Type Your Heart Out ()

Festival start: 02 September 2024      Festival end: 02 September 2024

Type Your Heart Out is an independent film festival located in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Our main goal is to give more opportunities for people to be taken seriously in the industry, and a laurel or certificate could certainly help with that. We don't give those out to just anyone, though. Our team of top-level judges reviews all submitted films and shows in our private screening room, selecting only the best of the best to be honored with a prestigious award or nomination. So, just to be clear, these honors are not lightly dispersed to anyone who participates. Our judges are the ultimate gatekeepers of film excellence, so you can be assured that the productions we select are truly outstanding. We want to celebrate creativity, diversity, and independence in productions. TypeYourHeartOutFF is therefore a quarterly film festival. What sets us apart from most film festivals is that we don't decline low budget productions. We will watch every single production we receive with enthusiasm and pride. We know how much effort goes into the creation of each and every creative project, big or small. So rest assured, we will honor your submission with the utmost respect. We can't wait to watch all of your hard work! Our team is eager to witness the fruit of your creativity in our private cinema.

Go type some magical creations!
Team Type Your Heart Out

After our jury makes the "Official Selection" decision, we will pick the best ones out of all those projects. The filmmaker will receive a notification of that through email. Some of our categories are listed below:

Best Feature Film
Best Short Film
Best Drama
Best Thriller
Best Action
Best Fantasy / Adventure
Best Romance
Best Comedy
Best Horror
Best Erotic Film
Best Sci-Fi
Best Crime/Gangster Film
Best Mystery Film
Best VFX
Best LGBTQ Feature
Best LGBTQ Short
Best Western
Best Musical
​Best Animated Feature
Best Animated Short
Best Documentary
Best Micro Film (up to 1 Min)
Best Music Video (up to 5 Mins)

⭐️ Best Director
⭐️ Best Screenplay
⭐️ Best Leading Actor
⭐️ Best Leading Actress
⭐️ Best Supporting Actor
⭐️ Best Supporting Actress
⭐️ Best Score
⭐️ Best Editing
⭐️ Best Pornographic Film
⭐️ Best Production Design
⭐️ Best Visual Effects
⭐️ Best Cinematography
⭐️ Best Student Film
⭐️ Best Trailer (Up to 3 Mins)
⭐️ Best Concept
⭐️ Best TV Series
⭐️ Best Web Series

All the winning projects will receive a Type Your Heart Out Laurel to put on your poster and a special designed Official Certificate to show everyone proudly what a great winner you are! The winners will be announced through an email. If you have received the news that you won, you will receive your official certificates and laurels as soon as possible! This may take some time, but just know that we're working on it

The filmmaker/creator/company that is submitting the production must own the rights to do so and is responsible for the content they are providing. Furthermore you agree to the following:

-You agree to use parts of your film (including trailer/teaser/film poster) for eventual promotional purpose.

- Entry fees are non-refundable.

- You must own all the rights to the film or have permission to use any songs included in your film.

-You agree to promote our festival on any and all social media pages

Type Your Heart Out International Film Festival does accept the following:

1. Films by passionate filmmakers regardless of sex, race, or country of origin.

2. Films with nudity.

3. Films that push the envelope or think outside the box.

4. Films in other languages if they HAVE english or Dutch subtitles.

5. Erotic and Pornographic Films.

Type Your Heart Out International Film Festival does not accept the following:

1. Extremist or propaganda content from
religious or political organizations.

2. Films that encourage hate, racism, transphobia, homophobia, etc.

3. Political films.

4. Films which are made before 2015.

5. Films with a poor production standard (bad sound, lack of subtitles/captions for non-english films, video resolution less than 720p HD).

6. Films without english subtitles (if in another language).

Rights

By submitting your film to our festival you agree that your piece of work (trailer, stills, poster, etc) "can" be uploaded/embed on our website. The filmmaker/institution that is submitting the film must own the rights to do so and is responsible for the content they are providing. The entry fee and services fee is not refundable and we do not provide any feedback whether your project has been selected or not.

How does it work?

Our team of judges watch every single submission and make a selection based on the best of the fest. Unfortunately we don't share the wins on our website or social media anymore. If you win, we will email the certificates and laurels to the email that's written on the submitted project page. People often think that we award every production, but that is not true! We will watch every single project and only hand out awards if we actually feel the need to.

Disclaimer

By entering your film for consideration for TypeYourHeartOutIFF, you authorize that your work is cleared for festival exhibition and accept full legal responsibility for the intellectual property therein. Entry into the festival constitutes permission to exhibit your work online at TypeYourHeartOutIFF.
TypeYourHeartOutIFF is also hereby granted the right to utilize the e-mails through which the entries were submitted as well as excerpts from any film submitted and accepted for exhibition at the Festival for promotional purposes. The undersigned shall indemnify and hold harmless TypeYourHeartOutIFF from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney’s fees, and costs of the court) which may be incurred by reason of any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity, screening, and loss of or damage to the screening videos entered. By submitting your film via Festhome, you acknowledge that the festival will not pay to present your work.

We reserve the right to omit a particular award if we didn't receive enough entries in that category or if none of the submissions met our high judging standards. If we deem it appropriate, additional categories of awards may be presented. All nominees and winners will have laurels and certificates sent to them through email. No psychical awards in this festival.