RULES & REGULATIONS

For the 12th edition of Tripoli Film Festival - 2025

Eligible Films:

Feature Film Narrative: 80 to 105 min / Short film Narrative: less than 25 min / Short Animation: less than 25 min.

Feature Documentary: from 55 to 105 min / Short Documentary - less than 25 min.


• Films completion dates should not be earlier than June 2024.
• THE FESTIVAL IS NOT ABLE TO PAY SCREENING FEES.

• LEBANESE PREMIERE required.


• Movies shot in Lebanon partially or completely should enclose a copy of the Lebanese “Sécurité Générale” shooting permit.
• Submission of a film materials and entry form does not guarantee screening during the festival, or during any of the out of competition events parallel to the festival.
• Film submitter grants Tripoli Film Festival the rights to present his/her film to the press and to screen it during the festival days if selected.
• Tripoli Film Festival screens only films available on Blu Ray, in MOV format or MP4.
• Entrants will be contacted only if selected for the festival official selection or the out of competition events.
• If your film is selected for the TFF 2025 official selection, you accept to send, if the organizer found it necessary, the final screening copy via an express courier on your expenses ASAP after the selection announcement. Otherwise, your film will be disqualified.
• If your film is selected for the official competition only, Tripoli Film Festival might provide few days accommodation in Tripoli.
• By submitting your film to Tripoli Film Festival 2025, you are granting the organizers the rights to screen your film in the out of competition events parallel to the festival during the year 2025 - 26.
• By submitting the entry form and related material, the Producer / Director / Distributor (owner of the rights) accepts to grant Tripoli Film Festival, by the person of its Founder and Director Mr. Elias Jacques Khlat, the rights to print and screen publicly any material submitted to the festival and to use it for any promotional activity covering the festival.
• By submitting your film to Tripoli Film Festival, you declare that you own all rights on the film.
• We insure that personal data in the festival entry form, subject of your film submission, will stay confidential for the festival use only and will not be shared with a third party.