{"id":1228,"date":"2026-02-02T14:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T19:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.haverford.edu\/tricofilmfest\/?page_id=1228"},"modified":"2026-02-02T15:48:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T20:48:50","slug":"2026-tri-co-film-festival-submission-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.haverford.edu\/tricofilmfest\/2026-tri-co-film-festival-submission-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Tri-Co Film Festival Submission Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-transform:capitalize\"><strong>Submission Timeline<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>February 27 at 12:00 PM:<\/strong> Submissions open<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>April 22 at 11:59 PM:<\/strong> Final submissions deadline (We will accept rough cuts of incomplete films but need a final film by April 28)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>May 6 at 6:30 PM:<\/strong> 15th Annual Tri-Co Film Festival at BMFI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-transform:capitalize\">Eligibility:&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Films must have been directed by students currently attending Bryn Mawr, Haverford and\/or Swarthmore Colleges.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All current Tri\u00ad-Co students are eligible, even if the film project took place abroad or outside of coursework.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Films must have been made during the Summer 2025, Fall 2025 or Spring 2026 semesters.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Submissions must be less than 10 minutes long (please email the Festival Directors with any specific questions about length).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Submitted films cannot have previously been submitted to the Festival, unless substantial changes have been made.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Films do not have to have been made for a class to be eligible \u2014 films made through film clubs or independently are highly encouraged!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Festival accepts all species of film work, be it experimental, documentary, narrative, and any hybridization or rejection of these categories.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There is no limit on the number of films a student can submit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Submissions must be in .mp4 format.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Films will be accepted with discretion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-primary-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/airtable.com\/app8Y3jg7f4EKoyv1\/pagrpmgqUmKJZAiU1\/form\">Submit your film \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submission Timeline:&nbsp; Eligibility:&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1228","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.haverford.edu\/tricofilmfest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.haverford.edu\/tricofilmfest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.haverford.edu\/tricofilmfest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.haverford.edu\/tricofilmfest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.haverford.edu\/tricofilmfest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.haverford.edu\/tricofilmfest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.haverford.edu\/tricofilmfest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}