Best Damn Film Awards

RULES & REGULATIONS

Submitters and/or participants in any Best Damn Film Awards (BDFA) competition, festival, screening, awards presentation, screenplay contest, or related event agree to the following terms and conditions upon entry.

Projects submitted to BDFA must not have an active distribution agreement within the United States of America at the time of submission.

Entry fees must be paid in full and in U.S. Dollars prior to consideration.

Festival dates, venues, schedules, screening locations, award presentations, and review timelines are subject to change without notice.

By submitting a project, all listed creators, producers, writers, directors, rights holders, and authorized representatives affirm that they have the legal authority to submit the work and grant permission for its consideration by BDFA.

Entrants represent and warrant that all submitted materials are original works or that all necessary rights, licenses, permissions, and clearances have been obtained.

BDFA reserves the right to disqualify any submission found to contain false, misleading, unauthorized, plagiarized, defamatory, unlawful, or infringing material.

All submissions shall be reviewed and evaluated at the sole discretion of the festival. Selection, nomination, award recognition, screening status, category placement, and festival classifications shall be determined exclusively by BDFA.

Selection into BDFA is competitive and is not guaranteed. Submission of an entry does not constitute selection, nomination, screening, award recognition, or advancement within the competition.

Award categories, classifications, honors, recognitions, and distinctions may be added, modified, combined, divided, renamed, or discontinued at the sole discretion of BDFA.

Projects may be recognized through Official Selection, Nominee, Award Winner, Special Recognition, Festival Favorite, Spotlight Award, or other distinctions established by the festival.

All judging decisions are final. BDFA is under no obligation to provide score sheets, judging notes, rankings, evaluations, deliberations, or explanations regarding selection or award outcomes.

BDFA may provide quotes, reviews, feedback, commentary, promotional materials, laurels, certificates, or other recognition at its sole discretion.

In the event multiple creators are credited on an award-winning project, recognition shall be deemed awarded collectively to the credited creators.

Submission fees are non-refundable.

BDFA shall not be responsible for lost, damaged, corrupted, incomplete, inaccessible, or improperly submitted materials.

By submitting, entrants grant BDFA the right to use project titles, creator names, loglines, poster artwork, still images, trailers, laurels, award information, and promotional materials for festival-related marketing, publicity, and archival purposes.

BDFA reserves the right to refuse service, deny participation, revoke recognition, or remove a project from consideration at any time for violation of these rules or for conduct deemed detrimental to the integrity of the festival.

Entries are void where prohibited by law.