The 24th Annual Zotfest

You must be a UCI student currently enrolled in the 2022-2023 academic year.
Your first and last name is required on the form in order for us to accept your film.
An email address is required on the form in case we need to contact your further about your submission.

Your film must:
-have been completed sometime while you were a student at UCI
-be in English or include English subtitles

All award categories must have at least one current UCI student involved to be considered for the award
(ex: to be considered for the best performance award, you must have at least one major character be a UCI student; to be considered for best editing, you must have at least one editor be a current UCI student, etc.)

However, the director of the film must be the individual to submit the film. An individual can only submit 2 films for submission. If the director of the film doesn't intend to submit a film, then at least three crew/cast members must sign-off on submitting the film themselves.

You need to export your film in one of the following codecs for submission and screening:
- DNxHD 36 or DNxHD 70 (1080p)
- ProRes 422 1080p
- H.264 codec 1080p

The $15 submission fee is required to submit your film. If your film was a ZotFilm, please contact Polina (pbarilo@uci.edu) for a coupon code.

Films should be no longer than 15 minutes in length (including credits).

*Please keep in mind if you'd like to submit your film to other film festivals after Zotfest; many film festivals make it a rule that you can't have your film available online before or during submissions. FADA doesn't upload Zotfest submissions online without the owners permission*