20 th UNAFF CALL FOR ENTRIES

SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN for the 20th UNAFF, which runs from October 19-29, 2017 in Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, San Francisco and Stanford University.

UNAFF celebrates the power of international documentary films dealing with human rights, the environment, refugees, famine, homelessness, racism, disease control, women's issues, children, universal education, war and peace.

This year’s theme RESPECT continues our two decades long celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with the reminder that it applies to everyone.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

• Documentaries only 
• No production year limit - but please no films that are available online for free 
• No runtime limit – UNAFF accepts both shorts and longs 
• Rough-cuts or works-in-progress accepted, but please submit as close to the final cut as possible. UNAFF cannot accept updated versions of a film less than 10 days before the start of the festival 
• Preferred submission format: DVD (NTSC/PAL) or Blu-Ray region 0 or 1 
• Alternate submission format: Download-enabled online link with a password having an expiration date extending through July 31, 2017

SHIPPING 
The entrant is responsible for the cost of shipping the entries to our office. Due to the volume of entries we CANNOT return preview discs. Unless otherwise requested, all submissions will become part of the UNAFF archive available for research and educational purposes only. Works submitted will be returned only if accompanied by insured self-addressed return packaging.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE:

• Early Deadline – May 7, 2017* 
• Regular Deadline – May 17, 2017* 
• Late deadline – May 27, 2017* 
(*Postmarked)

Filmmakers will be notified about the status of their submission by August 7.

WAIVER 
Entries will be handled with the utmost care, but UNAFF cannot assume responsibility for damage or loss of any film submitted to the festival.

AUTHORIZATION 
As the producer's authorized representative, I accept the conditions described on this entry form. If this film is selected, I grant UNAFF the rights to publicly display it during UNAFF 2017 and in the UNAFF Traveling Film Festival and its programs internationally and in the US, as well as the permission to use any footage from the film and its publicity materials for UNAFF promotional purposes. UNAFF will not accept new versions of a selected film less than 10 days before the festival unless requested by the programming staff.