Conquering Disabilities With Film International Film Festival

We will NOT accept online screeners for exhibition purposes.
MP4 Screeners required - please make sure to submit a NTSC file (PAL Format has a different frame rate, even as an mp4, and can result in glitches.)

Failure to provide screening materials will result in disqualification and the film being pulled from screening.

Please note that CDWFIFF will NOT return or ship materials back to the submitter once the festival has commenced (this includes DCPs, MPEG4s, posters, postcards, or promo materials)

All entries should be Clearly Marked with Film Name, Festival Name, Run time, Submitter’s Name, and Contact info (cell phone and email)

Submissions should be mailed to:
CONQUERING DISABILITIES WITH FILM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

ATTN: CDWFIFF SCREENERS
1146 Apache
Topanga, CA 90290

All accepted filmmakers, who have submitted/mailed in all necessary materials and screeners, will be placed on Conquering Disabilities With Film International Film Festival website and the ticket info will be under ETHOS Film Awards before the event. Submitting filmmakers acknowledge they have the legal right to exhibit the film and the collateral/promo materials at the CDWFIFF which is part of the ETHOS Film Awards.
CDWFIFF and the ETHOS Film Awards is hereby granted the right to utilize footage and promotional materials supplied by the submitting agent from any film submitted and accepted film, video, or project for exhibition at the Festival for promotional purposes. All accepted filmmakers agree that Conquering Disabilities With Film International Film Festival and ETHOS may use footage from their projects in order to promote the festival, their film, or the ETHOS Film Awards Event via print, web, and broadcast television. The individual or corporation submitting the film hereby warrants that it is authorized to commit the film for screening, and understands and accepts these requirements and regulations. The undersigned shall indemnify and hold harmless ETHOS Film Awards International Film Festival, its vendors, sponsors, and supporters 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 or damage to the screening videos entered.

Written Word Submission Rules
We are currently accepting written word submissions for features, shorts, short shorts, scenes, poetry, and prose.
All genres are welcome.
One copy of an original feature film screenplay uploaded as a PDF file will be accepted. (Do NOT include more than 1 version). We do NOT accept hardcopy scripts.
The screenplay should be in standard industry format (12 point Courier).
Only one copy, draft, or version of any screenplay may be submitted by an entrant or entrants per submission.
Under no circumstances will substitutions of either corrected pages or new drafts of an entry screenplay be allowed under the original submission.
Corrected or edited screenplays must be resubmitted as a NEW entry and will require a separate submission fee.
Multi-part scripts should be submitted as separate, stand-alone screenplays.
Features that are over 120 pages must be submitted as 2 different entries.
Entry fees will not be returned or adjusted.

Submissions must have been written originally in English; translations will not be accepted.
Submissions must be the original work of the entrant(s) and may not be based, in whole or in part, on any other fiction or nonfiction material, published or unpublished, produced or un-produced.
Entries may, however, be adapted from the entrant’s (or entrants’) original work, which should be noted in the logline required on the application form.
Entries lacking a logline on the application form will be disqualified.
If the script is based on a true story, historical or contemporary, the "based on true story/events" should be noted in the logline.
Collaborative work by two writers who share equally in its creation is eligible.
The collaborator’s name must be added during the online application process.
Writer's bio and headshot recommended.

We do not ship Awards.
Entry fees will not be returned or adjusted.