1 | Submission Fee
The submission fee for the Early Bird Open Call is £20/film per submission.
The submission fee for the general deadline is £30/film per submission.
The submission fee for the extended deadline is £50/film per submission.
2 | Premiere Requirement
There is no UK or international premiere requirement for all submissions. The premiere status will not be used as a selection criteria, but the thematic relevance.
3 | Genre & Production Date
All genres are welcomed for this call, we will be selecting films according to how a specific film responds to the festival theme as a reference. Your film should be completed or released after the year of 2021.
4 | Language & Subtitles
All submissions require English subtitles if the original language is not in English.
5 | Originality
All submitted films should be original work, the entrant is the legal holder of the copyright of the work. There should not be any dispute over intellectual property rights and, when required, relevant supporting documents or authorisation will be provided as required by the organisers.
6 | Programming
The festival reserves the right to place entries into alternative strands if the curatorial team feels it is to the benefit of the title. Each submission must be entered separately. Entries will be assessed and successful submissions will be programmed for screening/enter the festival competition. If your film is selected we reserve the right to show your film at a date and time of our choosing.
7 | Formats
For the selection process, all submissions must be made via FilmFreeway.
Successful submissions that are selected for the festival programme must submit a DCP for offline screening and a High Res. mov./mp4 for online screening (minimum 1080)
8 | Selection
The festival’s curation team reserves the right to invite films for the competition and programme. The screening schedule will be announced after the selection process. The final award winning entries will be selected by a festival jury and audience votes.
9 | Screenings
It is the responsibility of the entrant to ensure that films for both online and offline screening are deposited with the festival organisers at least 28 days before any scheduled screening.
10 | Publicity
The festival reserves all the right to use extracts from submissions for festival publicity and marketing purposes. Press kits are not required, but are useful, so please feel free to send these with your submissions.
11 | General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
UK-China Film Collab follows its GDPR compliance which can be found here for the festival submission process.
The organisers and the curatorial team will make a final decision based on a comprehensive review of the quality of the production, the narrative (aesthetics) and the thematic fit. Selected entries will be notified by email after the final selection date.
The Rights and Obligations of the Organisers and the Entrants
The rights and obligations of the organisers
1) The organisers are obliged to keep the content of the submissions confidential, but an overview of the submission contents, confirmed by both parties, may be displayed on the official public account.
2) The organisers have the right to promote and screen the content during the event.
The rights and obligations of the entrants:
1) The entrant undertakes that he/she is entitled to the full intellectual property rights of the submitted content worldwide or has been authorised by the intellectual property right holder and can exercise said intellectual property rights by all submission rules and that the intellectual property rights of the entry are owned or exercised by the entrant.
2) Entrants undertake that their submissions are legitimate, do not violate the relevant laws and regulations of the UK and China, do not contain content that infringes on the copyright and other rights of others, and do not infringe on the legal rights of any third party.
For any enquiry about submission, please feel free to contact the festival’s curation team via: odysseycuration@ukchinafilm.uk
We look forward to receiving your films!
