CONTENT Film Festival and Media Summit

FILM AND SCREENPLAY COMPETITION RULES

A. FILMS: Accepting submissions for Features, Shorts, Television, Ministry, Web, Documentary, Justice and Biblical and Individual Recognition Awards like:
Storytelling, Cinematography, Young Filmmaker, etc.
(for a list of all the categories, see the christianmediaconference.com website)

B. SCREENPLAYS: Accepting submissions for Features, Shorts, Television

C. SUBMISSIONS FOR BOTH FILM AND SCREENPLAYS:
*** Only 3 submissions PER CATEGORY allowed.
*** Only 6 submissions TOTAL allowed.
*** A representative must be present

D. VERY IMPORTANT:
You or a rep must be present with a CONTENT full registration or day pass for your project to be eligible for awards.
Note: A rep can be a cast member, friend or associate.
Why is this? The CONTENT Awards Show is a dressy ceremony of excellence, designed to give exposure to the winners. The awards show is broadcast on Nationwide Television. Therefore, for excellence, we require someone to be present if your project is selected as a winner.

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DETAILED SUBMISSION RULES

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1. SUBJECT MATTER: Submissions must be of Christian Faith and/or Family and/or Biblical and/or Educational Content and/or Clean Comedy. Prohibited content includes pornography, nudity, sexually explicit scenes, heavy offensive language, using the Lord's name in vain, strong gore and horror.

2. AUTHORITY TO SUBMIT: All submissions must be handled by an individual who has the authority (ownership/copyright/permission) to do so.

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AGE OF PROJECT:

3. AGE OF FILM PROJECT:
a. All film entries must have been newly completed within the last 3.5 years (October 2022 to May 2026) to qualify to be judged.
b. All films older than 3.5 years are disqualified, including films that have been edited from an original project older than 3.5 years.
c. Note: when it was released, whether via community, pre-screened, red carpet and/or commercially, has no bearing on submission. Qualification is based on the date the original project was completed.

3.1 AGE OF SCRIPT PROJECT:
All script entries must have been written/completed within the last 3.5 years (October 2022 to May 2026). All scripts older than 3.5 years are disqualified.

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4. ATTENDANCE AT CONTENT:
a. SCRIPT-WRITING COMPETITION: If your submission is nominated for an award, you or a representative from your org must attend (full registration or day pass).
** Note: A representative can be you, your agent, a family member, friend, associate, a speaker at the conference, etc.

b. FILM AWARDS COMPETITION: If your submission is nominated for an award or to be screened, a representative must attend (full registration or day pass). If no one attends, it may be removed from the schedule and forfeit any Awards.
** Note: A representative can be a cast member, your agent, family member, friend, associate, a speaker at the conference, etc.

5. FILM SCREENINGS: If your film submission is nominated (Features or Shorts), it will be screened in part, not whole, for the attendees to view. (For example, let's say 3 features are nominated, thus the first 20 minutes of each nominated feature is screened).
For a nominated film to be screened at CONTENT, and to be considered for an award if nominated, there must be a team member with a full registration of day pass in attendance.

6. RIGHT OF REFUSAL: CONTENT has the right of declining any submission that they deem is not appropriate or for any reason. Submitter agrees to accept the decisions made by the judges gracefully and to not slander or belittle the Conference or other entries.

7. RIGHT TO PRESENT:
By entering a film submission, the Filmmaker agrees:
A. to allow the content to be screened at CONTENT
B. to allow short portions of the Film to be used by the CONTENT Conference for promotional purposes and the awards show
C. to allow short portions played at the CONTENT Awards Show.
D. to allow those short portions played at the CONTENT awards show to be also included if CONTENT awards show is broadcast nationwide on tv, ott, network or internet or social media. This is regarding the CONTENT awards show only and only if the CONTENT awards show decides to use a short 5 to 10 sec clip to play at the awards show for winners only.

8. FILM SUBTITLES: Submissions that contain significant non-English dialogue must include English subtitles.

9. MATURE AUDIENCE IDENTIFICATION: If your submission contains content that is not suitable for younger viewers, the Filmmaker or Screenwriter must identify this in their submission form.

10. REFUNDS: CONTENT does not give refunds for submissions or registrations. As the funds are received, they are allocated for expenses for the conference. Registrations are non-refundable but may be transferred to the virtual format or another attendee.

11. JUDGES: Judges retain the right to increase or decrease the number of awards given and/or move a film to a category that it best fits.

12. ACCEPTANCE: Submitter agrees to accept the decisions made by the judges gracefully and to not slander or belittle the conference or other entries.

If you have questions regarding submissions, please reach out to
christianmediaconference.com

We are excited to have you join Content.
May the LORD bless you and give you FAVOR!
"Always pray and never give up" Luke 18:1