RULES & TERMS

– In order to submit a film, you must own the rights or have permission from the owner.
– Hong Kong World Film Festival relationship will exclusively be related to the film submitter.
– Any Foreign film that is not in English must have English subtitles.
– All fees are non-refundable.
– Hong Kong World Film Festival will not be responsible for damaged copies.
– Not all the submissions are selected for the official competition. Our Judges are free to make their own choices and no answers will be given about not selected films.
– Hong Kong World Film Festival can consider any film to be disqualified if the festival considers the content inappropriate. If you have any question regarding this decision you might contact us at our email address hongkongiff@gmail.com
– Filmmakers can submit the film in multiple categories in order to become a multi-award film. Still, the decision about the selection is strictly determined by our judges’ team and no selection is guaranteed.
– The applicants (submitters) must accept Hong Kong World Film Festival Rules and Terms.
– All submissions in personal categories required the name of the person and the category. You can easily send us this information in the cover letter on the FilmFreeway website.

If expedited feedback is selected in full submission, your judging status will be updated within the next 72hrs.
If no main category is selected in the expedited feedback option, automatically the entry cannot be considered.
The full submission is a main category or more selected in addition to feedback option.
Remember that payments are not refundable.
– Submitting your movie, you authorize Hong Kong World Film Festival to use, distribute and share the film poster, trailer, synopsis and movie stills on our social media.
– We do not require premiere status.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY IMDB CAN APPROVE OR REJECT YOUR SUBMISSION(S).
IF YOUR NOMINEES/WINS ARE NOT PUBLISHED, IT DOESN’T DEPEND ON US,
AND YOU SHOULD REPORT YOUR PROBLEM TO THE OFFICIAL IMDb SUPPORT COMMUNITY.

When submitting your film, you automatically agree with the terms, conditions & rules above.