Rules

when submitting your film to PIIF Festival you automatically agree with the Terms, Conditions & Rules below

  1. In order to submit a film, you must own the rights or have a permission from owner.

  2. Films must be 2019 or newer to qualify for an award.

  3. Any Foreign film that is not in English must have English subtitles.

  4. All fees are non refundable.

  5. PIIF will not be responsible for damaged copies.

  6. DCP copy of the film is required for the annual gala screening.

  7. Students must present valid Student ID in order to receive our student discount.

  8. Not all the submissions are selected for the official competition. Our Judges are free to make their own choices and no answers will be given about not selected films.

  9. PIIF may consider any film to be disqualified if the festival consider the content inappropriate. If you have any question regarding this decision you might contact us at info@piif.org.

  10. Filmmakers can submit the film in multiple categories in order to become a multi award film. Our Team may suggest the categories that are more suitable for the film to apply. Still the decision about the nominations is strictly determined by our judges team and no selection is guaranteed.

  11. A fee is required for the main category submission and also fees for additional categories. For payment structure visit FilmFreeway website.

  12. The applicant (submitter) accept PIIF Rules and Terms.

  13. All submissions in personal categories required the name of the person and the category. You can easily send us this information in the cover letter at FilmFreeway website.

  14. Submitting your movie, you authorize PIIF to use, distribute and share the film poster, trailer, synopsis and movie stills in our social media.

  15. Maximum length allowed is 40 minutes.

  16. The selection of films to be screened in our events, either presencial or online, are decided according to circumstances and limits considered by our board of directors.