Victory International Film Festival

GENERAL RULES
Submissions must be made by an authorized Owner/Producer of the film.

Films should have been completed after July 1, 2023.
(Exceptions will be reviewed on a case by case basis by the Festival Director.
Email victoryiff@gmail.com for more information or to make a request.)

Films should not have been in Commercial Release prior to the end date of the festival, including DVD/BluRay release, Online Streaming or Commercial Viewing.
Screening at other film festivals is fine and/or other private screenings.

Films that were submitted to our prior call for entries that were not accepted will not be considered.

All films must be in the English Language or Subtitled in English.

Film content should not be of a pornographic nature.
Nudity/Strong Language is permissible.

Rules may be modified at any time and will be published on The Victory International Film Festival Official Site at www.victoryiff.com.

SELECTION
If selected for exhibition, the Festival requires:
- For all films: Submission of a film as a a Digital File. Files must be a .mp4 or .mov. (If your file is in a different format, we will work with you to convert if needed.)

- For select films that will be screened on opening night, a DCP file may be needed.

- For all films a Digital Press Kit must be provided, including:
1. A 150-word synopsis
2. A 1 sentence synopsis.
3. A screenshot or promotional photo to be used in the festival booklet, app and for
promotion.
4. Headshots of Director(s) and Writer(s) (optional, but recommended)
5. Biographies of Director(s) and Writer(s) (optional, but recommended)
6. Trailers, clip reels, posters, postcards, and EPKs, if available, to maximize exposure for your film.

Categories are defined as:

Feature Length Film - Runtime over 40 minutes. Fiction, non-fiction, animated, and experimental films from the U.S. and around the world

Short Film (including episode(s) of a web series) - Project with a running time less than 40 minutes.

Student Film - Made by an enrolled student filmmaker (College or High School).

Animated Film - An animated film is defined as a motion picture in which movement and characters’ performances are created using a frame-by-frame technique, and usually falls into one of the two general fields of animation: narrative or abstract. Some of the techniques of animating films include but are not limited to hand-drawn animation, computer animation, stop-motion, clay animation, pixilation, cutout animation, pinscreen, camera multiple pass imagery, kaleidoscopic effects created frame-by-frame, and drawing on the film frame itself. Motion capture and real-time puppetry are not by themselves animation techniques. In an animated film, animation must figure in no less than 75 percent of the picture's running time. In addition, a narrative animated film must have a significant number of the major characters animated. If the picture is created in a cinematic style that could be mistaken for live action, the filmmaker(s) must also submit information supporting how and why the picture is substantially a work of animation rather than live action.

Indiana Made Film - Film that is primarily produced (filmed, edited, scored- 51% or more) within the State of Indiana. The film may be of any length, any genre (Narrative, Documentary, Animated) and may either be a professional or student production.

Short Films
Fiction, non-fiction, animated, and experimental short films from the U.S. and around the world (40 minutes or less). These may include Web Series. We would suggest on a Web Series Submission, either 1 full episode or a block of 15 minutes or less.

Student Films
Short films that have been shot, directed and produced by college/university students or Short films that have been shot, directed and produced by high school students. Elementary and/or Junior High Students may also submit in this category.
Adult supervision must be limited to an advisory capacity only.

Additional Terms:

NOTIFICATION DATE
Approximately July 22, 2024

PLACE OF ORIGIN
Projects may originate from anywhere in the world.
If English is not the main language, the film must be sub-titled in English.

PREMIERE STATUS
No premiere requirement. For films in Premiere, we will work to help promote those films that will be making their first public screening during our festival. Please let us know if your selected film will be a premiere.

Mailed/Shipped submission materials should be sent to:
The Victory International Film Festival
Attn: Josh Weiland, Technical Director
4800 Penrose Drive
Newburgh, IN 47714