With your submission you automatically and manually accept our Rules and Terms, declaring that you have read everything and that you have choose to submit your project!
To submit a film, you must have created the project yourself, own the rights or have permission from the owner of the content to submit the film to us, you are entitled of that responsibility and you as a filmmaker YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE RIGHTS OF YOUR FILM.
1. Only work created after 2022 is acceptable.
2. You agree to use parts of your film (including trailer/teaser/film poster/stills) for promotional purpose.
3. Multiple entries are allowed for each filmmaker and each entry may be entered in multiple categories.
4. Entry fees are non-refundable, for everything else the FilmFreeway Gold or Standard policies apply. It is your personal choice to submit, after reading and confirming our rules and terms, entails your personal full assumption of responsibility. If you use false informations to try to obtain a refund you commit an unlawful act. For any information NOT SPECIFIED in our rules or terms, write us. We always reply to all emails for eventual NOT SPECIFIED informations.
5. By submitting to the festival you confirm that you own the rights to the work submitted. 5.1 In case of selection for the screening, if you do not have the rights to the submitted project (including the music used within it) as you are declaring by having read this regulation and its mandatory acceptance, you will be held responsible for any dispute.
6. No short films longer than 40 minutes.
7. No Premiere status is required
8. We do not accept extremist or propaganda content from religious or political organizations.
9. If your movie will be selected for a live screening session, we do not pay for accomodations or any other expenses. The festival WILL NOT cover any filmmaker expenses. You will be totally responsible for your airfare, accommodation and other travel expenses.
10. Films only be accepted with English subtitles. 10.1 We will ask for English subtitles burned in, in case of screening selection (it is mandatory for any spoken language).
11. We accept scripts in languages other than English, but they may be automatically translated before reading.
12. You can add an "Additional Category" only after having choose a "Main Category" (like Best Short - Best Short Documentary - Best Student Short etc.) first or you will be not considered.
13. If you are in the bimonthly winners IT DOESN'T MEAN you are selected for our live screening. Only the SELECTED MOVIES notified before the live event via mail will be screened. 13.1 The concept of "Monthly Winners" was born as an encouragement to more authors who can accredit themselves on IMDb, use our laurel and use our bimonthly certificate. The "Monthly Winners" represents the nominees for the final selections, being monthly winners does not mean being annual winners. At the sole discretion of the judges, only and exclusively the chosen projects, mainly among the monthly winners and honorable mentions (80%), among the finalists (15%) and the semi-finalists (5%), will be contacted for the screening at our live event. With the final votes, with few possibilities, even the semi-finalists could aspire to one of the annual awards. 13.2 We do not send feedback, if your film has not been selected or does not win, it means that it has not achieved an average rating sufficient or higher than that of other projects. 13.3 With your submission you accept the decisions of the judges and festival regarding your project status, and in no way will you be able to take action against them.
14. In case of live screening selection, you need to provide us a DCP (Digital Cinema Packaging) of your project with English Subtitles burned in (not external). We can't accept any other format (like MP4 or MOV) for the theater project screenings.
15. For film reviews, also intended as feedback, there is a specific submissions. We are always honest with our reviews, for better or for worse. The review will be published exclusively after your approval. If you are not satisfied, it will not be published. We believe that a real feedback is much more valuable for an author than a false positive in order to grow and improve. We are not a magazine, our reviews are shared on our website and social channels to give you visibility and the fee, as well as for other kind of submissions, goes to the organization of the festival. 15.1 If your project was in competition for a past season or is not in competition, after sending your review and possible sharing on our channels, your "Short Film Review", "Feature Film Review" or "Promo Interview" submission will automatically change in "Not Selected". 15.2 Your "Short Film Review", "Feature Film Review" or "Promo Interview" are in written format (no video), and will be published exclusively after your approval in 14/21 working days. In case of delays beyond these days, please contact us. 15.3 For the "Promo Interview" we will send you the questions via email in about 10 days from the date of your submission. In case of delays beyond these days, please contact us.
16. Robinson Film Awards DOES NOT PAY SCREENING FEES.
17. If your film is selected by our festival, you automatically agree that we may use images from your project for marketing purposes for our festival. If you do not agreed, and do not consent to give us promotional rights to your material, please let us know via email; and then we will withdraw your film from the promotion of our festival. If we do not receive any notification from you within 48 hours after your film is selected, we will assume that you agree this policy.
18. At our discretion, we may choose to transfer a film to the correct category, but only if the appropriate level of submission fee has been paid.
19. The Festival will give screening priority to films with representatives. The priority is for those who are at the Festival (Including Local Filmmakers). If you are not able to come but your project win something, we will sent your digital certificate via email. 19.1 If you falsely confirm your attendance for some reasons, thus jeopardizing our organization, you will be banned from future participation in our festival and we will not screen your project. 19.2 We ask DCP format with english subtitles burned in for the Live Screening, we don't accept any other format. 19.3 During the live event, we will take photos and videos that will be published on our social media channels, website, filmfreeway, newspapers, television, and any other current or future media aimed at promoting the event.
20. RFA is not a "prize event" (it means that there are no cash prizes or similar), but an independent and self-financed artistic reality, with artistic purposes and moral recognition for the authors of the best works. 20.1 By choosing to submit, you will help cover the costs of organizing the entire event.
21. At the sole discretion of the festival, based on the quality and feasibility of the projects we can reserve an opportunity for the writer of the best script of the year to produce his project, while the author of the annual "best of the fest" movie could also receive a distribution offer. We do not guarantee these possibilities in any way: if we do not any script or movie worthy of this opportunity, we will not offer such an opportunity to a random project. Being a monthly or annual winner of the script categories does not mean having access to this possible opportunity offered by the festival, which in any case should be agreed with the authors based on feasibility and costs.
22. Monthly and Annual selected projects could be add their credit independently on IMDb following their guidelines. We don't add credits for 3rd parties.
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Judging Process
- All submissions will be viewed in their entirety. Submissions will be judged and scored based on criteria including: quality of screenplay, acting, production quality, originality, technical proficiency, cinematography, sound design, editing and set design. We support indie filmmaking and will award additional points to movies produced on a micro budget and/or minimal crew.
- The Final Jury will choose the annual winners and the movies to be screened mainly, but not limited, from bi-monthly awarded films. The annual winner movies selected for live screening will be notified via mail before the event. The "Monthly Winners" represents the nominees for the final selections, being monthly winners does not mean being annual winners. At the sole discretion of the judges, only and exclusively the chosen projects, mainly among the monthly winners and honorable mentions (80%), among the finalists (15%) and the semi-finalists (5%), will be contacted for the screening at our live event. With the final votes, with few possibilities, even the semi-finalists could aspire to one of the annual awards. - If you do not receive a notification regarding the screening of your project it means that IT HAS NOT BEEN SELECTED FOR SCREENING.
- the status of "Semi Finalist" or "Finalist" means that the film has fewer possibilities to be considered for annual screening than the monthly winners, but that it has nevertheless passed the selection phase and can use our official laurel. Notification The submitters will be notified via e-mail for their project status updates.
Venue & Event Date
The 6th edition of the Robinson Film Awards will be in 10 April, 2026 (subject to change) at Cinema Multisala Eliseo (Poggiomarino, NA, IT). The Festival venue or the event date could be change during the organization due to events, technical choices or circumstances
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