Welcome to the Mont. Blanc International Film Festival (MBIFF)

Please read these Rules and terms carefully before you submit your film to MBIFF. By submitting your film to this film festival, you expressly acknowledge and agree that the terms of these Rules and terms shall bind you.

We are open to any film completed after January 1, 2000, regardless of content, subject, or origin. Submitting your film to the film festival is not a guarantee of selection. All the official selection, nominees and winners will be listed on our film festival website permanently. All the award winning films will receive a trophy, award or certificate. Please note that we do not offer application fee waivers. We treat every filmmaker equally

1. Submissions must be accompanied by the applicable submission fee PER ENTRY and a completed online entry form. All films must be in English or have English subtitles at the time submitted.

2. Films must be submitted as an online streaming video via a participating film submission platform (WFCN), a password-protected streaming URL (please test before sending).

3. In the event of a password change or link change after submitting film, you must email the film festival immediately with that change so we may update your record. If the film festival is not notified of the change and the link is found to be inactive or the password is incorrect, the submission may be deemed ineligible.

4. MBIFF (film festival) has no obligation (other than as stated in these rules or on our website) to disclose any of the following information:
   i) identities of screeners or judges;
   ii) notes, feedback, or information relating to the submitted films; and/or
   iii) details regarding the submission review or selection process.

5. The film submitted to the MBIFF for a particular month can be re-submitted at any time for a second chance, considering that we have different judges' panels for each season.

6. A film director / producer may submit more than one film in a category and more than one category at a time.

7. A nominee will be privately screened for the film festival judging panel, and will not be screened initially to the public.

8. “Best” films of each category will receive a laurel & certificate.

9. A filmmaker’s submission fee will not be reimbursed if they decide to withdraw their submission. All entry fees are non-refundable.

10. We require an official trailer or poster, a synopsis and a link to your film. Please select the correct category while submitting to avoid disqualification. We reserve the right to re-assign films to the appropriate category.

11. Filmmakers who are not Iranian yet submitting in the Iranian category will be disqualified.

Film Submission Terms