A&E International Film Festival

ELIGIBILITY:

- Filmmaker(s) must be the owner of the submitted content

- A&E Film Festival accepts films from around the world.

- There is NO "Completed date of production" but if already accepted in 2022, not Eligible (unless you did not supply film, then you can re-submit)

- Must be at least 720 (Preferably1080HD). Films below 720 will be Disqualified.

- We look to Accept Films with: Good Film Quality, Good Audio, Good lighting, Good filmmaking. No social media videos, mystery or reels.

- Web/Digital series can submit up to two episodes - 30minutes Total and separated by their titles onscreen. Or you can submit separately

- No fee waivers as fees are a non-profit organization and rely on grants, donations, etc.

- MAKE YOUR FILM DOWNLOADABLE. If film is not downloadable after accepted into the festival, it may be disqualified without notice.

- You must supply all contact information on your submission

- You must add title, synopsis and other information for your film, series, etc.

- In submitting, You agree to promote your acceptance & festival Laurel AND the festival throughout, including days before the film festival. You also agree to the rules and terms within.

GUIDELINES:
- All foreign films MUST have subtitles unless it is a silent film.

- Student Filmmakers must show a valid student i.d. to receive student discount & Awards (will be asked for i.d. upon acceptance)

- Our judges make a selection based on good: Story, Audio, Lighting, Film quality.

- Sexually Explicit content is NOT eligible, A&E Film Festival will disqualify immediately.

- Submitting to Awards does not mean you've submitted your film into film festival. You'd need to submit to both, which is why we made Awards fee reasonable.

- By submitting you agree that we (A&E) will use parts of the film for promotional reasons for the festival during and after festival for any promotions we or our afilliates exhibit, anywhere

- In Submitting you agree to all the rules, terms and guidelines and all below

- By submitting your film to PHP, A&E Film Festival, you are stating that you are the legal owner of the property and have full rights to submit it into the film festival. It also states that you give us permission to exhibit your film in the festival and in any marketing we do. A&E Film Fest will conduct in person, streaming and online digital exhibits throughout the year. Entries into our festival are also entries for each event, and permission to exhibit your content to one or more of our events, which works as a marketing tool for your content. This also includes entry into our affiliate, Catch Content on Demand www.CatchCOD.net a streaming distributor, who may contact you to partner distribution of your content on their platform via Roku, AmazonTV, AppleTV, iOS & Android. Also, submitting to this festival, you indemnify and hold harmless the People Helping People, Inc. and it's staff, partners and affiliates from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees, and costs of the court), which may be incurred by reason of any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity, screening, and loss of or damage to the screening videos entered.

(do not send original copies of content & COPYRIGHT, please)