The Pigeon International Film Festival (PIFF)

1. The deadline for entry is 27 of July, 2026. Entries that arrive after deadline will not be considered.
2. Feature films of all genres with a running time of over 50 minutes are accepted for consideration.
3. Short films of all genres with a running time of no more than 50 minutes are accepted for consideration.
4. Entries must have production year 2022 and newer.
5. Preview copies with other than English must come with embedded subtitles in English, or they will not be considered.
6. Entry must be made via FilmFreeway. Entry of a film on either platform is binding and implies acceptance of these regulations.
7. Decisions regarding the selection of films will be reached by 21 of July, 2023, at which time a full list of the selected films will be published on the website.
8. The festival office do not have the possibility to answer questions about status of entries or progress of selection.
9. In case of selection, the festival reserves the right to use stills and excerpts from the films for promotional purposes, not exceeding 10 % of the running time, or a maximum of 3 minutes.
10. Entrants are not entitled to claim screening or rental fees for the screenings of their films in competition.
11. Eligible formats for screening copies of selected films to be screened during the festival is DCP, But if that will be problem for you we can maybe do it for you.
12. Screening copies with language/commentary other than English should have English subtitles. The subtitles must be embedded in the screening file. Separate .srt files are not permitted.
13. Screening copies of selected films must arrive at the festival no later than 4th of September.
14. All awards are subject to change without prior notice.
15. The juries for PIFF are filmmakers from Iceland and more places.
16. In the event of the live festival being unable to go ahead due to extreme circumstances such as the COVID-19 crisis, the festival will take place online. Films will be screened on a password-protected VoD hub, geo-blocked to Iceland for public access, but available for all accredited international industry attendees. Selected filmmakers will be informed in advance of this change, and will have the opportunity to withdraw their film from selection if they so wish. In the event of withdrawal, submission fees will not be refunded.