ELIGIBILITY, REQUIRMENTS & CONDITIONS
The Frenzy Short Film Festival is open to all independent short film writers and filmmakers anywhere in the world that meet the following criteria
• To submit your application for consideration, you must be 18 years of age or older.
• You must own copyright to the title submitted.
• All federal, state, provincial, territorial, national, and local laws apply.
• Participation and entry submission in the Festival constitute participant's full and unconditional agreement to Frenzy Fest's Official Rules and an agreement to accept the Festival decisions as final and binding in all matters related to the Festival and Award. Receiving a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set.
• Topic: Psychological
• The short films and the plays have to be about any Frenzy episodes. They must explore and expose the human psyche, temporary madness or a violent mental and emotional agitation. The play should speak to understanding for those community members who experience a casual frenzy episode as agitation, delirium, furor, hysteria, where any of the characters in extreme moments can experience those feelings resulting from a stress or as a result of a psychotic condition.
- It could be any genre, using mental health as the point of interest. Film topics may either be interpretive of mental health, or address it directly.
- Genre categories: We consider all genres (Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Historical Film, Science Fiction, Thriller/Horror)
• Short Films Duration: 10 to 20 minutes
• Each Filmmaker selected participant is responsible for any compensation to their actors and technical crew
• Each selected participant is responsible for license, permits and payments to any unions such as SAG / AFTRA or any other.
• The applicant who reside in countries other than the United States are welcome to enter the contest; however, all scripts in must be submitted in English or Spanish or need to have subtitles.
• Each applicant may submit only one version of a given project. However, may submit more than one project, and up to three. A separate Application Form must be completed for each submission.
• Include all the attachments
SUBMISSION RULES
• Adaptations and true stories for all categories must be in the public domain, or the Entrant must have written consent to adapt the source material.
• Judges, sponsors, administrators, and independent contractors who work with or for BIP are not eligible to enter the competition, nor are their spouses or other immediate family members.
• The short film must be the original work of the author(s) or on the date of submission must be wholly owned and controlled by the producer(s). If a script has been sold, is currently under option, is being produced, or is in any other way encumbered by a third party on the date of submission, the script is not eligible to be selected. If a script is optioned, sold, or produced after it has been entered, it will remain eligible in this year’s contest. Adaptations and true stories must be in the public domain, or the Entrant must have written consent to adapt the source material. A script that you have adapted from your own book, play, or other source material is eligible if you have retained all film and television rights to the property.
• Each applicant is responsible for license, permits and payments to any unions such as SAG / AFTRA or any other.
• The Filmmaker applicant is responsible for securing any and all necessary licenses for any third-party content, including footage, music, fonts, artwork, and any other asset used in film production.
• BIP is responsible for securing any and all necessary licenses for any third-party content, including footage, music, fonts, artwork, and any other asset used in film production for the selected Script on Script Category.
• The Screenwriter Winners claiming their prize authorizes BIP, its managers, agents, subsidiaries, licensees, and assigns an irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free, and no compensation right to use the trailer his or her name, likeness, photograph, and his or her city and state (to display, transmit, publish, and otherwise make use of in any way and in any or all media. Including, but not limited to, the Internet BIP website or other domains’ websites BIP has set up a web page. (No exclusivity).
• The Screenwriter Winners claiming their prize authorizes BIP, its managers, agents, subsidiaries, licensees, and assigns an irrevocable, royalty-free, and no compensation right to use the final production for a year, his or her name, likeness, photograph, and his or her city and state (to display, transmit, publish, and otherwise make use of in any way and in any or all media. Including, but not limited to, the Internet BIP website or other domains’ websites BIP has set up a web page. (No exclusivity)
• Each selected short film will submit a trailer to upload/embed on our website for everyone to see.
• Each selected play will submit a video promotion to upload/embed on our website for everyone to see.
• Each selected short film will submit a poster for promotion.
GUIDELINES AND RESTRICTIONS
• Selected films cannot be published in any other platform one month before or during the Frenzy Short Film Festival.
• Short Films may not advertise any product, service, or other branding.
• The short-film may not contain material(s) that violate or infringe another's rights, including, but not limited to, privacy, publicity, or intellectual property rights, including copyright infringement, or legal or moral rights of any third party, living or deceased.
• The short-film must not contain material that is unlawful, in violation of or contrary to the laws or regulations in any jurisdiction where the production is created.
• In case your short film is selected to compete we will send you an email and you will have to pay a fee of 35.00
