Any film or screenplay submission means acceptance of the rules.
Any submission of a film screener or a screenplay file must be done only through FilmFreeway before the late deadline.
Any film or screenplay will be considered submitted after payment of submission fees.
Only one version of a film or screenplay will be considered.
All submitted screeners or files must be working and downloadable.
The festival is not legally liable for any lost and damaged submission.
Any password-protected screener or file must have the password available.
Any participant must have all the rights to submit film or screenplay including, but not limited to intellectual property rights. The festival is not legally liable in this respect.
Any submitted film must be in English or subtitled in English.
Any submitted screenplay must be in English.
Not all submitted films or screenplays will be selected for the program of the festival.
The festival will not refund entry fees and will not explain its decisions.
Any film showing real murders, containing pornographic scenes or content which may be considered extremist or otherwise unacceptable, will be disqualified without explanations and refund. The same rules apply to any submitted screenplay content.
Any participant must be ready that any submitted film or screenplay can be disqualified without explanations and refund.
Any selected film or screenplay can not be withdrawn.
Any participant gives the festival the right to show the submitted film and its parts for the festival's purposes. The same rule applies to publication of any submitted screenplay.
Any selected film can be awarded, so any selected participant must be ready to follow the festival's technical and other requirements for theatrical screening.
The failure to follow the requirements will lead to the cancellation of the screening, but will not lead to the cancellation of the award(s).
The festival will not pay screening fees.
Only films awarded as the best shall be theatrically screened. No film will be theatrically screened more than once. If a film wins both best film award and crew and cast award(s), it will be theatrically screened once.
Every screening of a winning film shall be followed by receiving the award certificate(s) by the submitter or representative of the film during a small award ceremony.
The submitters or representatives of winning screenplays will receive the award certificates during the same ceremony.
The representative must be appointed by the submitter of a film or screenplay. The appointment letter must be sent to the festival by e-mail.
The transportation and accommodation expenses of the submitters, representatives and other festival participants will not be covered by the festival.
If the submitter or representative of the awarded film or screenplay is not able to receive the award certificate(s), the award ceremony will be canceled and the certificate(s) will be sent to the submitter by e-mail.
Submissions will not be returned.
The festival can change or correct the rules. The changes will be published by the festival.
