NUFF is an independent Nordic & International short film competition for films made by young filmmakers 26 years and younger.


NUFF is also an international film workshop for talents between 15 and 26 years old

  1. NUFF Film Workshop

The workshops at NUFF are based on the method "Making a film from the idea to the finished film in one week".

The participants will be divided in groups with maximum 5 participants. Each group will have a professional filmmaker working in the film-industry as mentor (check former mentors here...).

The participant has to cover their traveling expenses. The festival covers the accommodation and food for the entire period of the festival. The participants will be accommodated at a local hotel, where they will share room. 

The workshop will start on the first Friday and last until the next Friday. The finished results will be screened on the last Friday in Tromsø.

The rights of the workshop films are owned by NUFF. The films will be published online.

Rights of action: The submitter of both competitions has no rights of action after submitting the form.

Website:

NUFF keeps its website updated but cannot guarantee that the information is at all time exact or correct.
NUFF tries to keep its website clean of virus and other noxious elements.
Eventual problems by using the website are only the visitors concern

2. Film Competition

All submissions must be submitted through FilmFreeway or Festhome between march 1st and june 1st.

The following criteria apply to all submissions to the festival:

1. All entries must have been completed or released no more than 2 years before the end of the submission period.
2. You must own the rights for the distribution and use of the work (visuals and audio) and ensure that no copyrights or third-party rights are infringed. If you are not the copyright holder, you must be authorised to approve exhibition of the work on behalf of the copyright owner. 
3. You hereby give NUFF non-exclusive, royalty-free rights to screen your work at the festival and to advertise that fact on our website and in publicity materials. Each content provider will remain the copyright holder of the provided media. Each production will be properly credited during screening at NUFF.
4. You are welcome to submit more than one film for consideration.
5. If your film is shortlisted for the NUFF screening reel, we would also request permission to show your film at further NUFF screening nights planned to take place at a later date. We will never pass on your work to any third-party, or allow it to be viewed outside of these NUFF events without your explicit consent.
6. NUFF requests permission to keep an archive copy of your your work. As per clause 5 above, we will never pass on your work on to any third-party, or allow it to be viewed outside of NUFF events without your explicit consent. 
7. NUFF is not responsible for any late or missing materials pertaining to the festival.
8. The submitted works must meet the minimum technical specifications for data formats outlined below.
9. By submitting work(s) to NUFF and signing the Entry Form, you agree to the above Terms and Conditions.
10. The submission deadline for all final works is 1st June 2023.

11. If your film is selected for the Official Competition, you will be notified through FilmFreeway and by e-mail.

About the NUFF Film Competition

Selected films will be shown at the next NUFF festival.

Only films that have been cleared of rights (including musical rights) will be accepted.

The filmmaker (director) must be between 13 and 26 years old.

All entries for the film competition must have English subtitles.

Nordic competition: Only films from the following countries are defined as Nordic: Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Denmark, Norway, Finland & Sweden. The director must be living in one of these countries, or the production must have taken place there.

International competition: Films from the rest of the world. The director must be living in a non-Nordic country, or the production must have taken place there.

The NUFF team has appointed two selection juries, for the Nordic and the International competition. They will choose the best film independently.

Awards: 

Nordic: Best Nordic youth film (prize money 10 000,- NOK)
International: Best International film
Audience award

Awards and Prizes will be announced at the conclusion of the NUFF Festival.

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) FOR NUFF

This privacy statement is about how NUFF collects and uses personal information. NUFF is committed to protecting personal information and we put great emphasis on protecting your privacy. NUFF collects personal information for registration for workshops, seminars, film competitions and sending information about our offers. 

What is personal information?
Personal information is any information related to an identified or identifiable natural person; An identifiable physical person is a person that can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as name, social security number, location information, electronic identifier or one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental , economic, cultural or social identity of the physical person.

NUFF's purpose:
NUFF is an annual short film festival for young film makers up to 26 years old from the Nordic countries & the world.
NUFF has been a major international platform for youth film and a meeting place for many young film makers since 2003.
Based at the youth culture house Tvibit in Tromsø, Northern Norway, NUFF has already a long success story. Started by the wish to support young local filmmakers and to get an idea how our neighbors are making movies and telling stories, NUFF discovered the world of Youth Cinema and all of the exciting potential that came with it.

What information we register and what we use the information for?

Your information is stored in our systems through self-registration. That means, you must register your information with us through our forms to be registered so that we can contact you.

  • When registering and submitting your film to the NUFF film competitions we register the name, email, date of birth, telephone number and relevant information to your film.

  • When registering for a workshop, we register the name, email, date of birth and telephone number. This in order to get in touch with you through changes, information about upcoming courses, course material, and adaptation of courses to the age group.

  • When issuing an invoice, we also need to collect social security number.

  • We sometimes ask to photograph and / or film participants

What information do we treat after obtaining consent?
Name, phone number, email address, social security number and birth year. Photo and video are obtained after specific consent.

Changes:
The updated privacy statement will always be available at the following link: www.nuff.no/privacy

Sharing:
NUFF does not share the information you have registered with our data servers with anyone outside the organization without specifically permitting it to publish photos/videos on our websites and in social media or other display by agreement.

Information and deletion of information:
If you want to see what is registered about you and/or delete the information, contact us at hermann.josef.greuel@tromso.kommune.no