The SamhainBaucogna International Film Festival provides a unique space for both new and experienced filmmakers to showcase their films to an international audience. The Grand Finale with Awards Ceremony will take place from November 22 to 24, 2024, at the Darna Theater in Tangier, Morocco.

The goal is to support filmmakers worldwide by offering them a platform to compete in an International Festival, garnering visibility through social and other media, and seeking to build bridges with the distribution sector. Simultaneously, the Festival aims to enhance regions with limited Festival and cinema offerings by promoting accessibility for all through free entry to screenings, beyond economic means. The audience will actively participate in judging and critiquing films through public voting.

The SamhainBaucogna International Film Festival will unfold in two phases. In the first phase, submitted works will compete in a monthly competition. These selections will take place between Italy and Spain throughout the year. Winners of the monthly competitions will receive a customizable logo and a digital certificate.
In the second phase, from the monthly winners, works chosen will participate in the final screenings open to the public (free entry) for 3 days at the Darna Theater in Tangier, Morocco, concluding with the awards ceremony on November 22-23-24, 2024, featuring the presentation of trophies and certificates. In this second phase, the works will be judged by an international jury (comprising journalists, educators, and film industry professionals) and by the audience through the Audience Award (all films automatically enter this competition).

Awards & Prizes

The SamhainBaucogna International Film Festival is competitive, and winning films in the final phase in Tangier will receive trophies and certificates as prizes. Additionally, finalists will be interviewed through our various social channels in-person or via online connection.

Awards and Recognitions
Participation in the competition for various categories, including:

- Best Feature Film
- Best Short Film
- Best Documentary
- Best Short Documentary
- Best Horror
- Best Short Horror
- Best Director - Feature Film
- Best Director - Short Film
- Best Director - Documentary
- Best Director - Short Documentary
- Best Italian Film
- Best Spanish Film
- Best Moroccan Film
- Audience Award (All submitted films are eligible for this award)
- Best Actor/Actress (All fiction films automatically participate in this category)

Please note that trophies and certificates will be SHIPPED TO ABSENT WINNERS ONLY IN THE EU AND MOROCCO. Due to high shipping costs, all other absent winners will receive only a digital version of the certificate.

Rules & Terms

1) We accept feature films (at least 1 hour) and short films (3 to 31 minutes) of any genre (fiction, documentaries, animations, etc.) from any country worldwide. To participate in the Festival, it is necessary to carefully read the announcement, rules, and conditions published here.

2) Submissions will be accepted exclusively through FilmFreeway, from January 1, 2024, until November 5, 2024, with the corresponding entry fee. We accept works produced from 2021 onwards.

3) There is no limit to the number of films a director can submit. However, each film can be submitted only once per category.

4) Works can be submitted in any language, but if selected, they must have mandatory English subtitles. Subtitles in Spanish, Italian, and French are optional but encouraged.

5) All applicants must fill out the official festival submission form on FilmFreeway. The SamhainBaucogna International Film Festival (SBIFF) reserves the right to disqualify any film not submitted through these websites without a refund of entry fees.

6) All submissions are final. No refunds are provided.

7) Works previously submitted or presented in past editions cannot be resubmitted and will be considered ineligible for the Festival.

8) The film remains the property of the author.

9) By submitting the film to the festival, you agree to allow the screening of your film (or other artistic works) during the festival's run, for which you are submitting, at no cost to the festival. Additionally, SBIFF may use promotional material from the submitted work (individual frames, trailers, posters, etc.) for promotional and informational purposes of the Festival through all media, for this edition and future editions. All media selected by the festival will be asked to provide promotional materials.

10) By submitting the film to the SBIFF, you acknowledge ownership of the copyright for all presented content.

11) Once the work has been selected, it cannot be withdrawn.

12) The director or sender of the film selected by SBIFF commits to delivering a high-quality screening copy with a resolution of at least Full HD (1920x1080) and H.264 compression.

13) The Festival Committee reserves the right to reject films if the content or technical quality does not meet the festival conditions, with no refund.

14) The festival reserves the right to disqualify any submission at any time if there are doubts about ownership, copyright infringement, or signs of disrespect (in any form of media) towards the festival or its representatives, with no refund.

15) Applicants acknowledge that SBIFF reserves the right to change the nature of screenings and events due to circumstances related to public health or well-being or at the direction of local, state, or federal authorities. In such cases, no refunds will be issued for presentations.

16) The judgment of the selection and final juries is final and unappealable.

17) A selection of monthly winners will be chosen for our annual event where finalist works will be screened in front of a live audience at the Darna Theater in Tangier, Morocco, on November 22-23-24, 2024, with a concluding Awards Ceremony.

18) By submitting a work (film, short film, feature film, or other) to the SamhainBaucogna International Film Festival (SBIFF), you affirm that you have read and accepted every point of the regulations and rules of the Festival.

19) Upon registering for this film festival, it is important to be aware that providing your email address implies the possibility of using it for future promotional campaigns, without the need for prior notice or additional consent.

20) Any issue or dispute arising during the Festival, not covered in this regulation, will be resolved by the event's organization in accordance with international regulations.