Please carefully review the following. By submitting your project, you acknowledge you have read and agreed to all of the following rules and terms. All projects which have been submitted by our final deadline of 21 December 2020, and which adhere to the following terms, will be considered for inclusion in the 2020 Launceston International Film Festival.
RULES OF ENTRY
- All films must be submitted by either the director or key producer of the project.
- Submitted films should be no more than eleven minutes in length, including any opening and closing credits.
- Films NOT accepted for entry include documentary, promotional or advertising. Films which ARE accepted into the festival include, but are not limited to, those which contain aspects of drama, sci-fi, horror, fantasy & experimental.
- All submitted material should be the submitter’s own work, including video, music, images, sound effects, etc. OR, the submitter must hold the appropriate copyright and/or clearances to use such work. The Launceston International Film Festival will not be responsible for illegal or non-copyrighted work which makes up any aspect of the film submitted, and is then subsequently exhibited at the festival.
- LIFF does not require films to be a World Premiere, but premiere status of any kind of significance (national, state, etc.) is taken into consideration when making final selections. Otherwise, films must have been completed after 2010, and may be available online, and have had previous screenings to the public.
- Films must be subtitled (in English) if in another language than ENGLISH.
- All entries must be completed upon submission. No “work in progress” films will be accepted.
- By submitting to LIFF, you grant permission for the festival to use a portion of your film (maximum 30 seconds), your film’s poster, photographs of the director, screenshots of the film and the text of the film’s description for promotional materials associated with the festival. This may include social networks, newspapers, festival website, posters and festival print material.
- If your film is the recipient of an Official Selection in LIFF, you will be contacted by the festival and requested to provide a 1080p quality MP4 file, with a size not exceeding 1gb.
