link to the film on an online platform, such as Youtube or Vimeo, along with a password if applicable.
More than one entry may be submitted. Each must be submitted with its own entry form and fee.
If selected for the Festival, an exhibition-quality digital screening file must be made available for screening. This should be in h.264 .mp4 format, via a downloadable link on Vimeo, Dropbox or Google Drive.
Films should be HD 1920 x 1080p, 25 fps format; audio 24 Bit, 48kHz Stereo.
We cannot accept films over 20 minutes in length.
Films not in the English language must have English subtitles.
Entry fee is non-refundable. GGM UK is a UK registered charity, and submission fees help us cover festival costs. In the event of our making a profit, this will be put into our charity funds.
The selection committees’ and juries’ decisions are final.
STUDENTS
** If applying as a student, you must email us a copy of your student status (NUS card or similar) along with the director name and film title, to ggmuk@globalgirlmedia.org. **
SELECTION PROCESS
• All submitted films will be reviewed by GGM UK board for eligibility (to ensure content and technical quality corresponds to the Festival conditions), and then all eligible films will be judged by an independent selection panel.
• The nominees for each award category will be determined by the GlobalGirl Media Film Festival selection panel.
• If your film is selected for the Festival, you will be notified in advance of the Festival via email.
All non-English language films must be subtitled in English.
Whilst every effort will be made to adhere to the published schedule, GlobalGirl Media Film Festival reserves the right to make changes at any time, for any reason. GlobalGirl Media Film Festival will not be liable for any costs claimed as a result of a change in scheduling.
No film may be withdrawn from the Festival programme after its selection.
Filmmakers will be solely responsible for all costs resulting from the submission of the film to the Festival, including, but not limited to expenses of any representatives of the film.
ENTRY LIABILITY
The applicant is responsible for all copyrights. She is legally authorized to enter her film in the Festival and, if selected for the Festival, authorized to give screening permission. This includes permission from a distributor or sales agent representing the film.
The applicant has secured all necessary rights for both picture and sound. The exhibition will not violate or infringe upon any rights, including, but not limited to, music, images, and content.
Submitting a film gives us permission to use publicity stills and film excerpts of up to 1 minute for use in GlobalGirl Media Film Festival marketing and publicity.
GENERAL AGREEMENT FOR PARTICIPATION IN GLOBALGIRL FILM FESTIVAL
By submitting your film, you confirm that you have read and accept the Rules and Terms of GlobalGirl Media Film Festival. You confirm that you possess all rights necessary for the screening of the submitted film at GlobalGirl Media Film Festival. That this film is not subject to any litigation nor is threatened by any litigation. By accepting these conditions, you transfer to GlobalGirl Media Film Festival the right to use excerpts of the submitted film, stills, and trailers, for the purposes of publicity and marketing of the film at the various social networks and on the website of the festival, and for other non-commercial purposes related to the promotion of the festival. You agree to indemnify GlobalGirl Media Film Festival, in the event that such rights have been not proper.
