Works properly delivered NO LATER THAN January 3, 2022, dealing with the theme of the festival (see details at “Typology of products admitted”), will be evaluated for entering the 2022 MHRFF competition. Audiovisual works will be viewed and selected by a committee composed of experts. The works selected for the MHRFF will be screened at Fórum Lisboa in Lisbon with proper advertising and promotion, subject to prior notification to the authors.
The official selection will be announced approximately January 15, 2022 through FilmFreeway and published on www.mhrights.org. A notification will be issued by email to the submitter or the director of the film.
Admission and participation in the festival are subject to these additional conditions:
1. that the film does not violate human rights in any way;
2. that the submitter acting on behalf of the director/producer owns all rights to the film* (including screening rights) and has not surrendered them to any distributor or any other institution at the time of entering the competition; that otherwise he would promptly notify the organizers of the Festival of the circumstances and it will be his own responsibility to obtain the necessary permission for his entry. On the contrary, the short film will be disqualified from the competition;
3. that the writer/producer surrenders all rights of use (and screening) of his short film to the organizers of the festival for the smooth performance of the same and for the duration of the event; and that accepts that the short film shall be used by the festival for promotional and cultural purposes also after the conclusion of the event;
4. that the writer/producer accepts that the preview screener shall remain the property of the festival. It will be used for educational and promotional purposes;
5. that the entrant will be responsible for all shipping fees unless otherwise stated in agreement with the festival organizers;
6. that the entrant will be responsible for any shipping insurance;
7. that the entrant has read, understood and accepted the Rules and Regulations of the competition. Entry in itself – that is run through the FilmFreeway system, where all the terms and conditions are also outlined – constitutes agreement with these Rules and Regulations.
"Portuguese data protection law" and "Portuguese Code of Copyright and Related Rights" are applied.
