Sobh Media Festival

- Festival Rules:
1. Registration and submission of all required information must be completed exclusively through the festival’s official online platform.
2. Submitted works must adhere to ethical and legal standards. Content deemed offensive, violent, or inconsistent with the festival’s public and cultural values will not be accepted.
3. The producer or distributor is fully responsible for any claims related to material, moral, or civil rights. The festival assumes no liability in this regard.
4. The producer or distributing company is responsible for registering the work, and the award will be granted to the producer.
5. Works previously submitted to other festivals or media outlets are eligible for participation in the Sobh Festival.
6. Works submitted to earlier editions of the festival are not eligible for resubmission.
7. All promotional, legal, and copyright responsibilities based on the information provided in the submission form lie with those who complete and sign the form.
6. According to festival regulations, if any submitted documents are found to be inaccurate or if the attribution of the work is proven invalid, the entry will be disqualified, and the applicant will be held accountable for all resulting consequences.
Each individual or organization may submit up to two entries per category. For series or multi-part productions, a maximum of two episodes may be submitted within the relevant category.
7. All submitted works must have been published since the beginning of 2025, except for entries in the Music, Music Video, and TV Series Categories, which may include works released after 2023.
8. A single work cannot be submitted simultaneously to both the Main Section and the Special Palestine Section.
9. Submitting the festival entry form signifies full acceptance of all festival terms and conditions.
10. The festival committee reserves the right to use 3 to 5 minutes of selected entries for promotional or informational purposes.
11. A copy of each submission will be stored in the festival’s archive for non-commercial use.
12. If an award in any category is shared among multiple recipients, the cash prize will be divided accordingly.
13. For all categories, the final clean version of the work—without subtitles—must be submitted upon selection for competition.
14. The required technical specifications for each category are detailed in its respective registration form.
15. Submitted works must not contain broadcasters’ watermarks or logos.
16. Non-English entries must include English subtitles, while audio submissions such as podcasts and radio programs must be accompanied by an English transcript.
In the Social Media section, submissions are accepted only through the link to the published post, along with complete post details.
17. For this edition only, there is no time restriction for feature films in the Palestine section or TV series in the Main section.
18. Submissions with incomplete documentation or technical issues will not enter the competition process.

- Technical Requirements
1. Television entries must be produced in one of the following formats: 4K, 2K, Full HD, HD, or SD.
2. For review, TV submissions should be provided as H264 or MP4 files, with a bitrate of 6 to 8 Mbps and video dimensions of 1080i or 1080p. For SD, the required resolution is 576p.
3. Final versions of selected TV works must be submitted as data files in MOV, MPEG2, MXF, AVI, or H.264 (MP4) formats, either via upload link or in-person delivery to the festival secretariat.
5. Audio entries must be submitted in WAV or MP3 format.
6. Participants in the written content section must submit their work in Word or PDF format.