Tomorrow Unlocked Film Festival ()

Festival start: 27 September 2021      Festival end: 30 September 2021

Tomorrow Unlocked Film Festival (TUFF) is the first international film festival with an aim to tell engaging stories about how technology influences our lives now, and in the future , and engage with a broad audience of innovators, artists, technologists, thinkers, scientists, hackers and entrepreneurs.

We want you to make a short film, no longer than 15 minutes, with a strong storyline. We’re looking for quality above quantity, so keep in mind that it’s not about the length of the film. Films should be impactful and human, while keeping technology as the hero. Filmmakers will therefore need to transform complex technical information into easy to understand stories. Important topics for TUFF are the future of “Health”, “Work” and “Communities” and the role of technology within these three distinct areas.

More about the Tomorrow Unlocked Film Festival
The Tomorrow Unlocked Film Festival (TUFF) is an international event organized by online magazine Tomorrow Unlocked, providing up-and-coming filmmakers the opportunity to showcase their creativity and tell engaging stories about how technology influences our lives now, and in the future. The film program will be fused with related talks and other opportunities to connect with an engaged community of innovators, artists, technologists, filmmakers, thinkers, scientists, hackers and entrepreneurs.

Cash Prizes: 10,000€

Our experienced jury of film industry professionals will select one grand prize winner who will win USD $5k, two finalist who will win USD $1k and seven official selection with a prize of USD $500. Plus one more special prize of USD $1k awarded to the film that is Kaspersky founder and CEO Eugene Kaspersky’s favorite film.

Submission requirements
● NO WAIVERS - any entry requesting a waiver will be deleted.
● Films must not exceed 10 minutes in duration.
● Films must be submitted as final films, not just concepts.
● Filmmakers/ creators are free to choose their format (eg. documentary, animation, fiction).
● We are open to multiple film submissions. If submitting multiple films, a separate entry form must be filled in for each film.
● All films must be subtitled in English, even when the spoken language is English.
● Filmmaker/Creator is responsible to ensure that all third-party rights required to fulfil this brief (eg. on-screen talent, voice talent, music composers, etc)
● Filmmaker/ creator to provide a working link to an online version of your film on Vimeo or YouTube — and any necessary passwords to view the film – it must be uploaded at the time of submission. If any changes are made to the access of your film's link, please contact Tomorrow Unlocked at info@tomorrowunlocked.com with the updated information immediately, or your film may be disqualified from consideration.
● Filmmaker/ creator to grant TUFF a perpetual* license to use the final deliverables and raw files of the ten shortlisted films that will be screened at the festival (ie. rushes and raw, unedited video footage and images captured during Production), for all media, globally. Where files can’t be delivered digitally, TUFF must pay for the reasonable cost of a hard drive and courier.
● Once an entry has been accepted, the filmmaker/ creator grants permission for the film to be screened to all attendees of the Tomorrow Unlocked Film Festival 2021, to be used for all Tomorrow Unlocked Film Festival promotional materials (print, broadcast or internet media) and on the Tomorrow Unlocked website and associated channels.
● No submission fees.

THANK YOU!
If you have questions please email (info@tomorrowunlocked.com) or go to our website (www.tomorrowunlocked.com).