Rules & Terms
1. (1) By submitting a Film to TIFF for Festival consideration, the submitter (the “Applicant”) represents that he or she has obtained consent from any and all owners, creators, writers, producers and/or other authorized representatives of the Film whose consent is required to submit the Film to TIFF(the “Film Owners”) and screen the Film at the Festival, and has read, understood and agreed to the Terms.
2. (2) TIFF may disqualify or reject, but is not required to do so, any submission that it determines in its sole discretion, is not in compliance, in whole or in part, with these Terms and Conditions, and may do so without refunding any or all submission fees paid by the Applicant or returning the Applicant’s screener.
III. Submissions Categories and Eligibility
1. (1) Films submitted to TIFF for consideration under these Terms must be submitted in one of the categories set out below.
2. (2) Films that do not meet the eligibility requirements for any of the below categories should not be submitted and will not be considered by TIFF.
Category Eligibility requirements
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3. (3) TIFF prefers that all short and feature films presented are, at minimum, African premieres. We will accept submissions that have already premiered in Africa, but the film’s premiere status will be taken into consideration when final programming decisions are made.
4. All Feature, documentary And short films must be submitted via FilmFreeway as per the FilmFreeway guidelines.
5. (5) For maximum copyright protection, all selected films must be available for final screening at TIFF as per the specifications of the festival in its communication with the Applicant.
IV. Submissions Process
Submission Procedure
1. (1) All Films submitted under these Terms must be submitted in accordance with the procedure outlined herein. TIFF may, but is not required to, disqualify or reject any Film that is not submitted in this way.
2. (2) To submit a Film for Festival consideration, an Applicant must:
(a) complete the registration process on FilmFreeway and pay the required fee as outlined in article V.2 below and (b) provide TIFF with an online screener via FilmFreeway for review by TIFF programming staff. TIFF does not accept submissions in any other manner or format, including: content burned to Read/Write (RW) discs, Blu-ray discs or trailers.
(b) Submitted films must;
i. be in one version only, in the original language of production, with English subtitles if the original language is not English.
ii. be labeled with the following:
(1) Film title
(2) Film length In hours, minutes and seconds
(3) Country of origin
(4) Production Company
(5) Sender’s Name, Phone Number Physical Address and Email Address
(6) Director’s Name, and
(7) FilmFreeway Tracking Number.
iii. haVe the following marketing materials submitted with the film on FilmFreeway
(1) A trailer
(2) Two film posters in the following sizes: Poster 1. A6 300dpi or 1240 pixels by 1748
pixels RGB 72dpi and, Poster 2. 88.19mm (Height) 79.38mm (width), (3) Film synopsis
(250 words or less), and (4) Director's Biography (100 words or less).
iv. once accepted for the festival, be screened at TIFF using the format specified by TIFF in its communication with the Applicant.
3. Accepted films must have screeners as per III. 4.(4). and IV. 2. (2). (b). iv. above.
4. Applicants with accepted films should test their festival screeners thoroughly before forwarding them to TIFF. The Applicant has sole responsibility for ensuring that the submitted screener plays in its entirety and at the required standard. If TIFF is unable to view the screener, TIFF will attempt, but is under no obligation, to contact the Applicant in order to obtain a replacement screener.
5. TIFF will not review multiple versions of a submitted Film. Only one version of the Film may be submitted. If multiple versions are submitted, TIFF will view only the version that was received first.
6. Festival screeners will not be returned.
7. Summiter agree for film to screen online to cater to virtual attendees
8. TIFF is under no obligation to contact the submitting party and/or refund the submission fee should The Applicant not have adhered to rules, set out in Terms and Conditions 2. (2).
Shipping Instructions for festival Screeners where shipment is required:
9. All shipments must be sent by way of prepaid shipping. TIFF will not accept collect/cash-on-delivery shipments.
10. TIFF is not responsible for and will not accept shipments incurring expenses for terminal charges, duties, taxes or customs brokerage. Applicants should clearly indicate on all waybills that transportation and customs charges are to be billed to the sender. Any shipping charges incurred by TIFF will be billed back to the Applicant.
11. Shipments should not be shipped in excessive packaging or with any materials other than those requested by TIFF. There is no programming value for screener submissions arriving in unusual and/or unorthodox containers.
