The Film Festival is hosting four different categories of films.
Short-Short Films/Documentaries
Any narrative or non-scripted work of fiction or nonfiction/documentary film of any genre running 10 minutes and under, including credits. Short-Short Films have no premiere requirements or prior screening restrictions that would impact Festival eligibility. Short-Short Films/Docs may have been screened at any number of festivals or other public theatrical exhibitions anywhere in the world, broadcast or streamed on television or the Internet, and/or released via any home video or other public distribution platform and still remain eligible for Festival consideration.
Short Films/Documentary
Any narrative or non-scripted work of fiction or nonfiction/documentary film of any genre running less than 40 minutes, including credits. Short Films/Docs have no premiere requirements or prior screening restrictions that would impact Festival eligibility. Short Films/Docs may have been screened at any number of festivals or other public theatrical exhibitions anywhere in the world, broadcast or streamed on television or the Internet, and/or released via any home video or other public distribution platform and still remain eligible for Festival consideration.
Feature Film/Documentary
Any narrative or non-scripted work of fiction or nonfiction/documentary film of any genre running 40 minutes and above, including credits. Feature Films/Documentary have no premiere requirements or prior screening restrictions that would impact Festival eligibility. Feature Films/Documentary may have been screened at any number of festivals or other public theatrical exhibitions anywhere in the world, broadcast or streamed on television or the Internet, and/or released via any home video or other public distribution platform and still remain eligible for Festival consideration.
Animated Films
Any narrative or non-scripted work of fiction or nonfiction/documentary film of any genre in animation format. Animated films have no premiere requirements or prior screening restrictions that would impact Festival eligibility. Animated films may have been screened at any number of festivals or other public theatrical exhibitions anywhere in the world, broadcast or streamed on television or the Internet, and/or released via any home video or other public distribution platform and still remain eligible for Festival consideration.
*RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR CONTENT*
- Please make sure that your submitted films have subtitles, especially if the film content is not in English.
- Please keep in mind that the Muslim International Film Festival does aim to be a space for a family friendly audience and we encourage our filmmakers to censor profanity and subjective scenes in their film to the best of their abilities so that we may continue to make the festival an inclusive space for all.
- Please note that although MIFF does not have any restrictions for how old a film may be, we will be prioritizing films that are made more recently.
