Joburg Film Festival

2025 JORBURG FILM FESTIVAL SUBMISSION FOR CONSIDERATION TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

The undersigned, the authorised representative of the project named below and throughout this application (hereafter called the "Project") for consideration for the 2025 Joburg Film Festival (hereafter called the “Festival”), hereby represents that they have read, understood, and agreed to the following:

1. The undersigned represents and warrants to the Festival that:(i) The undersigned is duly authorised, on behalf of the undersigned and on behalf of all other persons or entities who have any ownership rights, licenses or interests in or relating to the Project (collectively and separately hereafter called the “Project’s Owners”), to permit the festival to exhibit this Project in the Festival and to make the promises, representations and warranties set forth herein, (ii) exhibition of the Project in the Festival will not violate any law or any right or consent of any person or entity; and (iii) there are no agreements, and neither the undersigned nor the Project’s Owners shall make any agreements subsequent to submitting the Project, that would or could impair their ability to provide the Project as contemplated herein or that would otherwise conflict with any provision of these Terms and Conditions. 



2. The undersigned further represents and warrants, on behalf of the undersigned and the Project’s Owners, that the exhibition of the Project in 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 Project does not and will not constitute or include any defamation of any person or entity. All license fees, clearance fees, and other obligations, of any kind, arising from or associated with the exhibition of the Project in or in connection with the Festival, have been and will be timely paid in full. 



3. In the event that the Project is accepted for inclusion in the Festival, the undersigned acknowledges, on behalf of the undersigned and the Project’s Owners, that the exhibition or presentation of the Project in the Festival does not and will not create any confidential or fiduciary relationship between the festival on the one hand and the undersigned and/or the Project’s Owners on the other. The undersigned further acknowledges, on behalf of the undersigned and the Project’s Owners, that neither the undersigned nor any of the Project’s Owners will receive any compensation for such exhibition, although some Festival prizes may include cash awards. The undersigned and the Project’s Owners understand and acknowledge that the selection of the Project for inclusion in the Festival does not and will not in any way constitute an endorsement or approval by the Festival of the content of the Project or any opinion expressed therein.

4. The undersigned agrees, on behalf of the undersigned and each of the Project’s Owners, to indemnify and hold harmless the Festival and its officers, directors, employees, creative advisors, agents, licensees, volunteers, and representatives from and against any and all claims, losses, liabilities, damages, fees and expenses that may be asserted by any person or entity, or may be incurred by any Joburg Film Festival affiliate, employees or partners, at any time in connection with the Project or with the Festival’s use, handling, consideration or exhibition thereof, and/or arising from any breach or alleged breach of any representation made by the undersigned to any Festival Related Parties.

5. The undersigned warrants and agrees, on behalf of the undersigned and each of the Project’s Owners, that the Project is being submitted to the Festival voluntarily and without promise or inducement, and that the submission of the Project neither imposes nor creates any obligation or responsibility on the part of any Festival Related Parties to accept the Project for inclusion in the Festival, to exhibit the Project in the Festival, to acknowledge the submission of the Project.

6. The undersigned further agrees, on behalf of the undersigned and the Project’s Owners and every other representative or person affiliated with the Project, that , in submitting the Project for consideration, the undersigned, the Project’s Owners, and any other representative or person affiliated with the Project are jointly and severally waiving, forfeiting, forgoing and relinquishing any right that they might otherwise have to assert any claim or commence any proceeding in any forum against any Festival Related Parties, based upon, arising out of or otherwise relating to the submission, selection, exhibition or failure to select or exhibit the Project (hereinafter, “Claim”). In the event that any Claim is asserted, or any action, arbitration or other proceeding is brought or commenced, in violation of the agreement set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, the undersigned, on behalf of the undersigned, the Project’s Owners, and any other representative or person affiliated with the Project agrees to indemnify the Festival and Festival Related Parties from any and all Claims, losses, liabilities, damages, fees and expenses that are incurred by any Festival Related Parties as a result of or in connection with any such Claim.

7. Without in any way limiting the provisions or scope of the agreements set forth herein, the undersigned further agrees and accepts that, in the event that any Claim is asserted by the undersigned, any of the Project’s Owners, or any other representative of or person affiliated with the Project, in violation of the agreements set forth herein, and in the further event that an arbitrator or other tribunal should permit such Claim to proceed despite the waiver language set forth in paragraph 6 above, the sole and maximum remedy that could be awarded to any person or entity asserting any Claim shall be a refund of the fee paid in connection with the submission of the Project to the Festival. Under no circumstances shall any other remedy, damages, injunctive, declaratory, provisional or other relief, be available to the undersigned, the Project’s Owners, or any other person or entity representing or affiliated with the Project.

8. In the event that the Project is accepted by the Festival for inclusion and exhibition, the undersigned, requiring the consent of no other party to do so, hereby grants, on behalf of the undersigned and each of the Project’s Owners, each of the following rights to the Festival without reservations, conditions or qualifications: (i) the right to use footage, stills and/or titles, and information from or relating to the Project for promotional purposes; (ii) the right to issue and authorise publicity concerning the Project and all personnel related to the Project; and (iii) to use the names, likenesses and biographical information of all Project personnel, including, without limitation, director(s), producer(s), writer(s), cast member(s) and crew in connection with the exhibition of the Project in, and promotion of the Festival.

9. In the event that the Project is accepted by the Festival for inclusion and exhibition, and if the undersigned or the Project’s Owners and any other representative or person affiliated with the Project have contractual obligations to any producers, distributors, creators, cast or crew regarding "festival benefits" (which may include but are not limited to production credits, screening tickets, Festival credentials or monetary compensation), the undersigned agrees and accepts that those “festival benefits” must be administered and distributed by the undersigned and/or the Project’s Owners, do not impact the nature or quantity of benefits provided by Festival and that the Festival has no responsibility whatsoever in connection therewith.

10. The undersigned warrants and agrees, on behalf of the undersigned and each of the Project’s Owners, that the Festival has made no claims, representations or guarantees, and has provided no assurances, in relation to the internal process utilized by the Festival with respect to selection of projects for inclusion, and that the submission of the Project neither imposes nor creates any obligation or responsibility on the part of any Festival Related Parties to provide comments, feedback or other information pertaining to the viewing or consideration of the Project for possible inclusion in the Festival.

11. The undersigned warrants and agrees, on behalf of the undersigned and each of the Project’s Owners, that by submitting the Project to the Festival, the Festival and all persons employed by, contracted by, or otherwise directly associated with the Festival are deemed to have been granted the irrevocable right to view and/or download all digital assets associated with the Project, including, but not limited to, any representation of the Project in the form of video files, still images, assets streamed via the Internet, and/or all other assets and information provided by the Applicant on the application. All digital assets referenced above shall remain active and accessible until the conclusion of the Festival on March 16th, 2025. The festival takes reasonable anti-piracy and security precautions and limits pre-Festival access to Project submissions. All physical copies of films are securely stored and inventoried. By submitting the Project to the Festival, the undersigned agrees, on behalf of the undersigned and each of the Project’s Owners, to release the Festival Related Parties from any and all liability in the event of theft, unauthorised access or copying, or any breach of copyright of the Project while it is in the Festivals possession or on the online Festival platform.

12. The undersigned hereby acknowledges on behalf of all Project Owners that the undersigned has read and understood the Rules and Regulations for submitting a project to the Festival. By completing the submission application for 2025 Joburg Film Festival consideration, the undersigned, on behalf of the undersigned and all Project Owners, freely and voluntarily gives and expresses full and complete acceptance of all of the terms and provisions set forth in these Terms and Conditions. The parties acknowledge that no oral representations, inducements, promises or assurances of any kind, and no representations, inducements, promises or assurances not set forth in these Terms and Conditions, have been made to the undersigned or the Project’s Owners by any Festival Related Parties.

13. In the event that the Project is accepted for the 2025 Joburg Film Festival, the Project Owners will enter into a Festival Participation Agreement incorporating all of the terms and conditions of this agreement, which terms and conditions shall be and remain binding upon the undersigned, the Project and the Project Owners. The Festival reserves the right to rescind any and all Festival acceptance invitations given to the Project and the Project Owners, whether verbally or in writing, in the event that the Festival Participation Agreement is not accepted by the Project Owners.

14. All films that have been broadcast prior to Festival dates of 11 – 16 March 2025, will be selected at the absolute discretion of the festival curation team.