Silk Road Film Awards Cannes

We do not provide a fee waiver.

We do not accept:
1. Amateur videos, promo videos; 
2. Films with a poor production quality: bad sound, bad montage, lack of subtitles for non-English films, video resolution less than 1080p Full HD; 
3. Extremist or propaganda content from religious or political organizations, as well as pornographic films

For all Categories:
1. Attending this competition implies acceptance of its rules and its decision, which is final, and the waiver of any claims; 
2. Submissions are accepted through FilmFreeway;
3. Submission fee's are nonrefundable; 
4. The organization of the Silk Road Film Awards Cannes accepts no legal responsibility for the films and screenplays in competition and its contents; 
5. Submitting your film or screenplay does not guarantee festival acceptance or screening.
6. Acceptance into the  competition does not guarantee award or prize.
7. The winning films that receive the monthly Silk Road Awards Cannes are pre-selected for the competition at our main festival, which will take place from 13 to 16 October 2022 at the Espace Miramar Cannes. The list of selected films for competitive participation in our main festival Cannes International Independent Film Festival will be announced a month before the start of the festival.
8. All films must be presented in their original language with English subtitle. However, once a film will accepted for the screening, it must abide to the following rules to accommodate our viewing public: 
Films in English must contain French subtitles. 
Films in French must contain English subtitles. 
Films containing a third language  must contain subtitles in both French and English; 
9. The film selected for the competition must be sent via file hosting for srca.cannes@gmail.com in FullHD format ( MP4, .MOV), 24 or 25 frames, Codec H.264, Stereo 48kHz;
10. We accept all films in any genre;
11. Premiere status is not required. . 
12. Submission of several films is permitted. Each submission requires an entry fee.
13. All films must have been completed after 1 January 2018.
14. Selected films of the winners of the year will be screened in the fall at the Espace Miramar Cannes at the Cannes International Independent Film Festival-СIIFF, our main festival. 
15. All filmmakers accept that  if their film is selected for competition, they grant permission for the Cannes International Independent Film Festival to screen the film, as well as part of the film (a few seconds) for the festival's promotional trailer. 
16. To participate in the Cannes International Independent Film Festival, submitted films must comply with current legislation regarding copyright and the right to privacy of individuals. Therefore, participants guarantee that the films submitted to the festival do not violate current legislation regarding exploitation rights, rights to honour, privacy or image or intellectual property rights and / or industrial and / or any other third party rights. 
17. The submitters confirm that they have the right to publicly display the film, including images, music, texts, art and all that is in the copyright law
18. In case of force majeure circumstances, changes to the dates of the festival are provided.
19. Cannes International Independent Film Festival reserves the right to change our programming and event parties without notice.