Artist Emerged International Film Festival (Ethos Film Awards)

We accept and showcase submissions for fiction, and nonfiction features, shorts, and and pilots.

ETHOS Film Awards selects every submission with an impact message and meets our quality standard as a reward for all filmmakers advancing this world with their art. All genres are welcome. Winners and specific finalists of screened content will be contacted three weeks before the Festival.

All entries will be judged on the filmmaker's content, creativity, imagery, story, and skill. Films produced from 2020 to October 2024 may be submitted. Works in progress will be accepted.

We only screen finalists (films that receive a nomination) during our live event.

All other official selections will be presented in our online showcase and do not require a DCP.

THE PAL SYSTEM IS NOT ACCEPTED.

We will NOT accept online Films for theater screenings.

ALL ACCEPTED SUBMISSIONS MUST provide an MP4 film file uploaded into our google drive system.

The ETHOS Film Awards is hereby granted the right to utilize footage, and promotional materials supplied by the submitting agent from any film submitted and accepted film, video, or project for exhibition at the Festival for promotional purposes. ETHOS Film Awards may use footage from their projects to promote the Festival, their film, or the Event via print, web, and broadcast television.

The individual or corporation submitting the film hereby warrants that it is authorized to commit the film for screening and understands and accepts these requirements and regulations. The undersigned shall indemnify and hold harmless Anabelle Munro's The ETHOS Film Awards International Film Festival, ETHOS Film Institute 501(c)3, its vendors, sponsors, and supporters from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees, and costs of the court) which may be incurred by reason of any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity, screening, and loss of or damage to the screening videos entered.

Written Word Submission Rules:

We accept written word submissions for features, shorts, and pilots.

All genres are welcome.

One copy of an original feature film screenplay uploaded as a PDF file will be accepted. (Do NOT include more than 1 version). We do not accept hardcopy scripts.
The screenplay should be in standard industry format (12-point Courier).

Under no circumstances will substitutions of either corrected pages or new drafts of an entry screenplay be allowed under the original submission.
Corrected or edited screenplays must be resubmitted as a NEW entry and will require a separate submission fee.

Submissions must be the original work of the entrant(s) and may not be based, in whole or in part, on any other fiction or nonfiction material, published or unpublished, produced or un-produced.

We do not ship Awards.

Each filmmaker whose work has been selected will receive a free festival badge upon arrival at the Festival. These passes are non-transferable and will give the filmmaker free access to all screenings and panels.