Colorado Environmental Film Festival

ELIGIBILITY:
CEFF accepts films from around the world in any genre with themes related to the natural and built environment completed within the last 2 calendar years. While the Festival does not exclude films with prior screenings, World, US, and Colorado Premiere submissions are strongly encouraged.

1. Submission copies must be submitted online through FilmFreeway (no DVDs, Blu-rays, DCPs, thumb drives, or other physical media will be considered). Passwords for private links must not expire before February 2025.
2. All entries selected for our 2025 festival grant Colorado Environmental Film Festival the right to use photographs, film stills, trailers, and film segments up to 3 minutes for non-commercial promotional purposes and for archival material, at no additional cost.
3. If accepted, final screening copies (digital and/or physical) must arrive no later than December 15, 2024, or the entry will not be included in the festival. Filmmakers are responsible for shipping costs to the festival.
4. Non-English entries must be submitted with embedded English subtitles.
5. ​​If available, open captioning for ALL films is encouraged.
6. If accepted, ALL films must submit an English closed caption file in .srt, or .vtt format. If available, Spanish closed caption files are also desired. CEFF offers need-based financial assistance to create captions for accepted films if caption files are not already available (in partnership with VITAC).
7. Entry fees are nonrefundable. CEFF may deny acceptance of any film at its sole discretion.
8. CEFF does not provide screening fees or honorariums for submitted work — or for any film screening as part of the festival’s juried competition.
9. We offer a limited number of submission fee waivers to filmmakers for whom the entry fee presents a barrier to submission. Complete the waiver form here - https://ceff.net/submit/. Please note that Colorado Environmental Film Festival is a non-profit environmental film festival, and we select films that closely match our mission. The availability or number of fee waivers is not guaranteed.
10. Rights and Releases: By submitting your project, you acknowledge that:
*Your film is not subject to any litigation, nor is it threatened by any litigation
*You are duly authorized to have this film be screened at the festival.
*You have secured the rights to any and all music and/or footage used in the film.
*You fully indemnify and hold Colorado Environmental Film Festival and its partners and agents completely harmless from any and all claims whatsoever that may arise as a result of usage of submitted materials and that you will bear the cost of all reasonable legal fees incurred as a result of the defense of any such a claim.
*You grant CEFF a non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free right and license to use, copy, and display the film and any submitted publicity materials (including without limitation, graphics/images, trailers and film segments up to 3 minutes) from the film (collectively the "Content") for the purpose of (i) showing the film one or more times over the course of the Festival, and (ii) promoting CEFF on its website, in marketing and promotional materials, and in its social media, and (iii) helping with outreach activities outside of the Festival; and (iv) for archival purposes. CEFF’s use of your content in this manner does not grant CEFF any ownership of your copyright or intellectual property.