Accepted titles must meet or exceed the KIDS FIRST! criteria and be appropriate for exhibition on a large screen.
Criteria include:
NO gratuitous violence or abuse
NO inappropriate sexual behavior
NO bias in terms of race, gender, culture or religion
NO condescension toward children
NO replicable unsafe behavior
Include in your description the age group you film is most suitable for. DO NOT say "all ages"! DO NOT say, "ages 5 to 100"! Be specific. i.e. Ages 5 to 15. If suitable for adults as well, you may add, adults will enjoy too.
Once accepted, a film may not be pulled from the Festival by the filmmaker for any reason. By submitting your film, you are agreeing to comply with this and all other requirements.
By submitting your film, you are warranting that you are authorized to commit the film for screening and accept full responsibility to provide the correct format of your film to our venue partners for festival play.
By submitting this film, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless 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.
Once we accept your film through filmfreeway, you will receive an automated notification which includes the deliverables we need in order to proceed adding your film to our festival. You will be asked to send us an electronic file of your film if it is a short, of its trailer if a feature. Once received, we will upload your film to our password protected film programmer's site on vimeo. This is not a public site. It is for screening and downloading purposes only by our venue partners. We do not have an online film festival. If this is a problem for you, don't submit your film to us as this is the only way we can promote it to our 50+ venue partners.
Feature films will only have their trailer on our film programmer's site. When one of our partners needs a full length screener, we will contact you directly to request either an electronic file or a hard copy be sent to them. We will also put you in contact with them to provide appropriate promotional materials.
Once your film gets booked by one of our partners, you will receive an update from our database which generates weekly updates on all new bookings. When you see your booking, we strongly recommend that you contact the individual festivals yourself to see in what ways you can be of assistance in promoting your screening and, whether or not you plan to attend the event.
We strongly encourage attending any festival your films is shown at, if logistically possible. Additionally, we strongly suggest that you promote your screening/s to your personal network of friends and family.
Screening times and dates are solely at the discretion of our venue partners so, please communicate with them, not KIDS FIRST! once your film has been accepted.
