The Christian Life International Film Festival is a festival that touches and teaches the audience with meaningful productions.

A film festival of clean and meaningful films.
The main criteria of selection is simple:
clean, beautiful, fun and with great message.

It is NOT mandatory to be religious or mention anything about God or Jesus.
We encourage a lot comedy and uplifting productions, but we are open to all the genres.
Our audience loves to laugh and have their spirit lifted up.

FOR AUDIENCE:
After being hit really bad by COVID (having members of our team passing away) we took a rebound break and we're back! This time, we are in Romania in Bacau! It's a unique opportunity because next time we might be in another country.
Enjoy the beautiful messages all these talented filmmakers and everyone involved in these productions are sending you.

FOR FILMMAKERS:

SUBMISSIONS:
PLEASE READ THE RULES SECTION ENTIRELY BEFORE SUBMITTING
When you submit your film, fill up ALL the info required by the form.
- contact info and mailing address [for awards shipping]
- fill up the running time of your film the right way
- add a poster to your submission
Failing to do so leads to immediate disqualification of your production.

ATTENDING THE FESTIVAL:
Attendance is not mandatory.
If you are part of the screening films cast and crew, it will be a pleasure to have you with us. It's a great opportunity for networking and future collaborations.
There is FREE admission for cast and crew of the accepted films.
We are working on accommodations deals so more filmmakers can attend and enjoy the event.

CLARIFICATION ON TERM "CLEAN PRODUCTION":
A film that doesn't include foul language [even subtitles], gory scenes, excessive violence, hate message or nudity.
If you have productions that have these kinds of elements and you're able to send a clean version with one week prior Festival Date, if you're accepted, we'll screen that version.

FOR EVERYONE:
After being hit really hard in the past several years and losing most of our team (passing due to Covid and other circumstances), we're getting back in the saddle and, by the Grace of God, with faith and really not knowing the direction we're going, we're re starting the Festival.
In 2026 it will be our 7th edition and we'll ask you for patience and understanding because this is the call we felt, but once again, we don't know how it will happen and the direction it will go.
Thank you everyone for the support and the understanding that you've nourished us with. Blessings.

Awards & Prizes

[Trophies, Medals and Diplomas]

1. Best Feature Film - $300 value
-Trophy, Golden Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Laurels
Short Film - Silver Award - $100 value
-Silver Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Laurels
Short Film - Bronze Award - $100 value
-Bronze Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Laurels

2. Best Short Film - $300 value
-Trophy, Golden Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Laurels
Short Film - Silver Award - $100 value
-Silver Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Laurels
Short Film - Bronze Award - $100 value
-Bronze Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Laurels

3. Best Animation - $300 value
-Trophy, Golden Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Laurels
Animation - Silver Award - $100 value
-Silver Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Laurels
Animation - Bronze Award - $100 value
-Bronze Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Laurels

4. Best Documentary - $300 value
-Trophy, Golden Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Laurels
Documentary - Silver Award - $100 value
-Silver Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Laurels
Documentary - Bronze Award - $100 value
-Bronze Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Laurels

5. Best Music Video - $300 value
-Trophy, Golden Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Laurels
Music Video - Silver Award - $100 value
-Silver Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Laurels
Music Video - Bronze Award - $100 value
-Bronze Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Laurels

6. Best One Minute Film - $300 value
-Trophy, Golden Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Laurels
One Minute Film - Silver Award - $100 value
-Silver Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Emblem
One Minute Film - Bronze Award - $100 value
-Bronze Medal, Diploma, Festival Winner Crown of Thorns Laurels

7. Awards of Merit - $100 value
[in all the categories]:
Award of Merit - Bronze Medal
Award of Merit Diploma
Festival Award of Merit Winner Crown of Thorns Laurels

All the accepted productions will receive:
Official Selection Diploma
Festival Official Selection Crown of Thorns Laurels

There has to be a minimum of 10 accepted productions in one category for that category to qualify for awards.
All the award packages will be shipped at the mailing addresses submitted.

Rules & Terms

PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE SECTION BEFORE YOU SUBMIT.
Christian Life International Film Festival

Submission Guidelines:
The following guidelines govern submissions for the Christian Life International Film Festival.
Please read these guidelines carefully and follow all directions for submission.

1. General guidelines for all films:
1.1 We accept only finished productions rated G or PG.
1.2 Submit in the right categories or your production will be disqualified.

2. Content:
The main criteria of selection is simple:
clean, beautiful, fun and with great message.
It is NOT mandatory to be religious or mention anything about God or Jesus, but to teach and touch the audience.

3. Immediate disqualification
3.1 If the production was submitted in the wrong category
3.2 If the production includes any of the following:
- foul language [even subtitles]
- gory scenes
- excessive violence
- hate message
- nudity
[unless modified versions of the film can be submitted]

4. Eligibility Requirements:
By acceptance of these rules and submission to our festival, the entrant certifies that he/she has sole legal authority to enter into this agreement and agrees for the production and the media kit to be used by the festival and affiliate entities for marketing purposes.

Employees and board members are allowed to submit their productions for screening but not allowed to enter the competition.

5. Format Requirements:
Because the screening will use digital equipment, we accept digital formats for previews and as a final cut.

We accept:
SD [Standard Digital] and HD [High Definition]
mp4 - 6,000 Kbps [not mandatory but suggested]
Other file types: MOV, MPG, WMV, AVI

All foreign productions need to have MANDATORY English subtitles.

We don't accept the productions in physical form like DVDs.

6. There has to be a minimum of 10 accepted productions in one category for that category to qualify for awards.

7. Due to being a competition,
OUR FESTIVAL DOES NOT ISSUE WAIVERS.
All the messages received regarding waivers will be disregarded.
10 Reviews
Overall Rating
Quality
Value
Communication
Hospitality
Networking
  • Toby Wulff

    I waited nearly one year with my review because I was still hoping getting a response to my mails. The last message I've got was from December, 7th 2018. I've tried it via the Facebook-festival-account, the official Email-address and the organizers facebook-account. I was happy being a part of this festival IN 2018 and happy to hear, that my music video won the "award of merit" IN 2018. After the winners have been announced (in 2018), the festival promised to send the trophys and medals to the winners. As I've heard from other filmmakers, there is no response at all. Unfortunatelly I can't tell anything about the quality, the value and the hospitality of the festival. That would be unfair because I couldn't attend. I just can rate the networking and communication.

    April 2019
    Helpful
    Response from festival:

    Hello Toby!
    We apologize for the situation...
    There's been a lot of things that hit us hard in the meantime (3 of our team members passed away). This affected us emotional in such way that we couldn't even communicate with anyone and we apologize for that.
    In the meantime we lost the website and email addresses, the branding and the pictures and videos from the previous editions and that made us loose hope.
    Now, after all these years, we feel that we can start again.
    We're rebranding, we're trying to get back up because we did this for the audience and for those like you that are creative and want to send the message straight to the people's hearts and change lives.

    Please accept our apologizes and trust that we're here in good faith. Please email us at cliffescom@gmail.com to keep in touch and find a way to send you everything we promised.
    We're trying to contact everyone that didn't receive the diplomas and medals.

    Thank you for your understanding.
    We're waiting for an e-mail from you.

    CLIFF Team

  • Molly Vernon

    There are several of us that are waiting for communication about the trophies we won LAST May and have NOT received.
    The festival stopped responding to my emails back on January, 7th 2019 and we are getting frustrated.

    April 2019
    Helpful
    Response from festival:

    Hello Molly!
    We apologize for the situation...
    There's been a lot of things that hit us hard in the meantime (3 of our team members passed away). This affected us emotional in such way that we couldn't even communicate with anyone and we apologize for that.
    In the meantime we lost the website and email addresses, the branding and the pictures and videos from the previous editions and that made us loose hope.
    Now, after all these years, we feel that we can start again.
    We're rebranding, we're trying to get back up because we did this for the audience and for those like you that are creative and want to send the message straight to the people's hearts and change lives.

    Please accept our apologizes and trust that we're here in good faith. Please email us at cliffescom@gmail.com to keep in touch and find a way to send you everything we promised.
    We're trying to contact everyone that didn't receive the diplomas and medals.

    Thank you for your understanding.
    We're waiting for an e-mail from you.

    CLIFF Team

  • Momchil Ap. Karamitev

    Great experience - very nice people - friendly, high standards! Highly recommended. Momchil Ap. Karamitev

    May 2018
    Helpful
  • Benjamin Owen

    While we've never attended in person, CLIFF is always on our "short list" of festivals to submit new projects.

    May 2018
    Helpful
  • Arlette Thomas-Fletcher

    This is an Awesome Festival!

    October 2017
    Helpful