This is an online, jury vote based festival. Submissions can be made by using one of the following methods:

 

                                                  

 

At least 30 films must be submitted in total until the deadline of each month in order for the competition to run. If not, the film will be entered for the next month competition.

Authors cannot submit more than two entries per month and can only submit the same entry every month if their film didn’t win any awards. Only one filmmaker can win the $100 prize each month and cannot submit the same winning film for the next 12 months.

 

Films

Note that only short films of any genre and format up to 35 minutes are accepted and the normal entry fee is $4.99.

All films must have been made in or after 2010 and have English subtitles (except for music videos and unless English is the main language spoken). Any genre and format is accepted (from 1 minute films to long, narrative/artistic short films).

 

Prizes

Prizes are as follow:


 Film of the Month (Best Film) – $100 + FREE TMFF Trophy + Professional Review

2nd Film of the Month – Professional Review

3rd Film of the Month

Student Film of the Month – FREE TMFF Trophy

Trailer of the Month (Exclusive to )

Screenplay Award – Prize money will be given depending on the number of submissions (Exclusive to ) + FREE TMFF Trophy

 

Category Awards:

Animation of the Month

Experimental of the Month

Documentary of the Month

Music Video of the Month

Web Short of the Month

The Audience Award

 

Individual Awards:

Director of the Month

Screenwriter of the Month

Original Score of the Month

Actor of the Month

Actress of the Month

Editor of the Month

Cinematographer of the Month

 

Film of the Year – FREE TMFF Trophy
All ‘Film of the Month’ winners will be entered into a special list and the winning film will receive a ‘Film of the Year’ distinction at the end of the year.

 

All winning films will be given a printable AWARD CERTIFICATE, while to the ‘Film of the Month’ award, a $100 cash prize + a FREE TMFF TROPHY will be awarded. A free trophy will also be awarded to the Student Film of the Month, Screenplay and Film of the Year winners.

There will be 6 Nominations for the ‘Film of the Month’ Award, and three for each ‘Category’/’Individual’ award.

All films of any genre and format are eligible to win/be nominated to one or more of these awards.

A film with more than one category (e.g. Animation and Experimental) can only be nominated for one ‘Animation’ or ‘Experimental’ award. Also, if one new category reaches 5 or more selections (e.g. Documentary), we will add a new award for that specific category (e.g. ‘Documentary of the Month’).

The audience award prize will be given to the film that gets the most votes by the end of each monthly competition and has an average of at least 4 stars out of 5.

Even though, as usual, each film has its own page, the submitter can decide whether they want their film uploaded/embedded on our website. If not, a trailer must be provided. Keep in mind that the judging will be the same.

Winners of the ‘Film of the Month’ award have 30 days from the day of announcement to claim their $100 prize. After this period, prizes will be revoked.

Screenplays

The screenplay competition runs every two months and is exclusive to FilmFreeway. Filmmakers can (of any genre, up to 120 pages) to the competition by also requesting a review at the price of $39.99. Unlike film reviews, they will not be published anywhere. Screenplay reviews will be received in 7-12 days. The entry fee for those who do not want a review is $14.99. There will be quarter finalists, semifinalists and 6 FINALISTS out of which a winner, a runner-up and a second runner-up will be designated. Only two screenplays per filmmaker per edition are allowed and only one screenplay will and can win the ‘Screenplay Award’. All finalists will be posted on our website. Prize money can be given depending on the number of submissions and the winner will receive, through post, a free TMFF trophy from us.

 

Services

By submitting your service request on our website you agree to let us use your submitted data to create what you have asked for. All services will be delivered as specified in the ‘Services’ page. All reviews will be published on our website and social platforms. You can also request the removal of your review by the end of the monthly competition.

 

Rights

By submitting your film to our festival you agree that your piece of work (full film or trailer) can be uploaded/embed on our website. The filmmaker/institution that is submitting the film must own the rights to do so and is responsible for the content they are providing. By submitting, the filmmaker allows TMFF to create a page for their film without infringing copyright of any kind of form. Also, the entry fee is not refundable for films that did not get selected.

How does it work?

 After the submission is complete and the film is accepted, we will upload/embed your film/trailer on our website for everyone to see. Winning films will be highlighted.

 

Notification

One day before the end of the month, TMFF will announce the nominations for every award. The next day (which is the last day of the month) winners will be chosen and the ‘Film of the Month’ short will have won $100!

Winners, nominees and unsuccessful films can be deleted from the website after the monthly competition ends as long as the submitter decides to do so.

 

Laurels

Filmmakers are allowed to use TMFF laurels on their winning/nominated/selected films ONLY. They can be used on posters as well as on other media available. The OFFICIAL SELECTION transparent laurel can be found below (click for full image). Other laurels can be provided upon request.