VISIONS International Student Film Festival

RULES & ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

All submitted films must fully comply with the following Rules & Eligibility Requirements or the VISIONS International Student Film Festival Organizers reserve the right to disqualify the submitted film:

i. Films must adhere to a 14A or lower rating in Canada. This includes but is not limited to coarse language; excessive and/or gratuitous violence; inappropriate situations; any work deemed as hateful, derogatory, or discriminatory.

ii. Films must not exceed 5 minutes in running-time, including credits.

iii. All filmmakers that have participated in the creation of the entry (excluding cast members and/or teacher advisors) must be enrolled as a secondary school student at the time of submission.

iv. All students must be between the ages of 14-18 years at the time of submission.

v. Films submitted must have been produced during the years 2026 and/or 2027.

vi. Each film must be submitted with a FilmFreeway submission info form.

vii. Filmmakers must retain all rights to ownership of their work. This includes rights to music and images, and rights to include all persons, places and organizations included or depicted in the entry. The VISIONS International Student Film Festival organizers will not accept responsibility for any copyright infringement, falsified information, contract or legal issues incurred by the filmmaker(s) or their submission. The responsibility of obtaining copyright and protecting any proprietary interests in the material belongs solely to the filmmaker(s).

viii. Films must not have used any generative A.I. (artificial intelligence) for all aspects of the production; including but not limited to story creation, script writing, visual effects, and filming.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

i. Fully understand and adhere to the "Rules and Eligibility Requirements."
ii. Entries will only be accepted when submitted through FilmFreeway.
iii. Submission materials will not be returned.
iv. Submitted entry must be formatted as a downloadable MP4 file format.
v. All submissions must be received by the indicated submissions deadline on FilmFreeway. No late submissions or submissions through email will be accepted.
vi. The festival organizers reserve the rights to withdraw admitted entries from the festival lineup with no notification.