The International Children Care Film Festival is now accepting film entries for our third edition (2023 festival)
By submitting your project, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to the following terms and conditions. Only projects that have been submitted by the final deadline and adhere to all terms will be considered for inclusion in the 2023 International Children Care Film Festival.
We welcome submissions via FilmFreeway.com. We will not accept DVD or Blu-Ray screeners. In addition, we cannot accept screener links via email. They MUST be attached to your submission. Works in progress will not be considered. Only films in final form shall be considered for entry.
Please read category descriptions carefully to determine where your submission belongs. Submission to multiple categories is not encouraged. If you wish to submit to multiple categories, a separate submission fee must be paid for each category. ICCFF reserves the right to determine eligibility of a submission in each respective category. Refunds will not be offered for submissions to inappropriate categories.
By completing the entry form, you are certifying that you are the rightful owner of the work submitted and own all rights and releases necessary for public screening. All legal clearances and releases including, but not limited to talent, intellectual property, music or stock footage are the responsibility of the filmmaker. Submissions must be free from any legal disputes. The entrant and all filmmakers associated with the project shall indemnify and hold harmless the International Children Care Film Festival, its trustees, employees, and any representative or affiliates from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees and costs of the court) which may be incurred by reason of any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity, screening, and loss of or damage to the screening videos entered.
You give to International Children Care Film Festival the permission to use clips or stills of your entry for promotional purposes (including but not limited to television, web, and presentations).
The ICCFF does not pay screening fees for submitted films. By submitting your project, you acknowledge that ICCFF will not pay to present your work.
All foreign language films must be submitted with french and English subtitles. If a submission is missing subtitles, we will attempt to email the entrant for an update. Failure to provide working subtitles by the final submission deadline will result in disqualification without refund of submission fees.
ICCFF reserves the right to disqualify any submission without refund at the sole discretion of ICCFF staff, even after a film has been invited or final programming has been announced.
Films chosen for competition will be judged by a panel of evaluators who work in the motion film industry and in human rights activism. Awards will be determined by the sole discretion of the evaluators. In the event that the evaluators cannot make a determination, or another controversy emerges, then a committee selected by the Executive Director of the ICCFF will make any final decision regarding awards. Awards will be announced during the awards ceremony at the festival, and all competition films are highly encouraged to have a representative in attendance.
Filmmakers will be notified of their entry status (including whether their film has been received and qualifies for evaluation). Please note that this date is subject to change. Please do not email festival organizers to check the status of your film.
The Children Care Film Festival offers several sections IN and OUT of competition in the genres of Fiction, Animation, Documentary.
In competition
• Short Films and Feature films
Out of competition
Outside the walls (Short and Feature films)
Caravan of Films abroad (Short and Feature films)
The selection committee reserves the right to choose the category in which a film is screened.
SELECTION AND ADMISSION CONDITIONS
These rules are available in French and in English. In case of disagreement on its interpretation, the French version will prevail. The festival reserves the right to take any decision relating to matters not resolved by this document.
Applications for registration for selection to the International Children Care Film Festival imply full acceptance of these rules.
Films screened at the International Children Care Film Festival are chosen by a selection committee whose decisions are final.
There is a charge for registering one or more films for the festival. Refer to the registration fees on our FilmFreeway page.
Only films meeting all of the following conditions are accepted :
• Professional and / or self-produced short and feature films or produced in the framework of a film school.
• The festival accepts films without restriction of date of production.
• For short films, the maximum duration is increased to 59 minutes.
• Short and feature films must be in French language OR must be subtitled in French AND in English.
FILM REGISTRATION
Registration is done from our FilmFreeway page :
https://filmfreeway.com/InternationalChildrenCareFilmFestival
SELECTED FILMS (IN AND OUT OF COMPETITION) AND TRANSPORT OF COPIES
Directors, producers / distributors of the selected films will be notified by email on May 2022
For each film selected IN and OUT of the competition, the festival requests that it be sent :
1. DCP (sending can be done electronically or by post) :
• Mandatory WITH English subtitles for films made in French
• Mandatory WITH French AND English subtitles for films made in a language other than French and English.
2. Projection copy .MOV (quicktime), MPEG-4 H264, (sending can be done electronically or by post):
• Mandatory WITH English subtitles for films made in French
• Mandatory WITH French AND English subtitles for films made in a language other than French and English.
3. An HD link with password with english/french subttitles
4. Synopsis of the film in French AND English
5.The filmography and biography of the director IN French AND in English (500 words maximum).
The selection of a film implies that the director, school, producer, distributor or any other authorized person must send, before July 15, 2022, their agreement to the presentation of the selected film and the materials relating to the film. (poster, synopsis, photos of the film, trailer…).
No compensation may be requested by directors, production or distribution companies for the screening of films IN and OUT of competition.
MEDIA, TELEVIONS AND WEBSITE
The beneficial owners of the selected films yield to the Festival the rights to fair use and reproduction of film photographs, or excerpts (under 3 min) for distribution in publications and on the Festival’ website, in the press and on television antenna.
All submissions imply the acceptance of Festival regulations.
The official selection will be announced around the 1 of August 2023.
Rules and Terms will be send by email for signature to all submitters and their selected films.
