Berlin Drone Film Festival

Film Submission Instructions

IMPORTANT DATES

ELIGIBILITY

Films must be 30 minutes or under in length (including credits) and shot at least 50% using a drone or UAV.
Films must have been completed after 1st January 2022.
If submitting more than one film, a separate completed entry is required for each title.
Films must be either in English or subtitled in English.
Promotional films are not eligible (e.g. films promoting tourism, brand marketing, etc.).

ENTRY & NOTIFICATION

All applicants must submit through www.filmfreeway.com
Each entry must be submitted with completed Registration Form. If this is not received, the film will not be considered as an eligible submission.
The BDFF does not pay rental fees for submitted work. If selected, exhibition format digital files will be requested from the filmmakers.
Participants are not entitled to claim rental or other fees for the screenings of their films at the BDFF.
Selected films will be announced early in January 2024 by email or via our website www.dronefilmfest.de. The winners will be announced during the Festival.
The BDFF cannot make travel or lodging accommodations, all filmmakers with accepted works will receive free tickets to the programs and events during the Festival.

PROMOTION

Selected films are required to signal their selection by including the logo provided by the festival in the film credits and on all of the film’s communication media.
Awarded films must signal their awards by including the logo provided by the festival, which should appear separately in the opening or closing credits and on all of the film’s communication and screening media.

AWARD CATEGORIES

Awards will be given for the following categories:

LIABILITY

By entering your film for consideration for the BDFF, you accept full legal responsibility for the intellectual property contained within your film(s) and that you have cleared all contents of the film(s) with the respective copyright holders prior to submission to the BDFF. There must not be pending or anticipated litigation regarding the film.
Entry into the BDFF constitutes permission to exhibit your work at the BDFF. The BDFF reserves the right to use entrant film(s), in whole or in part for promotional purposes including but not limited to print, and television and internet broadcast in perpetuity.
The BDFF reserves the right to change the awards depending on the budget.
The applicant has to read and accept the regulations and guidelines for participation.
Failure to comply with these terms and conditions may result in the submission being disqualified.
In the event of disagreement concerning the interpretation of the terms and conditions, the interpretation of the festival will take precedence.
All stated information, eligibility and submission guidelines, terms and conditions of entry, and entry information is subject to change by the BDFF, without notice.