Filmmakers can submit as many entries as they wish. If your film wins this year, you cannot submit the same winning film for again.
Films
Please keep in mind that only short films of any genre, under 20 minutes, are accepted with the early-bird entry fee being $4.99. For feature films of any genre, more than 20 minutes, are accepted with the early-bird entry fee being $9.99. Please be aware that the entry fee will increase after the early-bird deadline is over. The “early-bird” deadline is followed by the “regular” deadline, and lastly, by the “final” deadline.
All films must have been made in or after 2011 and have English subtitles, with the exception of music videos and unless English is the main language spoken. Any genre is accepted.
Format of the films must be MP4., MKV., MOV., WMV. If you are unable to render your films as the instructed formats, please submit your film through a Youtube, Vimeo, or Dropbox hyperlink.
All entries that are submitted will automatically be considered.
All winning films will be given an official Brampton International Film Festival (BIFF) printable Award Certificate for their specified award, only for the first year.
All films of any genre and proper format are eligible to win/be nominated to one or more of these awards.
A film with more than one category (e.g. Documentary and Experimental) can be nominated for both ‘Documentary’ and ‘Experimental’ award.
Even though, as usual, each film has its own page, the submitter can decide whether they want their full film uploaded/embedded on our website. If not, a trailer must be provided. Please note that the judging will be the same.
Winners will receive their Award Certificate by email from the day of announcement, so please do make sure that you send your email as well, or else no BIFF Certificate Award will be sent.
Rights
By submitting your film to our festival, you agree that your piece of work (full film or trailer) can be uploaded/embed on our website for promotional purposes. The filmmaker/institution that is submitting the film must own the rights to do so and is responsible for the content they are providing. Also, the entry fee is not refundable for films that did not get nominated.
Services
By submitting your service request on our website you agree to let us use your submitted data to create what you have asked for. All services will be delivered as specified in the ‘Services’ page. All “promotional” reviews will be published on our website and social platforms. You can also request the removal of your “promotional” review by the end of the competition.
How Does it Work?
After the submission is complete and the film is nominated for an award, we will upload/embed your film/trailer on our Facebook page and/or website for everyone to see. Winning films will be highlighted.
Notification
One month before the event, BIFF will announce the nominations for every award. During the day of the event (April 17th, 2016), the winners will be chosen and notified by email for each award.
Winners & nominees will be previewed on the website after the competition ends, unless the submitter requests not to keep it up.
Deadlines:
Early-bird Deadline: November 8th, 2015
Regular Deadline: November 29th, 2015
Final Deadline (EXTENDED): March 27th, 2016
