All entries must have an element of faith. They don't have to be based on faith, but they must have an element of it. It can be any faith from any part of the world, practiced by people of any nationality and or ethnicity as long as your characters' faith empowers them to make powerful choices for themselves, their loved ones, and their communities.
We will not accept entries that put down or denigrate other religions and or put one faith above another. We embrace people of all faiths and this festival is a celebration of, not only faith, but the diversity of spiritual paths and variety of wonderful faiths that will lead us all to salvation and peace on Earth.
We are looking for great faith-based stories, which can be in the form of narrative (fiction), documentary (non fiction), or animation.
Our private jury selects all winners through private screenings. After all winners are selected, then we select the films that will screen the night of the festival.
The films must include English subtitles (unless the spoken language is English).
By submitting your film:
-You agree to use part of your film (including trailer/teaser/film poster) for promotional purposes.
- Entry fees are non-refundable.
- You must own all the rights to the film and be able to produce all music clearances.
- You agree to provide the festival with a digital copy of the film for screening purposes if selected.
The festival does not accept the following:
1. Extremist content or propaganda of any kind.
2. Films with extreme nudity, violence, or vulgarity.
3. Films that denigrate other religions, cultures, or people of other ethnicities.
4. Films with a poor production standards (bad sound, lack of subtitles/captions for non-English films, video resolution less than 720p HD).
Faith in Film is a FilmFreeway Gold festival with over 20 five-star reviews.
Writers and filmmakers retain all rights to their work.
Submissions are accepted via electronic submission only through our partner websites.
By entering our contest, you authorize us to use any trusted third-party online and cloud-based services and databases for hosting, managing and/or transmitting your submission(s).
By submitting your material you agree to be added to our email list, but can remove yourself by unsubscribing at anytime.
By entering the competition you hereby accept these competition rules.
Screenwriting Contest rules:
There is no limit to the length of the projects you submit.
There is no limit to the number of projects you may submit.
Scripts must be written in English, but can be in any film or television genre.
Entrants are prohibited from contacting the judges during the competition. Any entrant who attempts to contact a judge will be disqualified and their entry fee forfeited. The decision of the judges is final.
Entry fees for screenplay entries are posted on our partner websites and are non refundable.
Employees and family members of the film festival are not eligible.
Entrants must be 18 years or older to enter the contest. Misrepresentation of age, upon discovery, will forfeit entry and fees to the contest.
Entries must be received on or before the deadlines and submission fee payment must be made in full at time of the submission. All entry fees are non-refundable
All submitted material must be original, and all rights must be wholly owned by the writer(s).
All entries must be the original, and unpublished, un-produced, un-optioned work of the entrant. The entrant ensures that he or she is the sole author of the work and that it does not infringe on any existing copyright.
All winners are responsible for their own income tax withholding. Contest is void where prohibited by law, be it state, federal, or local.
The competition, its judges, and its officers accept no liability whatsoever for any claims of damages, real or perceived, by any entrant(s) as a result of their participation in this contest.
All persons from anywhere in the world are eligible; however the material submitted must be in English.
All material submitted to other competitions or contests are eligible.
Professional writers, journalists, poets, and previous contest winners are eligible.
There are no requirements as to when the material was written.
The material submitted must not be encumbered by any obligation to, or option held by, a third party prior to entering the competition.
We do not provide feedback, notes, grades, or rankings of any kind unless paid for with your entry at the time of entry. We assume you already know how to write at a professional level and that is why you are entering this contest.
Please note that The Faith in Film Film Festival and Faith in Film Screenwriting Competition also known as IFFF, FIF, IFFFF and IFFFFSC are in no way affiliated with any other film festival, screenwriting competition, film school, or film related enterprise or organization.
Faith in Film further reserves the right to revoke recognition status at any time with or without cause.
All judging is done at our sole discretion. We may have outside input, but all judging and all decisions are made at our sole discretion. Furthermore, we do not use "celebrity" judges or "industry" judges and we do not advertise that we use "celebrity" judges. We use experienced readers with a background in writing and a passion for cinema. We distribute our winners' scripts to industry executives, but those executives do not judge our contests. To prevent tampering we do not reveal the identities of our judges. Entrants are prohibited from contacting the judges during the competition. Any entrant who attempts to contact a judge will be disqualified and their entry fee forfeited. The decision of the judges is final.
By entering the competition you hereby accept these competition rules.