GENERAL ELIGIBILITY
1. Submissions must be accompanied by the applicable submission fee PER ENTRY and a completed online entry form.
2. Submissions must be in English or have English subtitles at the time submitted.
3. Submissions must be submitted as an online streaming video via a participating submission platform (FilmFreeway), a password-protected streaming URL, or on DVD with NTSC or PAL formatting (please test before sending).
4. In the event of a password change or link change after submitting, you must email the Festival at INFO@YELLOWSTONEINTERNATIONALFILMFESTIVAL.COM so we may update your record. If the Festival is not notified of the change and the link is found to be inactive or the password to be incorrect, the submission may be deemed ineligible.
5.YIFF screens films and series as digital files during the Festival screen on Blu-Ray, DVD, or DCP Only these formats will be accepted.
6. Feature Films and Short Films must have been completed after October 1st, 2018.
7. Short films that are publicly available online prior to the Festival may be considered for exhibition during the Festival but will be ineligible for awards. We prefer that shorts not be publicly available online.
8. Private invite-only screenings (for instance for cast and crew or donors) do not affect a submission’s eligibility.
9. YIFF reserves the right in its sole discretion to reject or disqualify any ineligible entries, without a refund.
10. Foreign language films must be made available with the original language soundtrack and English subtitles.
11. You may re-submit a previously submitted film, with the proper entry fee, only if the film has been significantly altered, re-edited or re-made since the initial submission. We will treat the submission as an entirely new project.
12* Important - If the film is being submitted under the student film category, we request you to email us the filmmaker's student school ID card of the current year. otherwise, your film will be disqualified.
In addition to the id card, The email should also include the name of the project and the tracking number