It's Alive! Horror Film Festival

Non English-language films must be subtitled in English.

All submissions must be made through the FilmFreeway platform. This ensures that your film will receive the right time and attention by the Selection Committee.

By applying to It’s Alive! Horror Film Festival, the participants guarantee that they own or otherwise control all of the copyright of the work (including all rights to the music used) they are submitting and that they are entitled to transfer the rights to us for the purpose and duration of the Festival. The participants guarantee that all (intellectual property) rights needed for screening during the Festival have been cleared - copyrights to the film (including its music and each creative work used in the film) and the related rights.

By applying to the Festival, the participants agree to grant the Festival the right to show the selected films (including the music used in them) throughout the festival and to use all provided content for promotional purposes for the Festival.

It’s Alive! Horror Film Festival is not responsible for any claims made by a third party regarding copyright and related rights.

Running times for the films of the festival are:
- Feature Films: minimum running time, 60 minutes;
- Short Films: maximum running time, 30 minutes.

Submission fees are not refundable.

After a film is selected to be part of the official festival programme, the organiser will contact each author in order to determine the exact technical requirements regarding the screening of their film.

The authors of films selected in the competition programme must send video and photo material (such as trailer, poster, film stills, other appropriate material), short bio(s) of the filmmaker(s) and a list of the production team (credits). The Festival is allowed to use this information for publicity and advertising purposes.