Festival’s Terms & Conditions
The Dark Hedges Film Festival's New Cinema' strand is open to films made by filmmakers from around the world of all production techniques, forms and budgets that fall within the horror/sci-fi/ fantasy/thriller genres.
New Cinema Strand (Features)
Only films with a runtime in excess of 60 minutes will be considered for the 'New Cinema' strand of our festival. We only accept online submission via FilmFreeway. BanterFlix guarantees that your film will never be used in any way other than that to which you agree.
The primary contact completing the submission process must be authorised to submit the film for consideration. This must include permission from a distributor or sales agent representing the film and the applicant must have obtained necessary permissions for the inclusion of any copyrighted music and/or images used in the film.
With this submission, the applicant confirms that they possess all rights necessary for the screening of the submitted film at our festival.
Only films completed after 01 April 2019 will be accepted
Submission Fees
There is a submission fee (£10) to enter your feature. All submissions are final, and there are no refunds.
Submission Agreement
At the point of payment on your submission, you will be asked if you have read and agreed with the festival’s regulations. By agreeing to proceed with your submission, you agree to these regulations, and your application can then be processed.
The entry of a film is binding and implies the acceptance of these regulations. In the event of disagreement concerning the interpretation of the regulations, the interpretation of the festival will take precedence.
Failure to comply with these regulations may result in the submission being disqualified. These regulations are subject to change without prior notice.
Foreign Language Films
If the original language of any dialogue or text featured in the film is not English, the preview and screening copy must be subtitled in English, unless this is at variance with the filmmaker’s intention.
Festival Selection Procedure
Submitted films are viewed by two or more members of the festival’s selection committee, all programming decisions within our festival's 'New Cinema' strand are made at the discretion of the festival and all decisions are final!
The festival team will not provide comments on films before submission, or reasons for rejection, however, we are happy to provide informal feedback on individual films after the festival has taken place.
Notification
BanterFlix will not confirm the receipt of submissions. All applicants will be notified via e-mail about the selection or rejection of their film (We aim to finalize our programme two months before our festival’s opening night).
Audience Choice Award
Within the 'New Cinema' strand of our programme, we will award the 'Audience Choice' award from the film that comes away with the highest overall rating from our festival audience.
Short Film Programme
Our short film programme will remain a key aspect of our new festival, we will continue to provide a platform for Irish filmmakers to screen their horror/Sci-Fi/fantasy shorts to audiences here in Belfast, but for the first time we will also open up our Short film programme to international entries.
Therefore we plan to have two separate showcases, an Irish filmmaker showcase (See Eligibility) and an International short film showcase (Open to non-Irish entries)
Awards & Prizes
• Grand Jury Prize [International/Irish] (Voted for by the Festival‘s Jury)
• First Time Filmmaker Award [International/Irish] (Voted for by the Festival’s Jury)
* Any shorts made by a first-time filmmaker that enter into our final shortlist will automatically be considered for this award.
• Shorts runtime must be under 20 minutes in length (including credits)
• Completed within the last 18 months of our festival's screening date 01 April 2019
• Any shorts submitted within the Irish short film strand must be made in Ireland- or made by an Irish writer/director (i.e. shot in England, but writer or director or Lead actors are Irish/NI citizens)
• Be submitted online (Via FilmFreeway)
• Be Available for competition screening in, DCP or HD Quicktime format
Submissions
We only accept online submission via FilmFreeway. BanterFlix guarantees that your film will never be used in any way other than that to which you agree.
Submission Fees
There is a submission fee (£5) to enter your short. Due to our low submission fee, we do not offer a discount for student entries. All submissions are final, and there are no refunds.
Multiple Entries
You may enter as many films as you wish. Each entry requires a separate submission form, fee and upload.
Submission Agreement
At the point of payment on your submission, you will be asked if you have read and agreed with the festival’s regulations. By agreeing to proceed with your submission, you agree to these regulations, and your application can then be processed.
The entry of a film is binding and implies the acceptance of these regulations. In the event of disagreement concerning the interpretation of the regulations, the interpretation of the festival will take precedence.
Short’s Selection Procedure
Submitted shorts will be viewed by two or more members of the festival’s selection committee, all programming decisions are made at the discretion of the festival and all decisions are final! Our finalists will be judged by our festival jury and winners will not be announced until the night of our short film showcase.
The festival team will not provide comments on films before submission, or reasons for rejection, however, we are happy to provide informal feedback on individual films after the festival has taken place.
Contact
For all enquiries, please contact info@DHIFF.com