Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival

FESTIVAL PROCEDURE
Each film submission will be pre-screened by Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival’s screening committee to determine which films will be screened during the Festival. Not all submissions will be programmed.

SUBMISSION FORMAT
For programming consideration, Cinefest Sudbury accepts video links only. Please read through the eligibility requirements below before proceeding.

ELIGIBILITY AND SELECTION
1. Films are selected on the basis of achievement in form and content;
2. Films must have been completed in 2020 or 2021;
3. Films that have been previously submitted, but not programmed, are permitted to re-submit;
4. Films may be a work-in-progress (for submissions purposes only);
5. Submissions that have been made available widely to the public over the: internet (YouTube, iTunes, Vimeo, etc.), television, or that have screened within a 350 kilometre radius of the City of Greater Sudbury are not eligible. Filmmakers are encouraged to contact the Festival if they are unsure if this eligibility rule applies to them;
6. The Festival presentation format is DCP (jpeg2000mxf) for in-theatre screenings, and streaming through Eventive for digital screenings. Eventive recommended specs are an H.264 video file encoded at 10Mbps;
7. All selected films must be made available to screen by September 1, 2021;
8. Films must be in their original language with English subtitles (if necessary);
9. All available press materials must be shipped to Cinefest Sudbury upon notification of selection;
10. If the film was shot in part or in whole in Northern Ontario, and/or if a member of the cast and/or crew resides or is from Northern Ontario, please provide information relating to the location and duration of the shoot, and/or the name of the person residing in or from Northern Ontario, as well as their role within the production.

SCHEDULING
Upon acceptance into the Festival, the scheduling of screening dates, times, and locations is the sole responsibility of Cinefest Sudbury.

PRINT LIABILITY
In the instance of a lost or damaged DCP, Cinefest Sudbury will compensate only for the cost of creating a new DCP. Cinefest Sudbury assumes responsibility for the print from the time of delivery to the time at which a print is rendered to a shipping agent.

RELEASE
1. For promotional purposes, Cinefest Sudbury is hereby granted the right to utilize an excerpt from any film submitted and accepted for exhibition at the Festival;
2. The individual or corporation submitting the film hereby warrants that it is authorized to commit the film for screening and understands/accepts these requirements and regulations;
3. The undersigned shall indemnify and hold harmless Cinefest Sudbury 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/damage to the screening videos entered.