Wild West Film Festival

1. All films being submitted MUST reflect or be inspired by the the American Wild West (past, present or future), Rodeo, Agriculture, Rancher or the American spirit. "World Voices Beyond the West" categories are open to all genres of film.

2. All Films submitted must be uploaded or linked to FilmFreeway. Mailed files will not be accepted…NO EXCEPTIONS!

3. All Submissions must give us access to a 1080p downloadable file at the time of submission. Failure to follow this step could result in disqualification after selection. We don't want to hunt you down trying to get a file.

4. All films submitted must be in the English language or subtitled in English.

5. Each filmmaker may only submit one film for each contest category.

6. When submitting a film to the festival, the filmmaker agrees that the film may be used by Wild West Film Festival in whole or in part for festival promotional purposes only.

7. The filmmaker will hold all legal responsibility for all copyrighted material used in their film such as music, story elements, branding etc.

8. Make sure your film has good audio quality. This includes audible dialog and little to no wind noise. Failure to have good audio quality may result in a poor judging score.

9. This is a family event, so please keep the violence and profanity to a minimum. NO EXCESSIVE LANGUAGE, VIOLENCE and NUDITY is allowed. Violations of these rules can lead to film disqualification. Sending us a film with censored language or violence will not affect judging. The filmmaker submitting their film agree’s that The Wild West Film Festival holds sole discretion on what they deem to be excessive violence and/or foul continuous inappropriate language may be removed from the festival. Please email us with any questions about this rule.

10. Due to the time constraints of a busy festival, the documentary and full length feature category may be screened by our panel of judges offsite and may not be played at the festival. However, the award will be presented live at the festival.

11. As a finalist or winner, you agree to give permission to the Wild West Film Festival to post credit on the WWFF website. Winners can supply one of the following: a link to a final film, a link to a trailer of the film or a jpeg of the film graphic/poster.

12. The Filmmaker is responsible for the quality and editing of their film. The Wild West Film Festival in no way edits or makes any alterations to submitted films in any way. Make sure the file you send is the file you want played. We are not responsible for any incorrect files played. The file you send us is the file we play.

13. The Wild West Film Festival has the right to reject any films submitted for violation of any rules listed.

14. The Wild West Film Festival is a film competition. We are neither a political nor an activist organization. Our diverse group of judges come from all walks of life and professional backgrounds and judge solely on merit. Any filmmaker who harasses the Wild West Film Festival, its Participants, Partners and or Judges shall be disqualified and barred from future participation at the sole discretion of the Wild West Film Festival and its representatives.

15. Any badgering of the Judges or Committee for any reason will immediately disqualify your film and bar the filmmaker from future competition.

16. Any film submitted running past the categories time limit may be disqualified.

17. Because the festival is always evolving, there will be no prior notice given on scheduling and the schedule times may vary on the day of the festival.

18. This is a film competition. Payment fee is for entering the competition only and does not entitle the submitters film to place or be screened at the festival. Not placing or not being screened at the festival does not entitle the submitter to a refund. Again, this is a competition...THER ARE NO REFUNDS!

19. Every film submitted, regardless of placing has an opportunity for a distribution deal. Submission does not guarantee distribution. Distribution is at the sole discretion of our partner company.

20. Physical awards are presented at the award ceremony of the event.
Awards may be shipped via prepaid packing/shipping, handling, insurance to be paid by filmmaker.

Additional Awards can be ordered for $350.00 each along with any out of the United States special tariffs, prepaid packing/handling, insurance shipping to be paid by filmmaker.

We accept Venmo or Paypal.

Wild West Film Festival T-shirts are available for $20 limited supplies available so inquire and get your order in and sizes secured.

Wild West Film Festival limited edition belt buckles are available for $225.00 or we can ship those out to you with an additional packing/shipping and handling of $15.00 approximately within the United States and other Countries may incur other fees to be determined.

Winners must claim their award and or prizes within 60 days of the film festival ceremony date or they will be forfeited. We will still recognize your film as the "Winner-Best" of the category/receive the proper credit of being the winner for that year however, unfortunately we close out the festival and do not store awards.

Film Submitters who attend will receive Free Cast and Crew Tickets and Wild West Film Festival t-shirt while supplies last. There is always fun parties after the festival.

Hotels generally have special pricing for attendees from VisitVacaville.com office and website.

21. We know that there are so many excellent films that ultimately won't make the final selection process to be screened at the film festival but we still want to acknowledge these films by presenting them with Honorable Mentions Laurels so that they can proudly display on their films.

22. We reserve the right to play all submitted and derivatives and pre-promotional, photos of filmmakers, social media, at the discretion of the festival. Submissions, Names, Likeness as for winners or past submissions.

23. We allow AI films to be submitted in the AI category. For all other categories, AI can only be limited use with NO human replacement.