terms of entry
Please read our terms of entry before submitting your short film for competition.
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Films must be between 1-40 minutes in length (including credits).
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Only short narrative genres are accepted. Music videos and documentaries are not valid for this contest.
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Filmmakers must have copyright over all footage and soundtrack.
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Films must be of high-quality, at minimum FULL HD (1080p).
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Filmmakers will be required to submit promotional stills for marketing purposes if their work has been selected.
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Open to international filmmakers.
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Open to first-time to professional filmmakers.
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We accept films already submitted and/or selected to other film festivals.
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We don't discriminate against any films that have been published online via a video hosting website such as YouTube or Vimeo.
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All films must be produced on or after January 1, 2016.
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Breakout Film Festival is unable to give feedback on individual short films upon result notification. We are not a reviewing festival.
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We do not accept free submission/entry waiver.
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Films in a foreign language (other than English) must include English subtitles.
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We do not provide refunds upon result notification.