Malabar Short Film Fest

✓ All films must have been made in or after 2012.
✓ Any genre films can be submitted.
✓ All films must be submitted in English or with Onscreen English subtitles (if in a different language).
✓ Films from Kerala with Malayalam language are exempted for English subtitles.
✓ Duration of the Short films should be over 7 minutes and under 43 minutes.
✓ Duration of Micro Short films should be over 2 minutes and under 7 minutes
✓ Duration of Nano Short films should be over 30 seconds and under 2 minutes
✓ Filmmakers are responsible for sorting out the copyright on their own materials.
✓ Films streamed/released online and/or available on OTT/television platforms also can be submitted.
✓ We may promote clips/posters from your film on social media, based on the press kits you provide us with.
✓ We retain the right to change the date and timing of the festival under special circumstances.
✓ We place no restrictions on your work in terms of premiere status or whether your work has been made available online.
✓ Any technical issues with the submitted films are 100% the responsibility of the filmmakers. If, at the time of judging, your video file doesn’t work or doesn’t have English subtitles (if in a language other than English), it will be automatically rejected, without a refund. Please contact the festival team ASAP if there are any issues with the submission process, and a solution will be found.
✓ We cannot provide refunds.
✓ If you have submitted your project in the previous year, you can resubmit the same project to current edition. But will have less precedence.
✓ By submitting to us you agree to our terms and conditions and to receiving marketing newsletters and discounts about film festivals in the form of emails. We will never sell your information to third parties.
✓ We reserve the right to update our terms and conditions.
✓ No pornography. Explicit sexual or extreme nude content will result in disqualification.