People of Passion International Film Festival

✓ There are no refunds, and films will only be considered for the categories in which they are entered. Please read carefully and do not submit to the wrong category.

✓ Filmmakers are responsible for sorting out the copyright on their own materials.

✓ By submitting to us, you give us consent and right to screen your film in front of a live audience, and, under special circumstances, online screening.

✓ Official Selection: These are all the nominated films selected for screening, which will be notified via email.

✓ Award Winners: Chosen from the Official Selection

✓ We may promote clips from your film on social media, based on the press kits you provide us with.

✓ We retain the right to change the date and venue of the festival under special circumstances. All filmmakers will be informed about any changes through email and our online platforms.

✓ We place no restrictions on your work in terms of premiere status or whether your work has been made available online.

✓ We do not accept partial screeners, trailers, or screener links that require access other than password protected links.

✓ Any technical issues with the submitted films are 100% the responsibility of the filmmakers. If, at the time of judging, your video file doesn’t work or doesn’t have English subtitles (if in a language other than English), it will be automatically rejected, without a refund. Please contact the festival team ASAP if there are any issues with the submission process, and a solution will be found.

✓ We cannot provide refunds.

✓ If you have submitted your project in the previous year, please do not resubmit the same project to the current edition.

✓ By submitting to us you agree to our terms and conditions and to receiving marketing newsletters and discounts about film festivals in the form of emails. We will never sell your information to third parties.

✓ We reserve the right to update our terms and conditions.

✓ Submissions must be in English or have English subtitles.
✓ All films must fit the criteria that they are entering into.
✓ Films must be of a high standard and not just be using high quality equipment.
✓ Films must be actively engaged in their diversity.
✓ Short films must be under 10 minutes or as instructed.
✓ Official selections will need to be submitted as a DCP for screening to the festival as soon as they are selected, if you don't have a DCP send us your film and we can make you one for $50, and send you a copy.
✓ Your best films, not necessarily your newest films:
✓ Current festival circuit films are welcome, as are masterpieces of any age.
✓ We do not waive entry fees to those who ask for them, so please don't ask.

****✓✓✓✓*****Please note :- If films are not of a high enough standard or if none fit the criteria then that category will not have a winner.
We won't allowing people to win just because they entered and no one else did.
We also don't allow our judges to judge films they have been involved in due to the conflict of interest.