Submissions

* AACTA-Award Qualifying Film Festival for Features
* We look after indie filmmakers and will try wherever possible to fly selected cast/crew in and accommodate you.
* Dedicated award/prize categories for Australian features, shorts, scripts and web series
* You can take part in professional development through relevant, useful and engaging Q&As, panels and workshops – in 2019, we offered industry events with more than 150 guest speakers, panellists or moderators
* Opportunities to make valuable connections with Queensland, national and international industry guests
* SIPFEST offers some great cash prizes – $8000 across 7 categories
* Blackmagic Design Best Australian Indie Film Award – Blackmagic Design camera equipment valued at over $4,000+, open to independent Australian features
* PKF Best Australian Feature Film open to all Australian features
* $5000 cash prize for Queensland Screenwriting Award winner and $500 to 2nd and 3rd place winners, plus the opportunity to participate in a live script read at the 2020 Gold Coast Film Festival
* $500 cash prize for Best Australian Webseries

We highly encourage entries from independent filmmakers and films with creative leads from under-represented backgrounds. We deliver a program that supports equality with a commitment to having 50% women speakers across the festival, all films rated by the Bechdel Test and Australia’s first film festival childcare offering.

If you would like to speak to any filmmakers who have screened at GCFF in the past, please let us know – we’d be happy to put you in touch.

We only accept submissions digitally through FilmFreeway, not on physical media (DVD/hard drive). For submission guidelines for each category, head to Film Freeway.

Even if you don’t have a film to submit to Gold Coast Film Festival this year, attending the festival is a fantastic way to acquire valuable experience and knowledge, meet collaborators, learn from experts and get inspired!  Our REELLIFE seminars and panels present varied topics and are intimate to ensure you get a chance to chat with the speakers.

• Nominations must be received by 10pm, February 2^nd, 2020
• Nominations must be received via the submission form on the Gold Coast Film Festival website (gcfilmfestival.com/industryawards). Please note: you will receive a confirmation email once submitted. If you do not receive this, your nomination has not been received.
• Nominations must include: name, contact details and 250 words highlighting your achievements during the period 1 January – 31 December 2019.
  • Achievements can include: completed projects, project announcements, promotions, increases in business size or investment, invitations to speak at events/festivals, distribution of content, award nominations/wins, board/leadership appointments or new innovations.

Terms & Conditions

• Nominations will be assessed by a panel of industry experts who will determine finalists and a winner for each category
• Judging Panels for each award are selected at the sole discretion of GCFF and will be published on our website
• GCFF reserves the right to exercise discretion in matters relating to the Awards including to reject a nomination, to determine the number of finalists and to decide to cancel the award and/or event.
• Any decision regarding nominations, winners or any other matter regarding the Awards that is approved by GCFF shall be final
• Please note that GCFF is unable to provide feedback on nominations or the decision-making process, due to the volume of nominations and the time constraints in judging.

• Nominations must be received by 10pm, 2^ndFebruary 2020
• The finalists will be contacted and published in the GCFF Program and Website 10^thMarch 2020
• The winner will be announced at the Screen Industry Gala Awards on Thursday 16^thApril 2020