How to Submit Your Film to Grid TV

Grid TV accepts submissions from independent filmmakers, producers, directors, musicians, podcasters and digital creators. This is what the process actually looks like, start to finish, so you can decide whether it is worth your time before you upload anything.

1. Get your files ready

Before you open the submission form, have the finished cut exported and a poster image ready. A clean export of the final cut matters more than resolution: an honest 1080p master beats an upscaled 4K file with baked-in compression artifacts.

• The film itself, as a single video file (MP4 with H.264 video and AAC audio is the safest bet).
• A poster or cover image in portrait orientation.
• A written synopsis in your own words — this becomes the page description viewers and search engines read.
• Credits you can stand behind: director, main cast, production company, release year and runtime.
• Confirmation that you hold, or are licensed for, every right needed to distribute the film — including music.

2. Submit through the form

Submissions go through the Grid TV filmmaker form. You will need a free Grid TV account so your submission is attached to you and so you can check its status later. Nothing goes live at the moment you upload.

3. Review

A person on the Grid TV team watches what you sent and checks the rights information. The two things that most often stop a submission are unclear music rights and missing credits — both are fixable, and both are worth sorting out before you submit rather than after.

4. If your film is selected

Selected creators are contacted about distribution and licensing, and the film is then prepared for the catalog with its own public page: synopsis, credits, poster and related titles.

Submitting does not guarantee acceptance or distribution. Grid TV declines work regularly, usually for rights reasons rather than quality ones, and a decline is not a verdict on the film.

The most common mistake

Licensed music. A short film scored with a commercial track cannot be distributed on a streaming platform without a sync license, no matter how good the film is. If you are still in post, this is the single highest-leverage thing to fix: commission a score, or license from a library that grants streaming rights in writing.