Longleaf Film Festival

The list and the rules.

Longleaf Film Festival has 8 categories for entry:
• Animated Films, (shorts or feature length between 1 and 90 minutes total running time)
• Documentary Feature (between 40 and 90 minutes total running time)
• Documentary Short (between 1 and 39 minutes total running time)
• History+ films (narrative and documentary films, features and shorts, between 1 and 90 minutes total running time)
• Middle and High School Student Film (between 1 and 20 minutes total running time)
• Music Videos (between 1 and 8 minutes total running time)
• Narrative Feature (between 40 and 90 minutes total running time)
• Narrative Short (between 1 and 39 minutes total running time)

Eligibility to enter Longleaf!
To be eligible for selection and awards for Longleaf 2019, filmmakers and/or films must have a North Carolina connection and/or be a former Official Selection filmmaker. Connections include:
• film was made in North Carolina and/or;
• filmmaker or key production member (screenwriter, cinematographer, producer, documentary subject or lead actor) lives here now and/or grew up in the state and/or attended college or university here and/or;
• the submitting filmmaker is a former Longleaf Official Selection filmmaker and/or;
• the story or topic is a North Carolina subject.
Visiting friends and family or regularly vacationing in North Carolina is NOT sufficient for entry. We do encourage entries from out of state and around the world, if they demonstrate that Tar Heel Tie-In.

Other rules and requests
• Longleaf Film Festival reserves the right to refuse films depicting excessive nudity and/or gore.
• Longleaf Film Festival holds no responsibility for lost films.
• Longleaf Film Festival does not pay screening fees.
• We accept films that have screened at other festivals and venues, however we encourage premieres! Please, let us know if your film will be a premier (including a North Carolina premier) screening if accepted.
• Because we want to promote your film as part of Longleaf and we expect Official Selections to NOT screen in the month prior to the festival, within 60 miles of Raleigh.
• And, of course, we expect your film to be available for screening during the festival.
• You must include your snail mail address on your FilmFreeway entry.
• Except for middle and high school student films (see that category), films submitted for Longleaf 2019 must have been made between January 1, 2017, and March 1, 2019.
• Longleaf Film Festival reserves the right to not award a prize in any category.
• Longleaf Film Festival reserves the right to award prizes outside of the category of entry.
• All submissions to Longleaf 2019 will be handled through FilmFreeway. No manual submissions will be processed.
• Once a submission is accepted to the festival, a digital screening version of the film must be provided to the Longleaf Film Festival.

GENERAL TERMS and CONDITIONS
I (the entrant) have read and agree to all Longleaf Film Festival rules and procedures. Further, I warrant that I am the owner of the submission; I have not infringed upon or violated any copyright, privacy rights, or publicity or similar rights; I have obtained all rights, licenses, or necessary permissions thereto; I will indemnify the Longleaf Film Festival against any claims related to this submission; I will hold the Longleaf Film Festival harmless for any damages, costs, liabilities, and expenses related to the submission, screening, and use of this entry; I limit and liquidate all claims to no more than the cost of the entry fee; and I expressly grant the Longleaf Film Festival permission to use, broadcast, or publicly display clips of the submission (or its film or sound components) for publicity, teaching, and other related purposes.

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