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CLOSED TILL 2024

SHORT FILMS ONLY. 20 MINUTES MAXIMUM
ENTRY RULES & GUIDELINES

Please ensure that your film plays FULLHD 720p/1080p or 4k only. We recommend you upload an H.264 video file encoded at 10Mbps.

All submissions should be clearly marked with director's name, film title, genre, total running time and the filmmakers' email address and FilmFreeway tracking #.
Submission fees are non-refundable.

All entrants will be notified of selection by August 12, 2023.

Please ensure if you are submitting a film that contains copyrighted material by anyone other than yourself, that you have obtained festival clearance for that material used. By entering your work, you agree to this and the responsibilities involved.

Films screened in the festival should be presented in English. For all dialogues presented in other languages, the festival will accept subtitling and/or dubbing. Subtitles must be large enough to see in a large space that fits 300 people.

Film length is 20 minutes max. Longer films are not acceptable and your submission fee will not be returned.

Entering this competition represents your accepting all the terms and conditions specified above.

All questions should be sent to sunnysideshortsfest@gmail.com.

Now more than ever, small independent film festivals are crucial to the cultural landscape of our city. By supporting SSIFF to take creative risks, we allow filmmakers to grow and thrive. Our filmmakers come from all over the world and are able to see how they live, how they experience the world around them which could be so different from our little corner of the earth.

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Thank you,

Sherry Gamlin, Festival Director, and the Team at SSIFF
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