Fisheye Film Festival

PLEASE READ THE FULL TERMS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR FILM.

The Fisheye Film Festival shall be referred to as “the Festival" or “FFF”; and
the Fisheye Film Festival 2025 shall be referred to as "FFF2025.”

ELIGIBILITY
To be eligible for consideration, you must fully comply with these Entry terms and conditions, including all deadlines, film length, entry material and other requirements.

• Films must have been completed NO EARLIER THAN 1 JANUARY 2024 
• No films shall be longer than the stipulated runtime for the category entered. 
• All submitted films must be COMPLETE. We do not accept Work-In-Progress submissions.
• NO Premiere Status is required, but it will be taken into consideration.
• Films must not have been available to general public prior to festival i.e. YouTube/Vimeo (other festival screenings are permitted!) 
• Films must not have distribution deals or VOD placement prior to festival unless release falls after festival dates 
• Films must be sent via FilmFreeway with a secure screening link and must be downloadable.
• Films not in English must be submitted with English subtitles.
• Films submitted to the 'SHOW OFF YOUR SHORTS!' and the LOCAL SHORT FILM category are REQUIRED to have a filmmaker in attendance on the screening dates, no exceptions! These categories are specifically for filmmakers who want to come and talk about their films.
• Filmmakers submitting to the Under 22 category must have been under the age of 22 at the date of completion listed for your film. 

ENTRY

• Please select only ONE SUBMISSION CATEGORY per project.
• Filmmakers may submit more than 1 film, but a separate submission fee must be paid for each film 
• Entry fees are per film and are non-refundable.
• GOLD members attract a discount to the fees per the tab on the right hand side.
• We discourage requests for submission fee waivers, instead keeping our entry fees relatively low. We currently rely on submission fees to cover the expenses of the festival, which is staffed entirely by volunteers.
• The Festival reserves the right to disqualify a submission, without refund of any kind, if eligibility requirements are not met including if eligibility status changes post-submission.
• All submitting filmmakers will be notified of any regulation or date changes that affect them. Any changes to regulations after a submitter has already submitted will not apply to them.
• Your digital signature on the entry form authorises us to use, without limitation, excerpts from your film for marketing purposes on television, in advertising, promotional items and/or news and other programs now and in perpetuity.
• Make sure to update the Festival with new contact information or any other festival invitations prior to the FFF2025 at info@fisheyefilmfest.uk.

FESTIVAL SECTIONS / SERIES / PROGRAMMES

• Films invited to participate in the FFF 2025 will be shown in the section, series or programme determined most appropriate by Festival programmers, at their sole discretion.
• The Festival reserves the right to make any necessary changes in festival scheduling.

INVITED WORKS/SELECTED FILMS

• If your film is selected for screening at the festival, you will be asked to immediately forward: stills, a poster image, and an online trailer, as well as a screening copy, certain key cast & crew info and other materials/information as requested. In addition, we will ask the lead filmmaker to submit a personal profile for our programme and collaborate in the marketing of their film's screening at the festival.
• All films to be made available in a screening format as specified by venue if selected 
(i.e. BluRay, DCP, DVD, MP4).
• We do not pay screening fees under any circumstances and we’re unable to pay any filmmaker borne costs for attendance (travel or accommodation).
• Unless otherwise agreed by the Festival in writing, awards will be given to any attending cast/crew members on behalf of their films!

TERMS

By submitting to the Fisheye Film Festival through FilmFreeway, you are stating that you are the owner of your entry and it is your original work.

Entrants are responsible for obtaining any necessary licenses, royalties, release forms, clearances, permits necessary to present their work. The Festival is not responsible for any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits, or royalty infringement related to the work.

While we understand that you retain all rights to ownership of the work, you hereby give the Festival permission to feature, advertise, display, in whole or in part, the work titled and described herein, for festival purposes including promotion in future years.

You also understand that your entry is valid only upon completion of the following conditions: (1) receipt of a copy of the work, (2) the processing of the entry fee by the festival organization, and (3) when the work is found to be original and owned by you or those you represent and eligible for the category submitted to.

It is your sole responsibility to ensure that your online entry form is properly submitted. You may email the Festival at info@fisheyefilmfest.uk to confirm submission.

It is also your responsibility to ensure the streaming link is functional and the link and password submitted are accurate. In the unlikely event of a password change or link change you must email the Festival immediately with that change so we may update your record. If the Festival is not notified of the change and the link is found to be inactive or the password to be incorrect the Festival will send an email to the submitter’s address on file to follow up. If a response with the correct information is not received within forty-eight (48) hours, the submission may be deemed ineligible. The password protected link must be active at least through to May 1st, 2025, and all entries MUST be received by the Festival no later than the applicable deadlines referenced above.

The Festival reserves the right to disqualify any submission, without refund of any kind, if it is not completed in accordance with these Entry Rules and Regulations.

Each work is judged solely on its own merits.

Whilst not imperative (except for Show Off Your Shorts! and Local film screenings), all filmmakers chosen to screen in the Festival are politely requested to attend themselves in person or online where possible. We believe film festivals are as much about meeting your audience and fellow filmmakers as they are about screening your work. We will organise opportunities for filmmakers to meet at online and in person events (Q&A’s).

Selected entries will be notified on or around 3rd February 2025.
Festival programmers select and invite all films to be presented at the FFF2025, with Premiere status considered. Invited filmmakers will be notified by email or phone via the information provided. 

IF YOUR WORK IS SELECTED
If your work is selected, you agree in advance (via your submission) that:
(i) You accept responsibility for obtaining any and all clearances necessary to exhibit your film at FFF 2025; 
(ii) You warrant that you have the rights necessary to exhibit your film at FFF 2025; 
(iii) You indemnify and hold harmless Fisheye Film festival, its affiliates, and subsidiaries and any of their respective directors, officers, employees, and representatives against any claim arising out of exhibition of your film at FFF 2025. 
(iv) You will not withdraw your film from the festival under any circumstances. FFF2025 will screen your film if it is selected!

You must provide all press and publicity material as requested upon selection.

The required exhibition formats and delivery date deadlines will be confirmed by the Festival after invitations have been extended and confirmed. Please check in with the Festival staff before creating your Festival exhibition copy or copies to ensure the format and technical specifications are correct. DCP for features may be required for cinema screening; this will be confirmed at a later stage.

At your own expense, if requested, you must deliver to the address designated by the Festival;

(i) one (1) exhibition copy (e.g. physical DCP, MP4, Blu Ray or DVD, technical specifications must be confirmed by the Festival in advance) of the invited work; and 
(ii) additional exhibition copies, if requested by the Festival (to allow for multiple screenings at more than one venue / juror screenings). We recommend you ship all exhibition copies via courier in order to permit the tracking of your film once it leaves your hands.

Also, if requested, you must provide at least one (1) DVD copy or downloadable link of the final, completed film for Festival archives and internal purposes. Any physical materials received by the Festival will not be returned unless paid for by the filmmakers. Fisheye Film Festival is not liable for any damage or loss suffered during shipping, previewing, or screening.

Legal:

I, an authorised representative of the project being submitted (the "Film"), acknowledge and agree as follows in connection with the Film's submittal for consideration for the Fisheye Film Festival (the “Festival”): I am duly authorised, on my own behalf and on behalf of all other persons or entities who have any ownership rights or interests to exhibit this Film at the Festival, (b) exhibition of the Film at the Festival will not violate any law or any right or consent of any person or entity; and (c) the Film is not subject to any litigation, arbitration, or other adversarial claim or proceeding, nor is the Film the subject of any threat of litigation, arbitration, or other adverse claim or proceeding. I further represent and warrant, on behalf of myself and the Film’s Owners, that the exhibition of the Film at the Festival will not violate or infringe any copyright, patent, privacy right, publicity right, trademark, service mark or any other personal or property right of any person or entity, and that the Film does not constitute or include a defamation of any person or entity. I have paid and will pay in full all license fees, clearance fees, and other obligations, of any kind, arising from or associated with the exhibition of the Film at or in connection with the Festival. I warrant and agree, on behalf of myself and each of the Film’s Owners, that the Film is being submitted to the Festival voluntarily and without promise or inducement, and that the submission of the Film neither imposes nor creates any obligation or responsibility on the part of the Festival to accept the Film for the Festival, to exhibit the Film at the Festival, or to return the Film to me or others. I further agree, on my own behalf and on behalf of the Film’s Owners, that I and the Film’s Owners, in submitting the Film for consideration, are waiving and relinquishing any right to assert any claim or commence any proceeding against the Festival, based upon, arising out of or otherwise relating to the submission, exhibition, or failure to exhibit the Film. In the event that the Film is accepted by the Festival, I hereby grant, on behalf of myself and each of the Film’s Owners, each of the following rights to the Festival without reservations, conditions or qualifications: (a) the right to use footage, stills and/or titles, and information from or relating to the Film for promotional purposes; and (b) the right to issue and authorize publicity concerning the filmmakers and the Film and to use all associated names, likenesses and biographical information. I also agree to provide contact information for the director and producer(s) of the Film and to grant the Festival the right to provide this information to film industry organizations sponsoring Festival events at its discretion. I represent that I am 18 years of age or older, or that, if I am younger than the legal age to enter into contracts in my state, I have provided the Festival with a written consent from my parent or legal guardian.