For submission
✓ All films must be submitted with English subtitles.
✓ All films must have been made in or after 2020.
✓ Short films must not exceed 20 minutes.
✓ Filmmakers are responsible for sorting out the copyright on their own materials.
✓ By submitting to us, you give us consent and right to screen your film in front of a live audience, and, under special circumstances, online screening.
✓ Official Selection: All nominated films are selected for the awards, notification will be via email. Only the winning films according to the jury and authorized by their directors will be shown to the public.
✓Award Winners: Our official jury will select the winners from the nominations of the Official Selection. Only the winning films will be shown to the public at the physical location, it is important that the filmmakers authorize the single screening and provide a download link for the film (vimeo or drive) in the format (mp4, with subtitle in English) with an access password (if applicable). All information is secure in our organizing committee.
✓ We may promote clips from your film on social media, based on the press kits you provide us with.
✓ We retain the right to change the date and venue of the festival under special circumstances. All filmmakers will be informed about any changes through email and our online platforms.
✓ We place no restrictions on your work in terms of premiere status or whether your work has been made available online.
✓ We do not accept partial screeners, trailers, or screener links that require access other than password protected links.
✓ Any technical issues with the submitted films are 100% the responsibility of the filmmakers. If, at the time of judging, your video file doesn’t work or doesn’t have English subtitles (if in a language other than English or Portuguese), it will be automatically rejected, without a refund. Please contact the festival team ASAP if there are any issues with the submission process, and a solution will be found.
✓ We cannot provide refunds.
✓ If you have submitted your project in the previous year, please do not resubmit the same project to the current edition.
✓ By submitting to us you agree to our terms and conditions and to receiving marketing newsletters and discounts about film festivals in the form of emails. We will never sell your information to third parties.
✓ We reserve the right to update our terms and conditions.
Rules and Terms
By submitting your film for consideration at the Inland Independent Film Festival (IIFF) in accordance with the procedures outlined below, you acknowledge that you have read, understood and voluntarily agreed to be bound by these Filmmaker Terms and Conditions.
IIFF values the health and safety of all Festival participants, members of the public, staff and volunteers and takes their well-being seriously, especially in light of the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic. To protect the health and safety of the public, filmmaker, crew and volunteers and to comply with any applicable orders or guidelines issued by authorities, we reserve the right to remain online for the time being, as is currently the case.
All filmmakers or other film rights holders submitting films for consideration to the IIFF must do so using FilmFreeway. As users of FilmFreeway, all Applicants therefore agree to be bound by the FilmFreeway Terms of Service for Filmmakers, Screenwriters and Non-Festivalists.
All films submitted to FilmFreeway must be in the form of an online screening or Vimeo link. If a link is password protected, the password must be valid, otherwise your submission will be considered INVALID and DISQUALIFIED without refund of the entry fee.
Films whose productions were completed after June 1, 2020 are eligible for entry into the IIFF.
There are no debut restrictions for IIFF entries. Films that have previously been screened online at an official ticketed festival are eligible for IIFF entry.
Registration fees for IIFF increase over time. Early submissions are therefore encouraged. For more details, see the Dates & Deadlines and Categories & Fees sections on IIFF's FilmFreeway page.