HRW: Film Festival: Submission Information

Submissions for the 2005 festival season are closed. The festival will begin accepting submissions for the 2006 festival season in September of 2005, closing submissions by December 20th, 2005.

As the festival has a limited staff and budget and reviews hundreds of films each year, we have a strict policy on submissions. Our policy is for interested filmmakers to email the information listed below to submissions@hrw.org

The committee will contact you if they are interested in screening a VHS or DVD copy of your film/video. Any unsolicited tapes will not be considered for the festival.

PLEASE do not send attachments. We will not open them. Include all relevant information in the text/body of your email. All relevant information means the following:

Director's name and film's title

Film synopsis and filmmaker bio

Country and year of production

Film's running time and format

Complete contact information

All emailed submissions will be reviewed by the festival committee. Submissions are only accepted for our New York festival. Neither our London festival nor our Traveling festival are open to unsolicited submissions.

The festival does not charge any fees for submissions. If your film/video is considered for the festival be advised we do not return VHS tapes or DVDs. The festival does not send out rejection letters. We will contact those filmmakers whose films/videos are accepted to participate in the festival.