We accept short films from any country in the following genres: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller, Comedy, Sci-Fi or Animation.
The Film Festival is open to individuals who are 18 years of age or older.
Films must be 20 minutes or less in duration including credits.
There are no restrictions on whether your film has been online or screened by other film festivals.
CATEGORY AWARDS
Best Short Film (International)
Best Short Film (Australia)
FILM ELIGIBILITY
To be eligible for submission, your film must adhere to the following conditions:
1. Submit your film via FilmFreeway.com
2. Film duration is to be 20 minutes or less (including credits)
3. English subtitles are required if your film has dialogue or text in a language other than English
4. For the International category, your film is to be created, filmed and edited outside Australia
5. For the Australia category, your film is to be created, filmed and edited within Australia
6. Must be in 25fps or 24fps in MOV or MP4
7. By submitting you agree, if selected as a Finalist, to have your film screened at LundinStudio or other venue, as well as live streamed via our secure password protected pay-per-view player in March 2021.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
By submitting, Coal Coast Film Festival is hereby granted the right to utilise an excerpt from any film submitted and accepted for exhibition at the Festival for promotional purposes. The individual or corporation submitting the film hereby warrants that it is authorised to commit the film for screening via live streaming, and understands and accepts these requirements and regulations. The undersigned shall indemnify and hold harmless Coal Coast Film Festival from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees, and costs of the court) which may be incurred by reason of any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity, screening, and loss of or damage to the screening videos entered.
SELECTION PROCESS
The Selection Committee is composed of various directors, producers and filmmakers alike. This committee is responsible for the selection of the films throughout every submission category. Every film submitted that adheres to the conditions for submission is watched and judged by the committee. Applicants will be informed of the selection of their film by the date posted for each month. Notification will take place through the FilmFreeway website.
AWARDS
The inclusion of award prizes and the value of prizes is subject to change.
FESTIVAL AND FILMS PROMOTION
Right holders grant Coal Coast Film Festival, without compensation, the right to reproduce excerpts of the films (excerpts limited to 10% of the duration of the film and in any case shall not exceed 1.5 minutes), stills, posters, synopsis and/or any other texts related to their films for promotional purposes of the Festival, on any support and any media, press and the Internet included. The producers also hereby guarantee that they have the legal authority to grant such rights and have cleared all rights related to the films (including, but not limited, to the music).
SCREENINGS
Finalists will have their short film screened in the Festival's Screening Event in March 2021. This will be a local screening at LundinStudio or other venue, as well as a Live Stream Event. The films will have a Coal Coast Film Festival watermark for the live stream. Overall winners, in each category, will be announce on the night as judged by a panel of film professionals.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
The submission of your film certifies that you have the full ownership of the rights granted above on the submitted film according to our regulations; and acknowledges that Coal Coast Film Festival is not liable for any claims or expenses asked from any third party regarding any rights matter.
ARCHIVE
By submitting your film, you accept that Coal Coast Film Festival may also use the films for its educational, promotional and non-commercial activities. Films archived will never be shown or released by Coal Coast Film Festival in full online without the direct consent of its owners. NOTE: After the live screening/live stream we will delete all films from our system.
REFUND POLICY
Accidental submission, non-qualifying film, or any other circumstance which is not the fault of Coal Coast Film Festival will not be considered for refund. This is why it is extremely important to read the Conditions of Submission above carefully in order to assure you qualify before submitting your film.
CANCELLATION / TRANSFER OF FESTIVAL
The Coal Coast Film Festival reserves the right to cancel the event and/or competition, and/or to change the various venues of the event.
ACCEPTANCE OF ABOVE CONDITIONS
Submitting a film to the Festival implies the full acceptance of the Terms and Conditions mentioned above.