Welcome to SWISS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Please read the entire content of this text carefully before submitting your project to the festival.

The Festival was created to celebrate the art of filmmaking and to honor the filmmakers who make it all possible.
The entire application process is done online through FilmFreeway.

How the Festival works:

In the first round, the jury members choose the films and scripts in a broader way. Selected films and screenplays will receive a link to the official selection Laurel.

In the second round, the jury members re-judge the selected films and scripts, analyzing each project in more detail and more rigorously.
They then decide the winners of each category as well as the jury's special awards.
Only the winners will be invited to the awards ceremony, where they will receive a trophy and certificate.

The trophies and certificates of the winners who do not attend the event cannot be sent by post or other shipping company. They will receive a digital version of the certificate only.

*** IMPORTANT INFORMATION ***

This Festival is presential but in case of political instability, martial law, war, natural disaster, pandemic diseases, or any situation that put at risk the organization of the event and the people involved, automatically the Festival will be switched to ONLINE FESTIVAL.
All submitters will be notified about that on the notification date.
The winners will receive the online version of the certificate.

Awards & Prizes

Trophy and Award Certificates to:

Best Short Film
Best Documentary
Best Feature Film
Best Student Film
Best Animation
Best Web Series
Best Screenplay Short
Best Screenplay Feature
Best Music Video
Best Photography

ATTENTION : For the Special Jury Award and Photography Categories
the winners will receive only the certificate.

Rules & Terms

All non-English films must have English subtitles.
At this time, we are only requesting online submissions and all materials must be viewable online, as we want to remain as green as possible.
By submitting to the festival, you agree to allow your film (or other artistic work) to be screened by the festival during the festival run, for which you are submitting, at no charge to the festival. If there are to be any additional screenings, we will come to a mutual agreement between the filmmaker and the festival. All media selected by the festival will be asked to provide promotional materials, but we ask that no promotional materials be sent until selection. By submitting to the festival you are admitting copyright ownership of everything submitted.
The festival reserves the right to disqualify any submission at any time if there is any question of ownership, copyright infringement, or any sign of disrespect (in any form of media) to the festival or its representatives.
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  • Salvatore Garau

    Important festival, organized with passion and love. Thank you for hosting my film

    March 2023
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  • FABIO MANUEL MULAS

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    March 2023
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  • Radhakrishnan Gopal

    Thanks for the jury to honour my Tamil short film “KAYAMAI” by officially selected at your film festival. It is my pleasure being a part of SIFF.

    March 2023
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  • Ellie Mae Smith

    Great platform! Thank you for the opportunity!

    March 2023
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  • Christina Araujo

    Great festival. We will submit again.

    March 2023
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