Years running: 12 (since 2013)
ARFF Barcelona
Independent Festival for all genre Feature & Short Creations.
About
Annual Independent event for all Feature & Short Films, Documentaries, Experimental, Commercial, Music Videos, Animations, Student Films, Series, TV, New Media and AI works.
The international community awards the creations to serve ARFF International Official Laurel and evaluates in advance all to participate in the annual Award Ceremony.
The Around International Film Festivals have numerous network & board members from Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus, and associated platforms mentioned at the end of the listing page. All the ARFF International Editions are the Official IMDb Award Listing Qualifiers. Monthly Selections may share their nominees on IMDb.
Awards
All selected participants receive our ‘’Official Selection'' Laurel and annual Finalists are showcased to be promoted in 4 ARFF Cities during the entire year: vimeo.com/aroundfilms
The same film can be submitted on different sections and the different cities of ARFF International to have more opportunities at the International Award Event and to get the customized laurels from ARFF Berlin ✈ ARFF Paris ✈ ARFF Amsterdam
It is possible to order Official Certificates after getting selected. Annual Awards & Certificates will be announced individually.
Rules
ARFF International - Around International Film Awards (Us, our, we) hereby sets out the following terms of participation, valid from 08.05.24 until further notice.
1. Submitted filmmakers accept all the Rules&Terms automatically regarding the updated form.
Each year we select Best Of The Bests via festival editions to serve the Official Laurels and to award exclusively by the ARFF International Certificates.
2. Our judges have an access to all films and they vote without sharing your work publicly. Please be sure that you have the proper English subtitle on the trailer and the full movie.
3. Submissions made after the annual evaluation, will be re-evaluated for the next season safely. If you want to increase chances for your production, you can allow your film to be accessible online with a password if needed. It's always possible to submit on the other cities/categories of ARFF International on related platforms.
4. ARFF International does not post current creations online. Also, we only screen your film with a notification at the end of the year. ARFF International has an access to online data shared through Festagent and other portals. Submissions made via Festagent are getting evaluated and selected, directly for the annual festival run and participating in the Official Certificate Program exclusively. Monthly selection is available on other associated platforms.
5. Hereby all entries should be sent via Filmfreeway with an online screener. Please don't send discs or any downloadable files to us. The Festival will be informed in advance, if your film is selected for the yearly screenings and if not, following up with the Yearly Shortlist is the filmmakers' responsibility.
6. By submitting your work, you confirm that you own the rights to the film and accept all the Rules&Terms. If you'll be making an IMDb contribution, mentioning Official Selection ARFF City Edition is a must. Only the annual Special mentions have a right to process as Winner on the IMDb page.
7. Festival keeps the right of changing the section of the selected film from the section which is submitted. The same film can be submitted in different sections to have more opportunities. All submissions made via Festagent, are getting evaluated for the Special Mentions. Regarding the Unification Program of ARFF International, all 4 editions will gather at Amsterdam November/December 2024, till then Barcelona, Paris & Berlin editions will take place online. Thus, current submission via Festagent will be considered for 2025 Season.
8. Festival has the right to download&cut by using snippets, sequences, still, images from the submitted material to share on printed, social media, and the website. Also to share the IMDb data of the associated industry members. No film may be withdrawn from the festival program after its participation has been publicized. The filmmaker is responsible to follow up, with the e-mail data given on Festagent and other associated platforms
9. Festival does not offer any refund through withdrawal or the movies haven’t been selected for the program. ARFF International keeps the right to disqualify the film in the case of unresponsive mail for the screening and due to violating message or a comment on (social) media.
10. Music video and Animation works have the chance to be the winner of specified categories such as; Best Director, Best Cinematography, Audience Award, and Globe Award. ARFF International Mention and Best Trailer categories are out of the yearly competition.
Thank you for sharing your unique creation and being a part of our network
Premiere Requirements
No premiere requirement
Jury and Organizers
https://festregards.com/arff-international-jury-members-2023-2024-jury-members/
Onno Mara
Wendy Regalado
Paco Alvarez
Lara Marian
Katie Cleary
Julian C Steiner
Alison Stover
Rachel Alig
Roystar Soundsick
Pimdao Panichsamai
Maxim Balter
Documents
Place
Spain
Barcelona
Official Website
Contacts
Email: press@aroundfilms.com
Contact Emails
Social Networks
Instagram
Vimeo
- Opening DateMay 13, 2024
- Discount DeadlineApril 16, 2024
- Discount DeadlineMay 14, 2024
- Discount DeadlineJune 06, 2024
- Earlybird DeadlineAugust 08, 2024
- Earlybird DeadlineSeptember 12, 2024
- Regular DeadlineOctober 10, 2024
- Regular DeadlineNovember 07, 2024
- Extended DeadlineDecember 12, 2024
- Extended DeadlineJanuary 09, 2025
- NotificationsJanuary 27, 2025
- Event Dates13 — 17 March 2025
Cinematographer's interpretation will be considered for this specified category. Feature, Short, Documentary, Experimental, Music Video, Animation and Student Films are welcome. No restrictions on premiere, online status or production year.
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Discount Deadline — $35
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Discount Deadline — $35
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Discount Deadline — $35
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Earlybird Deadline — $40
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Earlybird Deadline — $40
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Regular Deadline — $45
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Regular Deadline — $45
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Extended Deadline — $50
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Extended Deadline — $50
All experimental creations over 1 minute are welcome. No restrictions on premiere, online status or production year.
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Discount Deadline — $30
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Discount Deadline — $30
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Discount Deadline — $30
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Earlybird Deadline — $35
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Earlybird Deadline — $35
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Regular Deadline — $40
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Regular Deadline — $40
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Extended Deadline — $45
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Extended Deadline — $45
Specified category just for student works from all media to support the new generation cinema. No restrictions on premiere, online status or production year.
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Discount Deadline — $25
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Discount Deadline — $20
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Discount Deadline — $23
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Earlybird Deadline — $25
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Earlybird Deadline — $25
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Regular Deadline — $30
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Regular Deadline — $30
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Extended Deadline — $35
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Extended Deadline — $35
All creations over 1 minute are welcome. No restrictions on premiere, online status or production year.
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Discount Deadline — $40
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Discount Deadline — $40
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Discount Deadline — $40
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Earlybird Deadline — $45
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Earlybird Deadline — $45
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Regular Deadline — $50
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Regular Deadline — $50
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Extended Deadline — $55
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Extended Deadline — $55
All creations over 40 minutes are accepted. Director's approach & Cinematographer's interpretation will be considered for the specified category. No restrictions on the premier, online status or production year.
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Discount Deadline — $50
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Discount Deadline — $50
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Discount Deadline — $50
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Earlybird Deadline — $55
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Earlybird Deadline — $55
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Regular Deadline — $60
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Regular Deadline — $60
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Extended Deadline — $65
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Extended Deadline — $65
Director's approach will be considered for this specified category. All Feature,Documentary, Short, Experimental and Student Films are welcome.No restrictions on premiere, online status or production year.
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Discount Deadline — $45
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Discount Deadline — $45
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Discount Deadline — $45
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Earlybird Deadline — $50
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Earlybird Deadline — $50
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Regular Deadline — $55
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Regular Deadline — $55
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Extended Deadline — $60
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Extended Deadline — $60
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