Buried Alive Film Festival

Note following the guidelines, rules, and regulations of our competition and/or not meeting eligibility requirements may be cause for disqualification. Please read carefully.

Criteria: Each film will be judged solely on its own merits.

Certification of Entrant

I, the undersigned, acknowledge and agree:

1 . I have read, understated and fully comply with all submission eligibility information, Submission Guidelines, Terms and Conditions of Entry and Entry Eligibility requirements.

2 . To the best of my knowledge, all of the statements in this document are true;

3 . This film or video is not subject to any litigation nor is threatened by any litigation;

4 . I am duly authorized to submit this film to the festival;

5 . I hold the Film Festival harmless from any damage to the print(s) or tape(s) en route or otherwise during the course of the festival’s possession of the film;

6 . I hold the Film Festival, its owners, management, juries, subsidiaries, agents, sponsors, affiliates, and etc. harmless from any and all claims of liability resulting from my entry.

7 . I certify that I have full rights to the use of the music in the entered work.

8 . I give permission for the Film Festival to use stills, titles, copy, posters, trailers, and/or information from the film for ALL promotional purposes including news and podcasting media.

9 . I give permission for the Film Festival to screen the film at the Festival as well as any Festival presentations, programs, and/or events.

I M P O R T A N T !
-- We prefer DCPs of your film. If you are selected we will reach out to collect a DCP of your film first before asking for permission to download your film from FilmFreeway.

-- We prefer DCPs of your film. If you are selected we will reach out to collect a DCP of your film first, before asking for permission to download your film from FilmFreeway.

-- I understand that all films are thoroughly tested, and I cannot request a screener to preview or test my film in the theater.

-- Please do not include color bars or countdown leaders or any other video within your print besides the final exhibition copy of the film to be screened.

-- Please send the dimensions as is (no black bars, only image). **Subtitles for non-English films must be burned in.

We recommend that you send your film as one of the following formats:

OPTION 1:
Digital Cinema Package (HIGHLY Preferred)
Please email to the address trafficcoordinator@buriedalivefilmfest.com

OPTION 2:
Digital File

Please convert your file to the following format:
Video/Data Settings:
Compression type H.264
Frame rate 23.97, 29.97fps, 24fps (preferred), 25fps, 30fps are acceptable
Key frames AUTO
Quality BEST (in Adobe Premiere, Render at maximum depth)
Data-rate RESTRICT TO 50mbps (in Adobe Premiere, VBR 2Pass)
Dimensions CURRENT **
Sound Settings
Format: LINEAR PCM or AAC
Channels STEREO (L,R)
Sample Rate 48K
Quality BEST 320kbps

Send all prints to: trafficcoordinator@buriedalivefilmfest.com
We’re thrilled to have you at the Buried Alive Film Festival!