The deadline for submissions is 20 April 2024. Submissions will open shortly on Film Freeway.
We have two main programmes for film submission:
- The short film and moving image competition programme (for films up to 30’).
- The featured programme for the promotion of feature films
In our international film competition programme we invite both short film documentaries & experimental documentaries, experimental non-linear narrative/ moving image, animation and comedy, that promote the issues raised and highlight personal testimonies of empowerment.
We have 8 award categories for short film submission:
- Best A&E FF feature Documentary.
- Best A&E FF short film documentary.
- Best A&E FF experimental short documentary
- Best Experimental short film/ moving image A&E FF award.
- Best Animated short film A&E FF award.
- Best Comedy A&E FF award.
- Best Young filmmaker short film A&E FF award.
- Special Mention/ Audience Awards A&E FF.
We strongly encourage films that include: descriptive subtitles (DS) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH) as well as audio description (AD). Any subtitles provided should be burned into the copy.
All films selected should be produced after January the 1st, 2020.
Film submission details should be identifying any disabled persons involved in the film, (in a disabled-led film project ) and the capacity of their involvement, as well as details of their age, occupation and disability. Details should also include any relevant person of contact who might be enabling the film submission and would be responsible of resolving any potential problems that might occur with the film submission.
The deadline for submission of films is the 20th of April, 2024.
We use entirely Film Freeway .
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Submission Requirements:
- A link to download a .mov or .mp4 at 24fps or 25fps in at least 1080p resolution
- A photograph of the movie (format: jpeg or tiff 300 * 300dpi)
- Subtitles (in English)
- A brief summary of the film
- Special information on disabled filmmaker/s and production crew
- Filmmaker brief cv
Special information concerning the disabled-led films, up to 500 words.
A brief paragraph cv of the filmmaker/s up to 50 words.
Photograph of the submitted film.
A Link to the digital file of the film with subtitles burned in.
Completed list of the online submission requirements.
Submission of any film automatically means the unconditional acceptance of these terms and is a responsible statement of the truth and accuracy of the submitted data.
The digital copies of the submitted films remain in the digital archives of the A&E Film Festival and are used as a touring programme and educational purposes.
The films are selected and judged by a disabled-led group of fimmakers, as well as the film audience and people specialised in film & the arts, health & disability, environment and alternative technology, activism and disaster management, comedy and education.
We are committed to gender equality and will ensure equal representation through our film selection and our voluntary festival crew .