If the festival is postponed or canceled your submission will be considered for the next edition of the festival. Some of the events are weather dependent. Event details including venues, dates and times are subject to change.
By submitting your work you are granting us permission to use your work on platforms associated with the Qld XR Festival (e.g. Qld XR Festival website, Mobile App, VR app, AR experiences, platforms, applications, social media etc.) as well as Qld XR Festival events. The festival has the right to use the publicity material (press, books, posters, stills etc.) from selected submissions to promote the festival as well edit your work for a variety of reasons (type of audience, reduce run time etc.).
Qld XR Festival is open to content of under 3 hours (although Games can last longer) and all genres and warmly welcomes all accepted creatives to attend. Except for content entered out of competition all content must not have screened before January 2020.
We strongly encourage electronic submission via FilmFreeway however if there is a physical element please email us at hello@qldxrfestival.com to discuss.
Judging
Judging of your submission can take place at any time after your submission has been made, so make sure your submission is ready as we may judge it straight away.
If after judging a category or special award has no finalists, no trophy will be presented for that category or special award nor will a winner be declared.
Information for Content Creators:
Selected content creators will receive 2 tickets to their content screening. Further tickets for content creators will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis.
Except those out of the competition, all content selected for Qld XR Festival is in the running to be selected as nominees for awards in their appropriate categories as well as others such as Best Qld or Australian or Internationally produced.
Nominations will be announced before the festival opens November 27th 2025
More information is available at www.QldXRFestival.com if you have any specific queries about entry or terms and conditions, please email us at hello@QldXRFestival.com
* Best in Augmented Reality (AR) Experiences: Please provide Qld XR Festival with a link to your installation package via the submission form. If your application is already on the Apple App Store or Google Play or another online store, please provide us a link to it in the submission form or email us hello@qldxrfestival.com along with a promo code to allow us to download it free of charge. If it’s not yet published in an online store, please upload it to a secure location and provide us a link to it in the submission form.
Entries can use a wide range of technologies including but are not limited to Apple ARKit or Google ARCore or WebAR or Adobe Aero. Please email hello@qldxrfestival.com if you're using a different technology.
* Best in Augmented Reality (AR) Social Media Filters - Please include a link to your AR Filter (Instagram, Facebook, Snap Chat, TikTok etc.) in your submission. You are welcome to submit filters of any theme that have been created using software such as Lens Studio by Snap inc, Douyin Effect Creator, TikTok Effect House etc. Email us hello@qldxrfestival.com if you have any further questions.
* Best in Creative AI (Artificial Intelligence) entries: Submissions in this category must be at least 70% created by AI (such as Open AI, Midjourney, DALL·E 2/DALLE, Google Gemini, Flow, Whisk6 and various other of types of Machine Learning tools etc.. they can even be your own AI tools!), we do expect some editing etc. done by humans. Please provide Qld XR Festival with a link to your installation package and/or digital file via the submission form. If your application or file is already available on a store/market place, please provide us a link to it in the submission form along with a promo code to allow us to download it free of charge. If it’s not yet published in an online, please upload it to a secure location and a link to it in the submission form.
* Best in Digital Art - Where possible please provide Qld XR Festival with a link to your Digital Art via the submission form. Please email us hello@qldxrfestival.com with any other additional details.
* Best in Animation : Provide Qld XR Festival with a link to your works file via the submission form. Please email us hello@qldxrfestival.com with any other additional details.
* Best in Console Gaming: Please provide Qld XR Festival with a link to your installation package via the submission form. If your application is already on an online store, please provide us a link to it along with a promo code to allow us to download it free of charge.
Entries must run on either XBox One (including Xbox Series X & Xbox Series S), PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5 or alternatively Nintendo Switch or Nintendo Switch 2.
Please email hello@qldxrfestival.com if your submission is not compatible with one of the platforms mentioned above and would like to use a different technology before entering. Please email us hello@qldxrfestival.com with any other additional details that can't be added to the submission form.
* Best in PC Gaming: Please provide Qld XR Festival with a link to your installation package via the submission form. If your application is already on an online store, please provide us a link to it along with a promo code to allow us to download it free of charge.
Entries must run on either Windows 10 or Windows 11.
Please email hello@qldxrfestival.com if your submission is not compatible with one of the operating systems mentioned above and would like to use a different technology before entering. Please email us hello@qldxrfestival.com with any other additional details that can't be added to the submission form.
* Best Social Media Content Creator: Provide Qld XR Festival with a link to your works file via the submission form. Please email us hello@qldxrfestival.com with any other additional details that can't be added to the submission form.
* Best in Short Film : Provide Qld XR Festival with a link to your works file via the submission form. Please email us hello@qldxrfestival.com with any other additional details.
* Best in Virtual Reality (VR) Gaming
Please provide Qld XR Festival with a link to your installation package via the submission form. If your application is already on the Oculus Store or Playstation Store or another online store, please include a link to it along with a promo code to allow us to download it free of charge. If it’s not yet published in an online store, please upload it to a secure location and include the link in the submission form. Submissions must work on one of the following devices Meta Quest 2 or Meta Quest 3, Playstation VR2 (PSVR2) or HTC Vive. Please email hello@qldxrfestival.com if your submission is not compatible and additional technology is needed before entering.
* Best in Virtual Reality (VR) Interactive Immersive Experiences:
Please provide Qld XR Festival with a link to your installation package via the submission form. If your application is already on the Oculus Store or Playstation Store or another online store, please include a link to it along with a promo code to allow us to download it free of charge. If it’s not yet published in an online store, please upload it to a secure location and include the link in the submission form. Submissions must work on one of the following devices Meta Quest 2 or Meta Quest 3, Playstation VR2 (PSVR2) or HTC Vive. Please email hello@qldxrfestival.com if your submission is not compatible and additional technology is needed before entering.
* Best in Virtual Reality (VR) Passive Immersive Experiences:
Please provide Qld XR Festival with a link to your installation package via the submission form. If your application is already on the Oculus Store or Playstation Store or another online store, please include a link to it along with a promo code to allow us to download it free of charge. If it’s not yet published in an online store, please upload it to a secure location and include the link in the submission form. Submissions must work on one of the following devices Meta Quest 2 or Meta Quest 3, Playstation VR2 (PSVR2) or HTC Vive. Please email hello@qldxrfestival.com if your submission is not compatible and additional technology is needed before entering.
* Best in Virtual Worlds / UGC
Please provide with a link or code or installation file to your Virtual World via the submission form. Please email us hello@qldxrfestival.com with any other additional details that can't be added to the submission form.
No screening fees will be paid. Not all winning films/content will be screened. The festival has the full right to select the content to be screened.
The festival supports the following video and audio file types:
**Video File Types: .mp4, .m4v, .3gp, .webm, .mkv, .wmv, .mov
**Audio File Types: .mp3, wav, and .aac
** Image File Type: .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .gif, .svg
Intellectual Property, Legal Claims And Indemnities
(1) By submitting the story to QLD XR Festival, the Applicant and Story Owners (the “Submitting Parties”) hereby warrant and represent that: (i) the Story is wholly original and is not copied from and does not include any other work that is the subject of copyright or other protection, unless such work is in the public domain or the Submitting Parties have obtained any and all consents, releases, licenses, and other authorizations or waivers of any kind necessary for the inclusion or reproduction of any person, character, location, thing, trade-mark, sound recording, musical composition or other work in the Story; (ii) the Story does not defame any person or violate the common law or statutory rights, including, without limitation, the rights of privacy and publicity or any other right of any person; (iii) the Story is not the subject of litigation; nor any dispute which would give rise to litigation (iv) there are no agreements, nor will there be any agreements made subsequent to the date of this Story submission that would or could have the effect of impairing the Submitting Parties’ ability to provide the Story as contemplated herein, or otherwise conflict with any provision of these Terms; and (v) the Submitting Parties have the full right, power and authority to submit the Story to QLD XR Festival for Festival consideration, and to grant all of the rights granted hereunder and in the FilmFreeway registration form, and there is no obligation or disability which would in any way impair, restrict or impede the Submitting Parties from fully performing all obligations pursuant to the submission and these Terms.
(2) The Submitting Parties agree to indemnify and hold harmless QLD XR Festival, its licensees, successors and assigns, and its and their members, officers, directors, employees, volunteers, agents, representatives, associates and affiliates (each, a “Releasee”), from any claim, suit, action or other proceeding brought against a Releasee and from any losses, costs, or damages, including the Releasee’s full legal fees and costs, which it may have suffered or incurred or may suffer or incur, directly or indirectly based on, in connection with, or arising from the use and exhibition of the Story submitted by the Applicant or the breach or alleged breach of any representation, warranty or other agreement made by the Applicant in these Terms, or in the Applicant’s FilmFreeway registration form.
(3) QLD XR Festival takes reasonable anti-piracy precautions. While in QLD XR Festival’s possession, all submissions are securely stored. Access to Stories is limited to QLD XR Festival staff, contractors, vendors and other 3rd parties who require access in order to screen and/or consider submissions. By submitting a Story to QLD XR Festival, the Submitting Parties hereby release the Releasees from any and all liability in the event of theft, unauthorized access or copying, or any breach of copyright of the submitted Story while it is in QLD XR Festival’s possession.
