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Uploading Video Assets

In this article: File Requirements and Formats The Video Upload Process Video Upload Methods Captions and Subtitles The Viewer Experience Key Terms closed captions Closed captions (and subtitles) are separate files containing your captions/subtitles. ingest Ingest is the process of preparing your original file so that it can be streamed online. open...

Last updated: June 16th, 2025

Uploading Audio Assets

Projects such as podcasts and original scores are naturally audio in nature. Because festival programming is visual in nature, our approach is to take these audio files and turn them into videos. This article describes the process for uploading audio content and what we do with that content once we receive it. Support for audio formats is currently ...

Last updated: October 28th, 2022

Uploading Scripts, Pitches, and Other Documents

There's not much of a how-to for uploading a script or pitch slide deck: simply upload a PDF version of your script or pitch (or whatever category is asking for a document-based screener). We accept only PDF documents. The more critical information is: what do we do with those documents? Like any selection in the festival, you will have a selection ...

Last updated: October 28th, 2022

DCP Requests

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Last updated: October 14th, 2023

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