SalvationFest

The following is an explanation of rules and regulations (“Rules and Regulations”) governing the submission of individual projects(hereafter referred to as “the Project”) to SalvationFest for consideration for the 2022 SalvationFest Film Festival (hereafter referred to as “Festival”), an event that will take place live and, if possible, digitally. By agreeing to the Rules & Terms, the entity submitting the Project (hereafter called the “Applicant”) acknowledges that they have obtained consent from any and all other persons or entities who have any ownership rights, licenses or interests (including, without limitation, intellectual property rights or distribution licenses) and/or other authorized representatives of the Project (collectively and separately hereafter called the “Project’s Owners”) whose consent is required to submit the Project to SalvationFest, and has read and understood the submission Rules & Terms set forth below:

1) If previously released to the public, submitted Projects must have been released on or after January 1, 2021.
2) It is the sole responsibility of the Applicant to secure authorization and permission from the copyright owner(s) of any and all copyrighted content or materials included within the submitted Project. SalvationFest expressly disavows any responsibility for, and will not be held responsible for, any unauthorized inclusion of any copyrighted content or materials within or relating to the submitted Project, including any content or materials that are or may become the basis for any third-party claims for copyright infringement. SalvationFest reserves the right to disqualify any Project with any unauthorized inclusion of copyrighted content or materials. In the event that any claim, dispute, action or proceeding shall be brought or asserted by any person or entity that alleges that the Project makes unauthorized or unlawful use of any copyrighted content or material, Applicant shall fully indemnify and defend SalvationFest, the Festival, and each of their representatives and affiliates from any liability in connection therewith and from any fees and expenses, including but not limited to attorneys’ fees, that any of them may incur in connection therewith.
3) It is the sole responsibility of the Applicant to secure authorization and permission from the owner(s) of any and all trademarked content or materials included within the submitted Project. SalvationFest expressly disavows any responsibility for, and will not be held responsible for, any unauthorized inclusion of any trademarked content or materials within or relating to the submitted Project, including any content or materials that are or may become the basis for any third party claims for trademark infringement, trademark dilution or unfair competition. SalvationFest reserves the right to disqualify any Project with any unauthorized inclusion of trademarked content or materials. In the event that any claim, dispute, action or proceeding shall be brought or asserted by any person or entity that alleges that the Project makes unauthorized or unlawful use of any trademarked content or material, Applicant shall fully indemnify and defend SalvationFest, the Festival, and each of their representatives and affiliates from any liability in connection therewith and from any fees and expenses, including but not limited to attorneys’ fees, that any of them may incur in connection therewith.
4) It is the sole responsibility of the Applicant to clear all content of the Project from any and all actual or potential legal claims and issues, including, without limitation, claims based upon theories of libel, defamation, invasion of privacy, violation of rights of publicity, theft of trade secrets, breach of confidence, breach of confidential relationship, and breach of express or implied contract (“Third Party Claim(s)”). SalvationFest expressly disavows any responsibility for, and will not be held responsible for, any unauthorized inclusion of any content or materials within or relating to the submitted Project that are or may be the basis for any Third Party Claims based upon any of the foregoing legal theories or others. SalvationFest reserves the right to disqualify any Project that is or may become the subject of any Third Party Claims. In the event that any Third Party Claim(s) shall be asserted by any person or entity, Applicant shall fully indemnify and defend SalvationFest, the Festival, and each of their representatives and affiliates from any liability in connection therewith and from any and all fees and expenses, including but not limited to attorneys’ fees, that each of any of them may incur in connection therewith.
5) Applicants submitting Projects that contain significant non-English spoken dialogue must provide on-screen English subtitles. SalvationFest reserves the right to disqualify any Project that contains significant non-English spoken dialogue that does not include accompanying on-screen English subtitles.Applicants may submit Projects that contain some non-English spoken dialogue without on-screen subtitles as an artistic choice. 6) Video files for all Projects submitted to SalvationFest for Festival consideration must be via direct digital upload or by providing either a Vimeo or YouTube link entered directly on the Applicant’s FilmFreeway Project page. SalvationFest reserves the right to disqualify any Project that is not submitted to SalvationFest using one of the above-mentioned formats.
7) It is the sole responsibility of the Applicant to ensure that any Project submitted to SalvationFest for Festival consideration is viewable in its entirety. SalvationFest reserves the right to disqualify any Project that is not viewable due to any technical issue, whether the fault of the Applicant or any third-party system.
8) It is the sole responsibility of the Applicant to ensure that their project’s submission status on is listed as “In Consideration” on FilmFreeway.com no later than 11:59 pm on the final day of the current deadline window. SalvationFest reserves the right to disqualify any and all submissions that are not complete at that time. Applicant may re-submit the same project another deadline window, if applicable.
9) In the event that the Applicant remits an updated version of the Project to SalvationFest after having submitted a previous version of the Project to SalvationFest during the same calendar year, SalvationFest is under no obligation to view any or all of the updated version of the Project.
10) In order to be considered by SalvationFest for The Festival, the Applicant must complete the submission form located at https://www.filmfreeway.com/salvationfest. SalvationFest reserves the right to disqualify any Project that is not submitted or delivered via one of the above-mentioned links.
12) Upon completion of the Festival selection process, SalvationFest will attempt to contact the Applicant using the contact information provided on the submission form to notify the Applicant of the Project’s acceptance status. SalvationFest disavows any responsibility for, and will not be held responsible for, any failure to contact the Applicant using the contact information provided on the submission form. It is the sole responsibility of the Applicant to ensure that the contact information provided on the submission form is correct throughout the entirety of The Festival selection period.
13) SalvationFest is under no obligation to provide to the Applicant or any other representative of the Project any comments or feedback regarding the submitted Project, any information relating to the manner in which the Project is, will be, or was reviewed; any views that the Institute or any reviewers of the Project may hold concerning the Project; any reasons why the Project, should it not be accepted for exhibition at the Festival, was not accepted; or any other information relating to the Festival’s review, consideration and/or selection process regarding the Project specifically or submissions generally beyond the information set forth in these Rules and Regulations. SalvationFest disavows any responsibility for, and will not be held responsible or liable for, the contents of any internal comments or feedback regarding any submitted Project that are or may be obtained by the Applicant or any other representative of the Project; any communications by any representative of the Institute or the Festival relating to the Projector The Festival selection process; the manner in which the Project shall be, is or was considered and reviewed; the identity or identities of any specific reviewers of the Project; and/or any failure on the part of the Institute or the Festival to provide the Applicant or any other representative(s) of the Project with information concerning the Institute’s consideration and/or review of the Project.
14) All Projects accepted into the Festival are subject to our Festival programming guidelines. Applicant agrees that any Project may be included in both our in-person and online Festival programs. The selection and schedulingof Project exhibition is at the sole discretion of the Institute. Should Applicant decline to present the Project or Projects in any manner deemed necessary by SalvationFest during the Festival, SalvationFest reserves the right to rescind any or all acceptance invitations previously given to the Applicant, either verbally or in-writing, without refund of any or all submission fees previously collected from the Applicant.