All submissions are welcome and can be officially submitted through our FilmFreeway page for consideration. Please kindly submit your film projects here .

Please note that our festival is competition-based and open to the public.

In order for your film to be considered a short film, it should be less than 45 minutes long.

The invitation made to each film nominated/selected by the Firenze Film Festival will remain strictly confidential between the festival’s coordination team and the producers or representatives of the invited film until such time as the Festival decides to make an official announcement in this regard.

With the exception of the specific categories (restrictions due to duration), films can be submitted to any of the Festival categories if they fit the category’s specifications according to the instructions on FilmFreeway. The Festival Programming Team will then decide which section is most suitable for the film submitted.

All films must be submitted in English or with English subtitles (if in a different language).

No. We do not accept trailers as pre-selection material.

No, work in progress will not be considered by the Festival Programming Team. However, if you wish to replace the submitted film with a different version of it, you can do so manually through FilmFreeway.

In case you submitted your film for the festival’s previous edition, you should not submit your film again.

No. We do not provide refunds for non-selected films.

No. Due to the high volume of submissions received each year, we are unable to provide feedback to each and one of you.