‘The Lift’ also offers the opportunity to participate in a competition, adding a cash prize to the visibility of your film. The competition is for all fans of cinema.

The competition is open to individuals, groups and associations.

Minors who wish to participate must be authorized by a parent or by whoever exercises parental authority.

• The competition has free theme.
• The maximum file size you can send is 128GB, which lasts up to 30 minutes.
• There are no limits or restrictions regarding the shooting format.
• Before the start of the short, it is mandatory to include the following information: title of the film, name of the director and production of the crew/single, genre, and timing.
• Dialogues in a language other than English must be subtitled in English.
• Short films must be sent by the end of the month for the following month, using the form at the bottom of this page. The shorts delivered after the deadline will not be admitted to the competition.
• The accepted formats are: mp4, avi, and mov. Short films that cannot be viewed will not be accepted.
• Minimum resolution, 1920x1080px for videos with 16: 9 aspect ratio and a resolution of at least 640 x 480px for videos with 4: 3 aspect ratio.
• A cover image, size 1280x720px, must be sent with the video.
• Non-original music must MANDATORY be licensed.
• The music used must appear in the credits.

The call for submissions will be communicated to those registered in time.

The short films sent must NOT contain:

• pornographic material.
• racist, xenophobic, misogynistic, misandric instigations.
• defamation of persons and/or organizations.
• violation of privacy (The Lift is not responsible for any violation of privacy).
• violations of the laws in force in America.
• royalty-free material.

The organization reserves the right to disqualify projects that do not comply with the rules listed.