RULES & REGULATIONS FOR SUBMISSION:
The following constitutes the rules and regulations (“Rules and Regulations”)
governing the submission of a film (the “Film”) to The Next Generation of
Filmmakers Film Festival 2017 (the “Festival”) for consideration for the Festival.
By agreeing to the Terms And Conditions found on this Festival submission form, the
filmmaker (the “Applicant”) acknowledges that he or she is the producer, creator,
owner, writer or has obtained consent from all authorized representatives of the Film
(individually and collectively, the “Film’s Owners”), whose consent is needed to
submit the Film to the Festival.
Eligibility:
The filmmaker (the “Applicant”), must fulfill either requirement (I) or (II) below in
order to be eligible for consideration into the Festival.
I) be a current student at an Educational Institution and provide proof of enrollment
(Student ID card copy or other proof of current registration)
II) be a recently graduated student who was enrolled in school during the creation of
the Film and submit proof of enrollment dating back to maximum of 24 months
from the date of submission of the Film.
Student identification or proof of enrollment will be required as part of application
process. Upon completion of FilmFreeway entry form the Applicant
will receive a tracking ID number and an email with instructions on how to submit a
photocopy of their student ID or proof of current/previous registration. Applicants
that fail in submitting the documents thereof will be disqualified from the Festival
and will not receive a refund of any submission fees.
Rules and Categories for Submission:
Films submitted to the Festival may apply for consideration in one of three
submission categories. The Festival reserves the right to determine eligibility of any
Film for any Festival program or submission category.
The Festival and all of its directors and each of their representative, sponsors and
affiliates expressly disavows any responsibility and will not liable for any
unauthorized inclusion of any materials or content within the Film that are basis for
any Third Party Claims based upon any of the foregoing legal theories or any other
legal or equitable claims. Applicant shall fully indemnify and defend the Festival and
its directors and their representative, sponsors and affiliates from all liability in
connection therewith and from all fees and expenses, including but not limited to
attorney’s fees.
It is required that all films, whether made in the U.S or Internationally, contains on-
screen English subtitles for any non-English spoken dialogue. The Festival reserves
the right to deny submission for films that do not meet this criteria.
For Festival consideration the Applicant must fill out the Festival submission form at
httpp://www.filmfreeway.com The Festival reserves
the right to disqualify, without refund of submission fees previously collected from
the Applicant, any Film that is not submitted through filmfreeway.com
filmfreeway.com.
The Festival reserves to right to disqualify Applicants who fail to submit all
submissions fees. The Festival may attempt but is under no obligation to contact the
Applicant using the contact information provided on the submission form in an effort
to bring the payment status of the account up-to-date.
As the Festival selection process is completed, the Festival will attempt to contact the
Applicant through the contact information provided on this submission form to
inform the Applicant of the status of his or her Film. The Festival will not be held
responsible for any failure to contact the Applicant using the contact information
provided on this submission form.
