Find your best/favorite/weirdest piece of cinema; it could be fiction, documentary, music video, vlog, or whatever fits your fancy.

Then, send it to us.

Submissions for our December 2023 festival open on August 16th! FREE early-bird submissions - offer lasts until Friday, October 20th.

Rules

  1. Official film submissions may be no longer than 9 minutes and no shorter than 1 second. If the film is longer, you are welcome to send it in anyway. In a case of low entry, it may be chosen to fill time slots. However, this does not guarantee entry.

  2. If you are sharing through Vimeo, please make sure your film is downloadable.

  3. Films in any language are eligible, but should be subtitled if not in English. Subtitles should be printed into the submitted film file.

  4. By submitting your film, you are granting Shit in the Dirt permission to use the contents of your film to be reproduced in event screenings, recorded screenings, virtual screenings, and promotional content. 

Tech Requirements

  1. Export as a 422 ProRes file

  2. For mixing audio, try to keep dialog between -12 and -6 dbs