Individuals and groups (“Applicant”) submitting short films to F-O-R-M for consideration and possible showing must possess all necessary rights and permissions for all video and audio tracks submitted to F-O-R-M. F-O-R-M is not responsible for clearing, publishing, performance or other rights for the short films it screens or promotes on its site or at the festival.
Those lead artists younger than 18 years old, before submission deadlines must send a letter to F-O-R-M written by your legal guardian (e.g., parents) including contact information, which enables you to apply to the festival. Due to legal restrictions we cannot accept applications by people younger than 18 years old without consent from their legal representatives.
All successful applicants grant F-O-R-M the non-exclusive rights to reproduce the video in whole or in part and to showcase the short film for the purposes of the festival or its promotion (until December 31, 2025).
F-O-R-M retains the right to alter, shorten or cancel the festival, and will not be held liable for compensation in any of these situations. F-O-R-M agrees that upon the event of cancelling the festival, all rights related to the selected submission will revert to the Applicant and where relevant, the Applicant's associates.
All applicants, by submitting to F-O-R-M, hereby allow F-O-R-M to preview the short film. By agreeing to these rules and regulations all applicants pledge that they hold the rights to this film and have the right to distribute this material to F-O-R-M. All applicants understand that once submitted, their entry cannot be withdrawn. They understand that F-O-R-M, although they take every precaution, cannot be held responsible for loss or damage of submission materials. If accepted, F-O-R-M reserves the right to keep all short films filed for F-O-R-M educational and archival purposes. If accepted lead artists expressly grant F-O-R-M the royalty-free, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to exhibit their short film or video and to use, reproduce, publish, translate, and exhibit any and all publicity materials related to the film, including but not limited to stills, press releases, bios, and trailers, in whole or in part, without limitation to territory, and/or to include said publicity materials with other works in any form, media, or technology. F-O-R-M agrees not to claim these rights in relation to submissions that are not selected for showing.
All applicants agree to not hold F-O-R-M, its management, employees and volunteers, as well as any of its funders, sponsors and affiliated entities, harmless from any damages or losses relating to any materials applicants may submit.
Successful Applicants may not have another public screening of their short film in Metro Vancouver between June 2021 and F-O-R-M, without expressed permission from the Artistic Director of F-O-R-M.
Successful applicants will be required to submit a high quality, screen-ready, digital version to F-O-R-M (i.e., the short film must be at least 1080 pixels high, and in MPEG, MOV, AVI, or MP4 format). Failure to submit a video meeting the minimum technical quality requirements by July 5th 2021 may result in elimination from the F-O-R-M.
No refunds will be issued once payment is made.
Last updated January 5th, 2021
