Belleville Downtown DocFest 2025 Film Submissions

2025 Festival Submissions Form

To send us your film for consideration for the 14th Annual, 2025 Belleville Downtown DocFest, please use the online submission form on this page.

Due to limited resources, only those filmmakers whose films are accepted to the festival will be contacted regarding their film submissions. The Festival is grateful to all filmmakers for their continued interest and support.

Only those with the ability to legally commit a film to participate in the festival are eligible to submit using these forms. If you require assistance completing the form, or you have a suggestion for a film but are not part of a filmmaking team please complete the form on our Contact page.

DocFest reserves the right to rule on all issues not expressly covered in our film submission guidelines. Please read the full submission guidelines on the Submit a Film page.

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2025 FILM SUBMISSION FORM

Please note that completion of all sections and questions is mandatory for a completed submission. If something is not applicable to your specific production, please indicate n/a in your response. Please do not resubmit films that were already considered in previous festival years.

FILM SUBMISSION FORM 2025 Fest

Contact Information

Who will be the primary contact for the submission?

This will be the person that DocFest corresponds with regarding your submission.

Submission Contact Email *

This is the email we’ll use for all communications.

Confirm Submission Contact Email *

Confirm your email address.

Telephone Number *

What phone number can we use to reach you?

Film Submission Details

Film Type (please check all that apply)

Short film (under 10 minutes)

Short film (between 10-30 minutes)

Feature film (over 30 minutes)

Ontario film

Canadian film

International film

Student film

Local film (created by filmmakers linking in the greater Bay of Quinte region or with strong ties to the area)

English Film Title *

This is the full title of your documentary to appear in our program, schedule and website.

Original Film Title

Please provide the title of your film in the original language, to appear with the English title.

Director *

The full name or names of the director(s). Please separate names with a comma “, “.

Producer name or names *

The full name or names of the producer(s). Please separate names with a comma “,”.

Film production company name *

What is the name of the Production Company?

Company Name *

What is your company name?

Year of production *

Year of your film’s production

Runtime *

Provide the runtime of your film (in minutes).

Production Country *

What country was the film produced in? If the film is a co-production, please list the countries separated with a comma “, “.

Language *

What languages are contained within your film? If the film is multi-lingual, please list languages separated with a comma “, “.

Captions and Subtitles

Open Captioning is a text display of all of the words and sounds heard during a production and assists with making the film more accessible to our audiences. If English is not the primary language used in your film, DocFest will require subtitles.

Is this film available with Open Captions? *

Yes, the film is available with Open Captions.

No, the film isn’t available with Open Captions.

What is the primary language used in your film? *

English

A language other than English

Does your film have subtitles in English? *

Yes, the film has subtitles in English

No, the film doesn’t have subtitles in English

Description, Trailer and Full-Length Screener

Please provide a link to your film’s trailer or to your website. *

Include your short trailer link (YouTube, Vimeo, your website). Only one link is allowed here.

Synopsis *

Please provide 75-100 (max) words.

Tagline *

Please provide 20-30 (max) words.

Link to online screener *

Please include a secure link to your online screener (Vimeo, YouTube, etc.).

Screener Password *

Please provide the password to the screener.

Film Promotion Media and Links

For films that are selected for screening at DocFest, we will require a Quicktime file to our specifications in early 2025.
Please provide accessible links to DropBox or Google Drive in the fields below.
Note: If you do not have an image, alternate image or press kit, you can skip these fields.
You will be required to provide high resolution images and a full length QuickTime version of the film in early 2025.

Link to high resolution image (Poster Image)

Please provide a link to a high resolution poster image for the film. Provide link to an image in jpg or png format (min 1,920×1,200px). Please use Google Drive or DropBox to include your media with this submission.

Alternate poster image link.

Provide alternate image in jpg or png format (min 1280×1,024px).

Press or Media Kit (Website or Link to PDF)

If you have a press kit for your film, please include it here.

Agreement Field

I have read and agree to abide by the rules and regulations set forth by Belleville Downtown DocFest regarding its submissions. The film listed above has been submitted for consideration with the knowledge and consent of the filmmaker and/or producers listed above.

If you are human, leave this field blank.

Please Note

We will only accept two submissions from each filmmaker or distributor. If you would like to submit more than two films for consideration, please complete the form on our Contact page.
Please note that submission guidelines for DocFest are subject to change.
Read the full Submission Guidelines on the Submit a Film page