Creative work · SINGAPORE
Singapore filmmakers: check premiere conditions before making the full film public
Compare a proposed release with the actual festival rule before distributing the finished work.
By Boardzip · Published · Updated
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Start with these checks
- A film-distribution or festival-process discussion
- Opportunity to ask about a specific release plan
- An official festival route to clarify uncertain screening or online-access cases
The problem
Your Singapore film team wants to put the full film online after a local discussion, while also planning festival submissions that may require an unbroken premiere status.
Describe the proposed release before naming its status
Record whether you plan to show the whole film or an excerpt, online or at a venue, and who can access it. Keep any already completed screenings and public uploads in the same record. A team member’s informal description of a link as private does not establish the relevant festival’s interpretation. The facts of the release must be clear before a status label is useful.
Use the actual festival’s condition
SGIFF’s closed call and its dated guidelines require at least a Singapore premiere and specify restrictions on earlier public Singapore screenings, television broadcast and Internet availability. They illustrate why a full-film upload can affect the plan. They are not a new open call or the rules for every later edition. Read the current intended festival’s complete conditions before relying on eligibility.
- SGIFF: closed film-entry call ↗ · Source checked
- SGIFF: dated film-entry guidelines and premiere conditions ↗ · Source checked
Ask about the particular access arrangement
If your planned review link, screening or excerpt is not clearly addressed, give the festival the actual arrangement and ask before committing. Do not assume that renaming a full-film upload a teaser changes what was distributed. Likewise, this guide does not decide whether every short clip violates a condition. The organiser must clarify its own rule for the described case.
Agree one release plan with the collaborators
Put the confirmed release decision where the team can find it and identify who is authorised to publish or supply the files. Review changes before another person uploads the complete work. Search Boardzip for Singapore festival and distribution conversations, then confirm whose process the session addresses. An industry talk can help frame the question; it does not reserve selection or waive the actual festival condition.
Questions and answers
Does a password automatically preserve premiere eligibility?
A protected evaluation link is described in the cited guidelines, but that does not settle every access arrangement. Read the intended festival’s rule and ask about your specific planned use.
Can I remove a public upload and say the film was never available?
Describe the history accurately. Removal does not establish that a festival will disregard the earlier release. Ask its official contact before making a claim about premiere status.
Sources and further reading
These references provide the guide’s source context and further reading. They do not confirm a current event, admission or an available place; check each listing’s organiser terms for those conditions.
- SGIFF: closed film-entry call ↗Source checked
- SGIFF: dated film-entry guidelines and premiere conditions ↗Source checked
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