1. During no period of submission dates, films will not be guaranteed selection.
2. Payments to the MayDay Film Festival are non-refundable.
3. What do we will accept? Short film, feature films, web series episodes, & music videos. Fan Films are acceptable.
4. Early submission period is starting January 1st to January 31st.
The short film submission cost is $5.00.
The feature length film submission cost is $10.00.
5. Regular submission period is February 1st to April 7th .
The short film submission cost is $10.00.
The feature length film submission cost is $15.00.
All submission fees will be going towards the cost of the event. Payments must be made through PayPal under the maydayfilmfest@live.com account email. Payments must be received with submissions.
6. Late submission will be April 8th through April 28th with a $25 dollars fee for short films and $30 fee for feature length. Payments must be made through PayPal under the maydayfilmfest@live.com account email. Payments must be received with submissions. Only student films are excluded from the late fee, must provide proof of eligibility.
7. We don’t own your film, we only gain rights to show the film during the festival and to judges only. By submitting you grant us permission to use this. Once a film is accepted and placed into programming, we cannot pull the film.
8. We recommend but not require at least 1 screen cap or graphic file of your film for promotional purposes. Also no materials will be returned.
Rules of Films
1. Films of any length may be submitted.
Web-series episodes maybe submitted with the understanding that episodes may be edited together by MayDay Film Festival to form one entry.
A submission application must be filled out completely and signed by a legal representative of the film’s ownership.
We are no liable for any copyright infringement shown in the films.
By submitting a film for selection, you here by release the entire MayDay Film Festival from any liability that may result from screening your film.
Nothing of pornographic nature will be selected for screening; you can still send them in. Nudity is fine.
The film must have a full and complete credits either at the beginning
or end of your film. Anyone whose name is not in the film’s credit will not be considered for awards.
DVD and forms will not be returned. If there are technical issues with your file or disc, we will alert you of the issue and you have until the end of the submission date to send a new version or copy. We recommend that you test all films and/or DVDs to make sure that it is properly working.