Speculative Film Fest

TERMS & RULES YOU ARE AGREEING TO BY SUBMITTING

• Submissions must be Speculative Fiction, which includes Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and other genres that depart from realism, presenting fantastical, supernatural, futuristic, or other imaginative realms.
• Horror films should be focused on the supernatural, fantastical, and other cosmic horrors.
• Pacific Northwest films must be films that were filmed in Washington, Oregon, Alaska, or the Canadian province of British Columbia.
• Short-length Short Films are 10 minutes or under, including credits, in duration.
• Longer-length Short Films are 30 minutes or under, including credits, in duration.
• Only one title per entry.
• You agree your film is available for selection and exhibition during our festival dates.
• If your film becomes unavailable for selection and exhibition, you agree to withdraw your submission PRIOR to our final submission deadline (December 5th, 2025).
• Films must be completed upon submission. No works in progress please.
• Submissions must be made available as streaming screeners through FilmFreeway.
• Films not in English MUST be subtitled.
• Submissions will be assessed by multiple judges, and selected submissions will be programmed for screening and entered into the festival competition.
• Norwescon and the Speculative Film Fest does not pay screening fees under any circumstance. By submitting your film, you are agreeing to screen your film without a screening fee or any other compensation if selected.
• By submitting, you're giving us permission to exhibit your film at the festival, and other screenings (like press previews, promotional events, "best of" screenings, etc.), if we select it for exhibition.
• By submitting, you're granting us the right to use any materials pertaining to the submission, publicity photos, still frames from the film, and to advertise and display the work in whole or in part for promotional purposes without limitations.
• By submitting, you represent and warrant that you have full legal right and authority to submit the film for consideration, and that all necessary permissions, consents, licensing and approvals have been obtained with respect thereto.
• By submitting, you agree to hold Norwescon and the Speculative Film Fest harmless in any and all matters pertaining to the consents, licenses, and approvals of heretofore film/video/screenplay project.
• By Submitting, you understand that your submission is in no way a guarantee of acceptance into the film festival. No one from Norwescon or the Speculative Film Fest has guaranteed you admission into the festival.
• Press kits are not required, but are useful, so please feel free to send these with your submissions.
• Screening schedule will be announced after the official selection deadline.
• Norwescon and the Speculative Film Fest reserves the right to screen your film at a date and time of their choosing.
• Norwescon and the Speculative Film Fest does not provide transportation or lodging for filmmakers, but if selected filmmakers will receive a free pass to the in-person show.
• There are no refunds on submission fees.
• Successful submissions that are granted a screening must submit a downloadable .MP4 or .MOV media files (via FilmFreeway, Dropbox, Vimeo, or similar)

By submitting, you represent and warrant that you have full legal right and authority to submit the film for consideration by the Speculative Film Festival, and that all necessary consents, licensing, and approvals have been obtained. You agree the work is original and owned by the submitter, is not the subject of any disputes regarding ownership, and there is no invasion of privacy, defamation, violation of rights, intellectual property infringement, or similar violation of law. You agree to hold Norwescon and the Speculative Film Fest harmless in any and all matters pertaining to the consents, licenses, and approvals of the film.

If you are not sure about something, please email us before you submit. We'll answer your queries as quickly as possible.