General Festival Terms and Conditions
1. In NO EVENT shall CIFF be liable to any participants, or any other person or entity for any personal injury or damages to property, damages for loss of business profits or other pecuniary loss, including any direct, consequential, incidental, special, punitive or similar damages, arising out of any participant’s use of the registration, credentials and/or participation in the events, even if CIFF has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
2. Except as may be expressly set forth in these terms, participant’s participation in the events, and all services and products provided in connection with the events, are provided “as is” without any warranty of any kind, and no other warranties, whether express, implied or otherwise, are made with respect to the same, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or safety, or any warranties that may arise from course of dealing. CIFF expressly disclaims any warranties not expressly stated herein.
3. Each Participant agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold CIFF and its officers, volunteers, and representatives harmless from and against any and all claims, demands and all other liabilities, including, but not limited to, costs and attorneys’ fees, made by any third party arising out of or in connection with each Participant’s use of the registration(s) or Credentials, or any Participant’s violation of the Terms.
4. The Terms will be governed by the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to its principles of conflicts of laws. Each Participant and CIFF hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States federal and state courts located in Brownsville, Texas and agrees that any such court will be the proper forum for the determination of any dispute arising hereunder.
5. Each Participant has read, understands, and agrees to the CIFF Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and RFID Policy, which are incorporated herein by this reference.
6. CIFF reserves the right to make changes to the Terms at any time without notice to each Participant, so please check back and review the Terms from time to time. In the event that any term or provision of the Terms shall be deemed invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such term or provision shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining term or provision.
7. Photographs and/or audio/video recordings taken at the Events by CIFF, or others on behalf of CIFF, may include a Participant’s image, name, voice and/or likeness. By attending and/or participating in the Events, each Participant hereby grants CIFF permission to use the Participant’s photograph, image, likeness, voice and statements for any purpose, including but not limited to commercial purposes, without compensation or credit to the Participant, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised.
General Festival Rules
1. Film submissions must be completed through Filmfreeway.com. All films submitted will be privately screened by a panel of judges chosen by CIFF Bosses prior to the event. The top picks for each category will be chosen by CIFF Bosses and those filmmakers whose work will be showcased will be notified by October 17th.
2. CIFF is an independently run event. All awarded films will receive local recognition but should not interfere with submission terms and conditions of larger festivals.
3. Recent films since 2014 will be preferentially chosen.
4. We strongly encourage filmmakers to submit short films as well as long films, but short films will be preferentially chosen.
5. Filmmakers must submit to the desired category for their film.
6. All submitted films MUST BE THE ORIGINAL work of the director or producer involved.
7. To be considered all films must be submitted following instructions on the website bifftx.com.
8. Highly explicit content will not be chosen for screening.
9. Fully animated films may be submitted in any category other than documentary.
10. Films may be submitted from around the world as CIFF is international.
11. When submitting a film, we will require the name and description of the film, the date of completion, and the contact information for the film director(s).
