Direct Short and Documentary Film Festival

1. Only online Submission through festival platforms will accept
2. All genre films will accept.
3. All the awards for the winners of will be announced after the closure of online submissions.
4. After the submission, the festival review each film and the best films will be selected as officially selected.
5. After a film has been selected, the filmmaker is notified through email, the official selection films will be listed on the festival under private screening on the website under (we doesn't screen online - online winner films will screen online ).
6. All the winning films will be separately listed and screened on the festival website for public viewers.
7. Minimum three selective entries are required to qualify any category. If sufficient entries not received selective films will be entered in next edition of the festival competition without any entry fee, But the film will not be the part of the official selection.
8. By submitting to the Festival you confirm that you own the rights of the film and you agree to allow your project to be shown by the Festival. Your name and information about your project may be used for promotion.
9. Filmmakers competing in festivals that require they not to show their films online (after the winner films listed on the website), they can request to published the only trailer of the films.
10. All Winner films will remain on our website for as long as the festival is in existence. Please note that you can request to delete or update your link every time you need.
11. Submissions in languages other than English must be subtitled in English.
12. Multiple entries are allowed. You can submit more than one film to the same category or different category.
13. We accept all kind of film. The film production could be from any year.
14. The festival has the right to disqualify or remove any winning film for any reasons, without having to explain the reasons to the filmmaker and submitter.
15. The festival reserve the right to delete any award-winning film link from the website without having to explain the reasons to the filmmaker and submitter.
16. Entrance fee is non-refundable. Entries will not be processed without entry fee payment
Each entry will be accompanied by non-refundable fees.
17. The Festival reserves the right to make any necessary changes in regulations or scheduling without having to explain the reasons to the filmmaker and submitter.
18. Any Film, selected or not selected, will be a decision of selection panel which is final and accepted by all.
19. The decision of festival will be final and accepted by all.
20. By Submitting the film, you have read and agree with our Rules of Submission.