ELIGIBILITY
FILMGATE INTERACTIVE invites fiction and non fiction interactive and immersive story producers to submit their latest projects for consideration.
Projects MUST BE interactive or immersive or be told across multiple platforms. Non exclusive examples of such stories are: web projects, mobile apps, games, multi-media installations and multi-platform works.
To be eligible for consideration:
Entrants must comply with submission deadlines, entry material and other requirements.
Non-English language works must have English subtitles at the time submitted. Dialogue lists will not be accepted in lieu of subtitles.
Works of all lengths are eligible.
In addition to completing all required fields in the online submission form, you must provide an estimated budget to set up and present your work at Filmgate Interactive, as well as all technical riders, space, and other requirements. Please account of rehearsal dates and set up times in your budget.
Any work submitted as a “work-in-progress” must be completed prior to its screening at Filmgate Interactive 2016. "Work-in-progress" can also be eligible for our Pink Kraken Lab and the Pink Kraken Last Tentacle Award.
SUBMISSION MATERIALS
All submissions must include the following:
An online official Filmgate Interactive “Entry Form” properly completed (available at http://film-gate.org/submissions)
We prefer online submissions, let's be good to the environment. If you must submit hard copies, please submit 2 DVDs, thumb drive or Blu Ray Discs to Filmgate Interactive, 90 NW 29th Street, Miami, FL 33127. The DVDs should be formatted for multi-zone or for Zone 1 (North America) and labeled with the work’s title, running time, format (PAL or NTSC), and your name.
The submissions may be a video walkthrough of the app, game or story experience.
Filmgate Interactive reserves the right to disqualify any submission which does not arrive at Filmgate Interactive’s shipping destination by the established deadlines. You will receive a confirmation from Filmgate Interactive that we have received your submission. You can email us at info@film-gate.org, if you have not received a confirmation of your submission to Filmgate Interactive.
Submission materials will not be returned and will be destroyed or discarded by Filmgate Interactive
If you are submitting more than one work, each submission must be delivered on separately and accompanied by its own completed online form. Please do not send any compilation DVD, CD-R, or thumb drive composed of works for separate submissions; they will be deemed ineligible.
SELECTION OF WORKS
Selected works will be notified by email via the information provided with the submission.
IF YOUR WORK IS SELECTED
If your work is selected, you must fulfill the following requirements by the date(s) designated by Filmgate Interactive.
You must execute a release agreement provided by Filmgate Interactive wherein you (i) accept responsibility for obtaining any and all clearances necessary to exhibit your work at Filmgate Interactive; (ii) warrant that you have the rights necessary to exhibit your work at Filmgate Interactive; and (iii) indemnify and hold harmless Filmgate Interactive, its parent company, its affiliates, and subsidiaries and any of their respective directors, officers, employees, and representatives against any claim arising out of exhibition of your work at Filmgate Interactive.
You must deliver to the address(es) designated by Filmgate Interactive all materials and other relevant information for your work to be appropriately displayed during Filmgate Interactive. Final format/media/spec requirements for any given work may be different from and in addition to the formats delivered during the submission process.
Please note that if the actual costs and required technical/space requirements to set up and exhibit your work are in excess of the estimates you provide with your submission form, Filmgate Interactive reserves the right to decline to exhibit your work at the Filmgate Interactive.
You must provide all press and publicity assets as specified in our “Materials Checklist”, provided Filmgate Interactive.
AWARDS
All selected works that are exhibited as part of the Filmgate Interactive are eligible for any award(s) that may be given in connection with the Filmgate Interactive (awards are not guaranteed and are determined in Fimgate Interactive's discretion).
SHIPPING ADDRESS
All submissions must be sent (applicable customs fees MUST be prepaid) to:
Filmgate Interactive
90 NW 29th Street
Miami, FL
33127
