All submissions should be made exclusively through FilmFreeway.
The length of the CLIMATE CHANGE films will be up to 20 minutes (including credits). We only accept fiction, documentary, and animation (no experimental, music video, and others). All films in the CLIMATE CHANGE category should have English subtitles. ***movies should be about CLIMATE CHANGE.***
The length of the COMMUNICATE THROUGH PICTURE films will be up to 15 minutes (including credits). We only accept fiction, documentary, and animation (no experimental, music video, and others). ***movies should be without dialogue, monologue, narration or caption, etc. ***
The length of the COVID-19 films will be up to 15 minutes (including credits). We only accept fiction, documentary, and animation (no experimental, music video, and others). All films in the COVID-19 category should have English subtitles. ***movies should be about the COVID-19 pandemic.***
The length of the KURDS films will be up to 30 minutes (including credits). We only accept fiction, documentary, and animation (no experimental, music video, and others). All films in the KURDS category should have English subtitles. ***movies should be about Kurds and Kurdish culture .***
Films should be supported video formats MOV, mp4, MPEG with at least HD resolution and frame rate 24 fps, 25 fps, or 30 fps.
All themes of movies will be accepted except for pornographic, offensive, and the ones advertising violence.
Any person or any legal entity may participate regardless of nationality. There is no restriction on the number of projects registered per participant.
Every submission has to pick one main category; otherwise, it will be automatically disqualified from the selection.
Films after the 2015 completion date are eligible for submission, and if that has previously been submitted to the festival will not be accepted.
We accept only online submissions. Please provide a password if the film is password protected.
Only one film will be awarded Best Film of the category.
All films must have a photo of the director as well as their biography, and a synopsis in English, and a photo of the film. All photos should be print-quality.
Filmmaker or Sender must have full copyright and permission for a public screening of a film and any part of it. The festival is not responsible for any claims related to copyright and property rights, trademarks, financial losses, and liabilities.
Any income received from the public display of your movie (ticket sales during the public screening, advertising on websites, and revenue from sponsors or any other monetization associated with a public demonstration of a film) belongs to the film festival.
That if your film is selected, it cannot be withdrawn for any reason.
The festival reserves the right to introduce any changes in the rules and schedule of the festival, without prior notification to directors, senders, and any festival participants.
The jury may consist of professional filmmakers and creative people (writers, artists, etc.). The judge has no right to submit his movie to the competition. The judge also has no right to vote for the movies produced by their relatives. If this fact becomes known, the film will be disqualified, and the judge will be excluded.
The cost of travel and accommodation is the filmmaker's responsibility, and the festival does not cover it.
Filmmaker or Sender authorizes the festival's organization to use clips up to three minutes for promotional reasons.
Participation in the competition implies acceptance of the regulations.
