Verification status
Approved festivals may display “Verified Festival on FestOrbit.” Verification means the evidence supplied met the published review requirements at the time of review; it does not guarantee artistic quality, selection outcomes or future performance.
Public and professional sources
FestOrbit may review information submitted by organizers and information available from publicly accessible professional, festival, marketplace, official-website and related professional-profile sources. FestOrbit does not intentionally bypass authentication, paywalls, private-account restrictions, access controls or technical restrictions intended to prevent public access. See the Data Sources, Rights & Security Policy.
Directory-sourced profiles
Some FestOrbit festival information is assembled from publicly accessible professional sources and may not have been created by the festival subject. FestOrbit does not display ownership state on the public profile. Organizers may privately confirm ownership, request a correction, seek a privacy restriction or request removal.
New festivals
A first-edition festival may be approved as a new organizer after identity, website, dates, team, venue or online process, rules, refund policy and operational plan are reviewed. It cannot claim a verified previous edition.
Physical festivals
Evidence may include venue confirmation, event programme, dated photos or video, published results, jury information and proof of promised awards or benefits.
Online screening festivals
Evidence may include streaming platform details, screening dates, access method, recordings or screenshots, filmmaker permissions, published results and proof of promised awards or benefits.
Online judging and awards festivals
Evidence may include jury and score records, public selections and winners, filmmaker notifications, certificates, laurels, trophies or prizes, and complaint or refund resolution. A public screening is not required unless advertised.
Provenance and rights requests
FestOrbit may retain limited non-public source or provenance records for verification, audit, disputes, fraud prevention and rights handling. Copyright, trademark and privacy requests should be sent to the contact details published on FestOrbit legal pages.
Review timing
FestOrbit will approve, reject or request missing information within seven business days after a complete submission. If additional information is requested, a new review period begins when the missing information is received.
Ongoing monitoring
Verification can be suspended or withdrawn after credible complaints, false evidence, misleading promises, payment issues, non-delivery, copied identities or policy breaches. Aggregate suspension counts may be published without unnecessary personal data.