The 10th Global Road Safety Film Festival 2025 takes place in Marrakech, Morocco, on February 18 -20. This event coincides with the Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety.

The 2025 Festival is produced by Laser International Foundation (LIFE), in partnership with the National Road Safety Agency (NARSA) of the Kingdom of Morocco, the Prévention Routière Internationale (PRI), the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA).

The choice of Morocco as host country for these two global events constitutes an opportunity to send a strong global message of accountability and awareness on the issue of road safety, particularly on the African continent which has the highest mortality rate.

The 2025 Festival will mark an important step in efforts to achieve the objective of a 50% reduction in the number of deaths due to traffic accidents during the decade 2021-2030.

AIMS
• Promote the culture of road safety on five continents,
• Mobilize public authorities, the private sector, civil society,
• Offer tools for education, training, communication,
• Contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for which road safety in an asset:
- Objective 3: Good health and well-being
- Objective 4: Quality education
- Goal 5: Gender equality
- Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth
- Objective 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure
- Goal 10: Reduce inequalities within and between countries
- Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities
- Objective 16: Promote peaceful societies
- Objective 17: Partnerships to achieve the objectives

PARTICIPANTS
Participants are:
• Representatives of organizations from the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration Group;
• Decision-makers and political figures;
• Managers of businesses, local authorities and associations;
• Producers, directors, users of multimedia products relating to road safety;
• Students, school pupils and young people involved in road safety,
• Journalists and media professionals.

THE INTERNATIONAL JURY
The international jury is composed of high representatives of road safety policies,
distinguished experts in visual communication campaigns, as well as personalities of the Media world.

PARTNERS
International partners:
• Representatives of United Nations agencies;
• Civil society organizations that are members of the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration Group;
• Private companies involved in road safety at global and regional levels
• Producers of multimedia documents as well as journalists and communication professionals.

National partners from the Kingdom of Morocco:
• Minister of Transport and Logistics;
• Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communication;
• Components of civil society;
• Media partners: all national TV and radio channels as well as written and electronic press organs and media agencies.

Associated partners:
Partners concretly involved in the Festival's implementation, development and and follow up.

Awards & Prizes

The films presented in the Official Selection are nominated for the Prizes and Trophies of the Marrakech Global Road Safety Film Festival.

Prizes
• Grand Prix
• Jury Prize
• Audience Award
• Internet users' prize with online voting
• Best film for Education
• Best film for Communication
• Best film for road safety in professional environments
• Best Youth Film for Young People

The Trophies are awarded to films that achieve the specific objectives of the Festival.

1 - To promote each United Nations Region
• Africa
• Latin America – Caribbean
• Asia Pacific
• Western Asia
• Europe

2 - Will also be awarded prizes, to encourage professionals in the audiovisual industry to join the efforts deployed in the fight against road insecurity, the multimedia productions dealing with all types of subjects relating to the prevention of traffic risks, the smart and safe mobility, the Safe System.

Rules & Terms

1. Submitting films
All the films registered are in competition.
Submission and participation are free of charge.
Films must be submitted in their original version for the selection process. Films in English do not require translation. For films in other languages, English subtitles are recommended.
Films must be submitted directly on the Global Road Safety Film Festival platform:
https://filmfreeway.com/Globalroadsafetyfilmfestival/

2. Production date
To be eligible, films must have been made within the last five years, i.e. from 1 January 2020.

3. Declaration of rights
The Festival Organisation will only accept the submission of a film if the bidder is the holder of all the rights to use the film required for the submission. The Festival reserves the right to demand appropriate proof of these rights and to reject the submission in the event of failure to provide such proof.

4. Notification
All registered films will be notified to the bidder, whether or not the film has been pre-selected.
If the film is entered in the Official Selection, the applicant will be contacted by the Festival Organisation for the practical details of your screening during the Festival.

5. Obligations of participants
No pre-selected film may be withdrawn from the Festival programme once its participation has been made public.
Participation in the Festival implies unconditional compliance with all the rules set out in these guidelines.
The Festival Organisation reserves the right to rule on cases not covered by these rules.

6. Rights of use
The participant declares and guarantees that he/she holds all the necessary exploitation rights for the use of the film as part of this Festival. The participant declares that all third parties involved in the production and distribution of the film have agreed, where applicable, to its use as part of the Festival, its sequels and developments. The participant guarantees that by using the film in this context, no third party rights, including those of the people portrayed in the film, are violated.

7. Catalogue
All the material required for the Festival Catalogue (synopsis, cast and credits, biography and full filmography of the director, photographs of the director, actors and scenes from the film in black and white and colour) must be submitted at the same time as the films.