FilmFestivalLife is the leading online film submission platform to find and submit your films to hundreds of prestigious international film festivals.
FilmFestivalLife allows filmmakers to distribute their films to film festivals internationally, whilst providing festival programmers with the technology to manage their festival program selection.
Are you submitting a film?
Sign up, Create a film package, Browse festivals open for submission, Start submitting and enjoy all the perks of being part of the FFL filmmaker community, including:
A curated directory of festivals
FFL curates a comprehensive list of the top festivals from around the world to allow you to strategize your festival run in a smart way. Recognize festivals accepting submissions on FFL through the green and red validation stamps and submit to these ones right away. You can also create lists of your favorite picks, which you can keep private or share with the community.
A secure environment for your online screener
A film package should be first and foremost secure.
Unlike other platforms, FFL doesn’t allow links to other Video hosting services – we ask you to upload your film files on our servers. This is the only way to guarantee that only the festivals you submit your film to are able to access your sensitive film file.
The lowest festival entry fees amongst submission platforms
Only on FFL you can submit to hundreds of quality festivals at the lowest price – paying the actual festival entry fee, without additional commissions. While with the FFL basic account a service fee is added to the festival fee, Film Plan subscribers save on this fee, taking advantage of the lowest festival fees amongs platforms. Yes, festival do ask for less money on FFL. The more you submit, the more you save.
Additional discounts
Every week we give out 5 x 50% fee discount codes for festivals with a Late Deadline. Something for the quick ones – after five times, the codes expire. Keep an eye on your FFL Weekly Newsletter for the magic codes.
Tips and tutorials posted on our blog, FilmFestivalLifeLine
Whether it’s our top tips for submitting, filmmaker stories, or (festival’s on focus—> mybe better) stories from our partner festivals (in addition to much more!), our blog is the place to go for original content that may just help you with the often gruelling submission process.
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