IMPORTANT INFORMATION

SUBMISSION FORMAT

Films must be submitted via online screener ONLY. We do not accept DVDs, pen drives or hard drives.

Selected films need to be uploaded to FilmFreeway.com and must meet the following criteria:

Video bitrate: 15-25Mbps

Video Codec: h.264, h.265, Apple Prores 422 HQ/422

Video Container: MP4, MKV, MOV

Audio: 128-320 Kbps, AAC or PCM, 2 channel stereo

Resolution: FHD (1920×1080)

Cinemascope videos should HAVE black bars (Letterboxed) inside 1920×1080

Subtitles should be in English and should be on the bottom of the VIDEO AREA (NOT on the black bars)

PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL
The festival reserves the right to use up to 10 percent of the entry’s running time for promotional use. Production stills, filmmaker bio-sketches and other information submitted in the entry form may also be used for promotional purposes on the web, print, television etc.

THE FSA ARCHIVE
All submissions will be catalogued for the FSA Archive. These copies will be maintained as a record for FSA and will be made available to interested student bodies, Universities, other interested institutions, researchers and  journalists only with the express permission of the filmmakers. 

COPYRIGHT
It is the sole responsibility of the filmmaker to ensure s/he owns full copyright to the submitted film. The filmmaker is required to clear all contents of the submitted film from any and all actual or potential legal claims and issues and must have express permission from all parties involved in the production of the film. FSA reserves the right to disqualify any film with unauthorised inclusion of copyrighted/trademarked content or materials. In the event that any claim, dispute, action or proceeding is asserted by any person or entity that alleges that the film makes unauthorised or unlawful use of any copyrighted content or material, the filmmaker shall fully indemnify FSA from any liability in connection therewith and from any fees and expenses that may be incurred in light of such claims.