1. Submission Deadlines:
Submissions will be accepted from February 28 - May 3, 2019.
The Earlybird deadline is Friday March 15, 2019.
The Regular deadline is Friday April 12 , 2019.
The Late deadline is Friday May 3, 2019.
Early entry is encouraged but will not guarantee acceptance.
Submissions are rolling so you will be notified Nay or Yay within a week of your
submission, if not sooner!
2. Submission Format:
Films must be submitted via online screener ONLY through FilmFreeway.com. We do not accept films sent via DVD. Changing or updating the originally submitted link is not accepted.
3. Submission Eligibility:
Feature Films, Shorts, Animation, Web Series, Television Pilots, Documentaries and Music Videos are all eligible.
4. Premiere Status:
There is no Premiere policy, period.
We will accept films that we love. Send them our way!
5. Submission Fee:
All submission fees for STORIES are to be paid through FilmFreeway platform. The submission fee is non-refundable.
6. Selection of Films, Shorts, Web Series, Documentaries, and Music Videos:
Submissions are reviewed and selected under the following criteria:
- Does it tell a great story?
- Do the production values rock? (Or mostly rock!)
- Does this Film, Short, Web Series, Documentary or Music Video make one feel something?
If your film/video/etc is selected for the Festival we will need:
PICTURE
STANDARD: HD
CODEC: H.264 or H.265
FILE TYPE: .mp4 or .mov
SIZE: 1920x1080
ASPECT: Square Pixels (1.0)
FRAME RATE: Native (23.97/24/25/29.92/30/50/59.94/60fps)
FIELD ORDER: Progressive
BIT RATE: Target 16Mbps (Min 12Mbps/Max 20Mbps)
HEAD & TAIL: One second of black before the first frame of content and after the last frame of content.
TEXT: All text, subtitles and captions must be contained within 16:9 caption safe areas.
AUDIO
FORMAT: ACC
SAMPLE RATE: 48kHz
CHANNELS: Stereo
QUALITY: High
BIT RATE: 256Kbps
FILE NAME
Files should be named with the film’s title using underscores (“_”) instead of spaces. Example: “My_Film.mp4"
***FILE SIZE
Not to exceed 4 GB (for under 40 minutes)
For anything over 40 minutes-
(2) REGION 0 (REGION FREE) Blu Ray Discs. One is primary and the other is backup. Please test them in two different players before you send them and make sure to label the disc, not just the case.
Forwarded to us within 7 days.
7. Notification:
We will complete all late selection by May 4, 2019.
8. Scheduling:
Screenings are scheduled at the discretion of Manhattan Rep. While every effort will be made to stick to the published schedule, Manhattan Rep reserves the right to make changes at any time for any reason. But all schedules films will get shown. Manhattan Rep will not be liable for any costs claimed as a result of a change in scheduling. After selection, no film may be withdrawn from the festival program.