Rules & Terms

Entries must be submitted under the following regulations to Universal Movie Awards.
– Films must be in cinematography and directing standards.
– All categories and lengths are accepted.
– You can submit from all the countries as being filmmaker or distributor; there is no restrictions.
– There is no age limitation, anybody can participate.
– Films which undermine the rights of men, women, people and all kinds of living things will be disqualified.
– Submissions in languages other than English must contain English subtitles.
– There is no genre limitation.
– Any situation related to music and copyrights belongs to the sender.
– By submitting, you agree that we can publish your film’s trailers & images and you agree that sharing your data for only promotional purposes. (Just for discounts.)

– All received movies will be screened by a pre-selection committee  in order to participate in the main competition.

– The shipping fees of the award winning films belong to themselves.
– Poster and film frames should be added to the project (for promotion), press materials will not be returned under any circumstances.

– All entries must be watermarked in a way that does not impair viewing during the screening process and should be in these forms in the media-formats mini-DV (PAL), mini-DV HD (PAL), DVD, Blu-ray or soft copy.

– The author has reserved all rights of the video. He/She has the full responsibility in the case of a copyright infringement.

– Submission is free for this first edition.

-The Universal Movie Awards is concerned that filmmakers’ rights should be protected against piracy. Universal Movie Awards is establishing procedures that will guarantee these are up to profession’s best practice.

UNIVERSAL MOVIE AWARDS CATEGORIES

Best Picture

Best Actor Male

Best Actor Female

Best Supporting Actor Male

Best Supporting Actor Female

Best Director

Best Animated Feature

Best Animated Short

Best Screenplay

Best Cinematography

Best Story

Best Documentary Feature

Best Documentary Short

Best Action Short Film

Best Foreign Language Film

Best Nigerian Indigenous Film

Best Cast Director

Best Child Actor Female

Best Child Actor Male

Legend Award of the year

Best Film Edit

Best Sound

Best Production Design

Best Original Score

Best Original Song

Best Makeup

Best Costume

Best Visual Effects

Universal Movie Awards
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17, Modupe Johnson Crescent,
Surulere,Lagos, Nigeria.
Tel: 234 8033036171,+2348183151753
E-mail: submissions@unimaawards.org