Setting up your Film Festival

The Film Festival module adds a full festival management layer inside your Events module. It must be enabled in Settings → Modules (requires the Events module to be active first).

Festival configuration is in Events → Settings → Film Festival:

Basic info:
• Festival name, edition (e.g. "2nd Annual"), dates, and tagline
• These appear on your public festival guide and submission portal

Submission settings:
• Toggle submissions open/closed
• Add multiple submission deadlines with labels and fees — e.g. "Early Bird" ($25, due March 1), "Regular" ($50, due April 15), "Late" ($75, due May 1)
• Define submission categories: Feature Film, Short Film, Documentary, Animation, etc.

Award categories:
• Create jury and audience award categories (e.g. "Best Feature — Jury Prize", "Audience Favorite")
• Jury awards are decided by your team; audience awards are tallied from votes cast in the Voting tab

Pass types:
• Configure festival pass tiers with names, prices, perks, and capacity limits
• Passes are sold through the Events → Passes tab via Stripe

Once configured, the Events module shows Film Festival tabs: Films, Submissions, Passes, and Voting.