DON BOSCO GLOBAL YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL

DBGYFF

DBGYFF is the global film festival that aims to discover the talents of emerging young people throughout the Salesian world. This annual festival is organized by the world-wide Salesians of Don Bosco for young people belonging to institutions of the Salesian family, operating all over the world. The aim is to encourage and support the voices of emerging and established young people, so that they can be ambassadors of love, peace and solidarity for all humanity.

Yes! DBGYFF is a completely free platform, and no fee is required to participate in the festival. The reason for this gratuity is precisely to encourage young people from all walks of life to easily participate in the festival.

Participants from any place and area of the Salesian world may participate. They must belong to any of the institutions of the Salesian Family - be it a school, university, technical institute, social centre, boarding school, oratory, youth centre, parish, etc.

Young people between the age of 14 and 25 can participate (adults exercising parental responsibility over minors, or their legal guardian, must provide explicit authorization to participate in the festival).

Entries are classified into two groups, based on the age of the participants: Juniors (14 to 19 years old) and Seniors (20 to 25 years old).

Each video must not exceed a duration of 5 minutes including the credits.

DBGYFF 2023 accommodates all types of films, except those showing cruelty to humans and animals, nudity and gory content. Films with discriminatory content or references to political movements are not allowed.

The referral person is the person who represents the institution or is appointed as the referral person/delegate of the institution of which he/she is a member for the festival. The referral’s role is to approve the participant's video from that institution and to confirm that the participant is indeed part of his/her institution.

With DBGYFF, submitting your film is easy. Just click "Subscribe" and you will be directed to the "Submit Now" page. Fill in the information about the contestant and the film, then submit. It's that simple!

Absolutely. By participating in DBGYFF, you retain all rights to your intellectual property at all times.

Yes, DBGYFF only accepts online registrations.

Once you have completed the information sheets on the competitor and the film, you are ready to start uploading your video elements (assets) in the 'Upload assets' tab. Add the three elements for your DBGYFF entry, which include the cover image, a short storyline and a personal photo of your face.

Every video sent to DBGYFF must be subtitled in English.

The last date for registration and submission of the short film for the DBGYFF 2023 is Tuesday, 15th August 2023.

Absolutely. By default, only DBGYFF juries can view your films. We use industry-leading technology to ensure that screenings are transmitted securely and cannot be downloaded.

DBGYFF accepts all major video formats in full HD quality up to 1GB. We transcode videos for playback and projection compatibility. It is recommended to use recording settings close to our output settings.

Each competitor can submit only one film. Each video must be submitted individually and accompanied by its own completed online entry form.

Even if the video is done by a group of people, only one contestant may enter his/her name in the competition. If a group project is awarded a prize at the final stage of the festival, it will be possible for each of the co-authors to apply for an award certificate, provided their names appear in the credits of the video.

DBGYFF boasts of a prestigious Jury with members from all over the world, including acclaimed film professionals, industry advocates, cultural leaders and iconic youth personalities. The Jury is divided into two sections: the Regional Jury and the Global Jury. In all instances, the Jury's decision will be final and indisputable.

The DBGYFF award list includes Global Bests, Regional Bests and Local Bests.

The list of awards for the DBGYFF, include Global Bests, Regional Bests and Local Bests.

• The Ten Global Bests are awarded to the best overall among all the seven regions, based equally on the two categories of the participants (5 Juniors + 5 seniors) and they will be awarded a €2,000.00 (two thousand Euros) respectively.
• The 70 Regional Bests are the awards given for the best 10 entries of the seven regions. Each award will contain a cash prize of Euro 1,000.00 (one thousand Euros) respectively.
• The 100 Local Bests are the prizes awarded to encourage the participation from every province. For every 100 entries that come for the festival from a province, five films are shortlisted by the Province Local Team and 100 Euros each will be given as a cash award to those five entries.

The projects submitted to DBGYFF will be classified according to the seven Regions of the Salesian Congregation: South Asia, East Asia-Oceania, Africa-Madagascar, Inter-America, South Cone America, Central-Northern Europe and the Mediterranean.

The screening of all officially selected short films at DBGYFF 2023 will take place in presence at all DBGYFF participating venues on 13 and 14 OCTOBER 2023 worldwide.

If a participant realizes after filling in the form that he/she has made mistakes, then he/she may ask to resubmit the form with the correct data. In this case, an e-mail should be sent to submissions@dbgyff.com requesting for resubmission.

In this case, you need to reset your password. Simply enter your e-mail address and click on "Forgot Password." A window will appear asking you to enter your e-mail address again. Once done, a new password will be sent to the same e-mail address.

DBGYFF undertakes to notify competitors of the following.

• Immediately after submission, the SUBMITTED notification indicates that the film has been submitted to the festival.
• The ACCEPTEDnotification indicates that the film has been approved for participation in the festival.
• The NOT ACCEPTED notification indicates that the film has not been admitted as it fails to comply with the rules of the festival.
• The SHORT-LISTED notification after the evaluation by the Regional Jury ensures that the film has been entered among the films of the region for regional screening.
• The NOT SHORT-LISTED notification after the evaluation by the Regional Jury indicate that the film has not been selected or short-listed.
• The SELECTED notification confirms that the film has been officially selected for screening in DBGYFF 2023.

For some technical reason or mistake made, if one does not receive notification by e-mail after he/she has delivered the project, then the concerned person should write to submissions@dbgyff.com requesting the status of his/her project.