London Golden Scout IFF

- Submissions -

You are entitled to a maximum amount of two entries during a festival quarter (3 months) and the entry will be considered eligible in the next quarter only if the film was not awarded in the previous edition. The cash prize comes only with the Best Film Award and the winner won't be able to show off their beautiful film in our next 3 festival quarters.

- Films -

We accept Short Films, Featurette, Feature Films, Music Videos and Trailers.
Short films submitted to London Golden Scout IFF should be under 35 minutes, with a minumum length of 1 minute. Featurette films should be over 35 minutes, with a maximum of 60 minutes. Feature films should be over 60 minutes, with a maximum of 180 minutes. Music Videos should not be longer than 10 minutes and the maximum length for Trailers is 4 minutes.
Every movie must have been released during or after 2010 and must come with English subtitles (with an exception for music videos and movies where English is the main language spoken). Any genre and format is accepted.

- Disclaimer and Rights -

By entering or submitting to London Golden Scout IFF, the participant acknowledges understanding and agreeing to all festival Rules, Terms, Conditions and Guideliness associated with the Festival.

The filmmaker/institution that is submitting the film must own the rights to do so and is responsible for the content they are providing. By submitting, the filmmaker allows London Golden Scout IFF to create a page for their film without infringing copyright of any kind of form.
If your film won't get an Official Selection, the entry fee won't be refunded.
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- The Process -

If your film will be officially selected in our festival, you WILL NOT BE REQUIRED to provide uploaded/embeded on work our website. Winning films will be highlighted and promoted within the platform. Also, being selected for our Screening Event doesn’t prevent you from submitting your film to other festivals as well.

All Film Reviews will be published on our official website and through our social media platforms. You can also request the removal of your Film Review by the end of the quarter competition.

- Rules & Process -

All genres and formats are considered to be eligible for a nomination or to win one or more of these categories.

Great quality is a standard. Films with a poor production standard (lack of sound quality, absence of subtitles/captions for non-English films, video resolution less than 720p HD) will not be accepted.

The winners of each category will get our official printable Award Certificate.

The ‘Best Picture’ Winner will be awarded with our London Golden Scout IFF Trophy and will get automatically selected for the Official Screening Event that will take place on November 2017 in London.

The final race for ‘Best Picture’ will consist in 6 Nominations, while the ‘Category’/’Individual’ awards will have at least 3 nominations per category.


The AUDIENCE AWARD will be decided entirely by the public during the November 2017 London Screening Event. The film with the highest amount of votes will be announced at the end of the event, after all the votes will have been counted.
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We WILL NOT publish your film on our platform, so we do not require the film to be embedded on our online website, if your film will be accepted in the Official Selection/Competition.

- Film Review -

In order to provide you with a detailed feedback on your film, we designed the Film Review service, available upon request. Our film review service is an opportunity to hear the opinion of a film professional on your work and also to make your film known, as we will publish the review on our website and we will promote it on all our social media platforms.

All you need to do is click 'Film Review' on our website entry form. This option is also available on FilmFreeway. For additional details and information regarding fees, please contact us for a custom entry form.

- Announcements -

London Golden Scout IFF will announce the Official Selection, the Nominees and the Winners for every award one month after the end of each quarter (e.g. The submission window for the Autumn Quarter is open from July 1 to September 30, Announcements on October 31).
The Quarter Winners will be contacted in order to set up the screening requirements and details.

Winners, nominees and unsuccessful films can be deleted from the website in the next festival competition quarter if the owner decides to proceed with this option.