OFFICIAL SELECTIONS (FILM/SCREENPLAYS):
Tonic TV & Film Festival appoints a panel of industry experts to assess and evaluate the Official Selection submissions. There is no cap on the number of films or screenplays that can be accepted in the competition. All Official Selection entries vie for the following categories in the awards & prize section.
1. Submissions must have been completed in 2024 or later.
2. Filmmakers must have the legal rights required to submit a project. We are not responsible for any copyright violations.
3. Films must meet runtime specifications for chosen categories.
4. Films, except for music videos, that have at any time been made available online for public distribution are ineligible for submission.
5. Subtitles are appreciated and recommended, but not required, for films in a language other than English.
6. Films may be delivered in mp4 or .mov format however, all films featured in the Tonic TV & Film Festival will be screened on the Tonic TV Network website and Channel. Which is on all major platforms like Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, Android TV, LG Samsung, and mobile apps. watch.tonictvnet.com
7. We do not offer screening fees.
8. Films must be available to view on FilmFreeway, YouTube, or Vimeo. We will not download files from a third party. Should your film be selected, we will request a download link via FilmFreeway.
COMPLETED SUBMISSIONS INCLUDE:
- Submission fees
- All required fields through the Online platform
- All films must include responses to the following: Synopsis (in English), 2 high-resolution stills from the film, full cast and credits list, and an official film poster
STUDENT FILM & SCREENPLAY COMPETITION:
To allow and encourage the participants in this category to be part of the rare opportunity of preserving and investing in the arts and humanities, the Tonic TV & Film Festival invites all K-12, undergraduate, and graduate students to participate in this remarkable competition by sharing their film or screenplay with uniquely chosen artists from around the globe. All student participants are to comply with the following eligibility requirements:
1. All student participants must pay the required submission fee. Tonic TV & Film Festival does not waive or refund submission fees to preserve the integrity of the competition and its participants’ artistic value.
2. Any student attending an accredited K-12 institution within and outside of the United States of America is eligible to participate. Foreign institutional accreditation laws must comply with the national accreditation regulations of the chosen institution.
3. Any undergraduate student attending an accredited two or four-year higher education institution within and outside of the United States of America is eligible to participate. An undergraduate student is defined as one who has not yet received a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) or Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree or has applied for graduation in the current academic year.
4. Any graduate student attending an accredited four-year higher education institution within and outside of the United States of America is eligible to participate. A graduate student is defined as one who has not yet received a Master of Arts (M.A.) or Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree or has applied for graduation in the current academic year.
5. All student participants must submit a signed and dated letter of reference from a faculty member, program director, department chair, department dean, vice president, or president of their home institution. The reference letter must officially introduce the student participant by his/her legal name, providing his/her student identification number/code, the official title of the student film or screenplay, the eligible Tonic TV & Film Festival film category the student would like to participate in, and a brief description of the student’s artistic intention and future academic and career goals. All letters must be in PDF form. The student participants in the film or screenplay competition should email their letters of reference to asfowler@tonictvnet.com by the submission deadline. Letters received after the submission deadline, along with letters without an official signature and date will automatically disqualify the submitted film or screenplay from any form of participation. Please make sure you add in the subject of the email which competition you're participating in.
6. The Tonic TV & Film Festival only accepts student submissions in all categories.
7. Tonic TV & Film Festival accepts multiple film OR screenplay submissions per student. Each participant must pay the required submission fee for each entry separately. If chosen as an Official Selection, Tonic TV & Film Festival only accepts ONE submission per participant.
8. Upon being accepted as an Official Selection for the upcoming festival, each accepted student filmmaker or writer must agree to the Terms and Conditions of the Tonic TV & Film Festival if he/she wishes to have the film screened during the festival, or if he/she wishes to have the accepted screenplay title and author(s) published on the Tonic TV & Film Festival official website.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS: SUBMISSION AGREEMENT
- The Tonic TV & Film Festival® is hereby granted the right to utilize an excerpt from any film submitted and accepted for exhibition at the festival for promotional purposes.
- 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 undersigned shall indemnify and hold harmless the Tonic TV & Film Festival® 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.
SUBMISSION RELEASE AGREEMENT:
I, the undersigned, acknowledge and agree to the following:
- I have read, understood, and complied with all eligibility and submission requirements
- All the statements and documents provided are authentic and accurate
- In consideration for the selection opportunity into the Tonic TV & Film Festival®, I release and discharge the Tonic TV & Film Festival® from any and all claims, demands, or causes of actions related to misappropriation or infringement of copyright or violation of any other right arising from or relating to my submission hereunder.
- I agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Tonic TV & Film Festival® from any claims that arise as a result of my screenplay and/or film submission or screening of my film (upon selection) as well as from damage to or loss of any submitted documents or materials en route to the festival.
- I have all rights necessary and am duly authorized to submit this screenplay and/or film to the Tonic TV & Film Festival®.
- I understand, as the authorized and responsible representative of my selected screenplay and/or film, any prize awarded to the selected screenplay and/or film is to be received by me or any other singular, official representative of the selected screenplay and/or film.
- I understand that the Tonic TV & Film Festival® may disqualify and reject any submission that it determines, in its sole and absolute discretion, is not in compliance, in whole or in part, with the mentioned Terms.
I understand that the Tonic TV & Film Festival® does not issue refunds for selected screenplays and films regardless of circumstances.
