Champs-Élysées Film Festival

Rules & Regulations

ELIGIBILITY
To be eligible to Champs-Élysées Film Festival’s competitions, the films must comply with the following requirements:

- For FRENCH feature, middle length and short films:
. French produced or in case of co-production, a French-majority co-production.
. The film must have been completed not more than 18 months before the festival.
. English subtitles have to be delivered in case of official selection.
o Feature films :
> Length must be over to 60 minutes
> Must not have been broadcast online or released on DVD/VOD in France.
> Must be a Parisian premiere (Île-de-France premiere) - except A list festivals
reruns
o Short films:
> Length must not exceed 25 minutes
> Must not have been broadcast online or released on DVD/VOD in France.
> Must be a Parisian premiere (Île-de-France premiere) - except A list festivals reruns
o Middle Length films:
> Length must be over 25 minutes and not exceed 60 minutes
> Must be a Parisian premiere (Île-de-France premiere) - except A list festivals reruns

- For AMERICAN feature and short films:
. USA produced or in case of co-production, a USA-majority co-production.
. The film must have been completed not more than 18 months before the festival.
. Must not have been broadcast online or released on DVD/VOD in France.
o Feature films:
> Length must be over to 60 minutes
> Must be a French premiere
o Short films:
> Length must not exceed 25 minutes
> Must be a Parisian premiere (Île-de-France premiere)

FILM SUBMISSION
Submission is subject to the payment of a fee: 49 euros for feature films, 25€ for middle lenght films and 19 euros for short films. If you want to register several films, you’ll have to pay fees for each film registered.
All applications must be submitted through our FilmFreeway Platform.
Films made for advertising, didactic or scientific purposes will not be admitted.
Films selected for the official competition must not – in any way – be available online from its selection to the end of the festival. The festival retains the right to disqualify an entry, if these submission guidelines are not met.

SELECTION & COMMITMENT
The selection committee will announce the official selection of the 12th edition of Champs-Elysées Film Festival by email, on the week of May 8th 2023. The selected film’s cast, crew and production must keep the information secret until the official announcement date that will be communicated shortly. The list of each competition will be revealed on the festival’s website and social networks right after the official publication by the press release.
If your film is selected, the material requirements, as it is written on the registration form, must be respected. Production or sales agent must provide an unencrypted DCP for the festival screenings and a H264 file.

SCREENING MATERIAL
All the information concerning the material shipping and delivery will be communicated later on to the representatives of the selected films. A Technical Data Form will be filled by the production, filmmakers or sales agents and send by email to the festival programming team.
Champs-Elysées Film Festival covers the storage and the insurance costs for the screening material of the selected films during the festival, in Paris. In case of loss or damage of a material during the festival, the festival’s responsibility may only be engaged to the extent of the value indicated by the rights owners on the Technical Data Form. The festival is not responsible of material’s loss or damage during its shipping in and out of the festival.

TELEVISION BROADCASTING, INTERNET AND THEATERS.
If your film is selected, you will be asked to share a 3 minutes excerpt of your film with the festival. The excerpts will be provided to the festival as a courtesy from the right owners and used for promotional purposes only (actual or future editions promotion, tv or web programs, festival official trailer).

PUBLICATION AUTHORIZATION
By submitting a film, you allow the Festival to use any information and pictures gathered during the registration and publish them on all relevant media such as but not limited to its website or in press releases/magazines. These pictures must be royalty-free and if necessary, the copyright will be needed.

UNFORESEEN CASES AND DISAGREEMENTS
Once a film has been selected, it cannot be withdrawn from the festival program after the official announcement of our lineup as we would not be able to recover costs incurred. If appropriate, the Festival may be untitled to use Justice to claim any compensation needed.

The acceptance of an official invitation from the Festival implies the agreement of the present document. The Association of the Festival can cancel a submission and take any other measures necessary if the regulations and forms aren’t respected, or if any attitude goes against the running of the event.
For unforeseen cases, the final decision will be taken by the Festival’s board. The French version of this regulation shall prevail.
For any inquiries, do not hesitate to contact the programming team at programmation@cefilmfestival.com