The Pittsburgh Moving Picture Festival: Thriller Picture Show

There is no limit on the number of films you can submit; however, each film submitted by you must be original and different from any other film submitted by you and accompanied by its own completed submission form and participant agreement. Films must be in English or subtitled in English and must be submitted via the FilmFreeway platform. All eligible entries received by The Pittsburgh Moving Picture Festival will be judged by The Pittsburgh Moving Picture Festival selection committee. The Pittsburgh Moving Picture Festival reserves the right to disqualify or reject any film that it determines, in its sole and absolute discretion, to contain prohibited content or is offensive, inappropriate or otherwise unacceptable.

By submitting your film for consideration to The Pittsburgh Moving Picture Festival, you agree that you possess the rights to all visual elements and sound, including music, in your film and you allow The Pittsburgh Moving Picture Festival to screen your film, if it becomes an official selection of the festival.

The festival reserves the right to postpone or cancel the event at anytime for any reason with no obligation to offer refunds or reimbursement of costs for any expenses filmmakers may have had associated with the festival including but not limited to travel, marketing materials, DCP and movie files delivery, and ticket purchases.

Employees (and their immediate families (parent, spouse, child, sibling and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and those living in their same households, whether or not related) of The Pittsburgh Moving Picture Festival and any of their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries and advertising and promotion agencies or festival sponsors, are not eligible to enter films for competition.

Not every picture selected as an Official Selection will be screened during the live event.

LEGAL / RIGHTS / CLEARANCES 
It is the responsibility of the filmmaker to clear all rights before your film screens at the festival. By submitting a film, the filmmaker acknowledges that they have secured all applicable licenses and waivers of copyrights, moral rights, trademarks and any intellectual property rights.
The individual or corporation submitting the film hereby warrants that it is authorized to commit the film for screening and understands and accepts these requirements and regulations.
The submitter shall indemnify and hold harmless the PITTSBURGH MOVING PICTURE FESTIVAL: THRILLER PICTURE SHOW 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.