Cinema Royale: Paris Edition

Rules of Participation

Before submitting your work to the Cinema Royale: Paris Edition festival, please read our terms and conditions carefully. These rules have been developed to ensure fairness, transparency and equal opportunities for all participants from all over the world. We strive to create a professional and inspiring platform where each work is assessed with respect and attention. Participation in the festival means that you agree to the terms and conditions set out below.

Selection and jury
1. Selection stage
All works submitted to the festival undergo a two-stage evaluation system:
🔹 Stage I — Preliminary selection (Selection Committee)
• The works are reviewed by the festival's internal team of selectors, consisting of professionals in the field of cinema: directors, screenwriters, film critics, curators and producers.
• The selection is carried out blindly, without taking into account the author's name, in order to avoid bias.
• Each work is evaluated by at least two independent experts.
• At this stage, works that do not meet the technical and creative standards of the festival are eliminated.
Works that pass Stage I receive the status of Official Selection and proceed to the main competition.

2. Final stage — International Jury
🔹 Stage II — Competition Jury (Grand Jury Panel)
• The jury includes international figures from the film industry: renowned directors, screenwriters, film composers, actors, film critics and festival curators.
• Each jury member evaluates the works according to their own professional specialization.
• The jury is renewed every season and includes both renowned masters and fresh voices of contemporary cinema.

3. Jury principles
• The jury works independently from the festival organizing committee.
• The jury's decisions are final and not subject to revision.
• The festival reserves the right to award special mentions, experimental awards or to divide the prize between the participants if the artistic situation so requires.

Legal provisions:

1. Copyright and Intellectual Property
• The festival participant declares and confirms that:
is the legal owner of all copyright and property rights to the submitted material;
has received the appropriate written permissions from all third parties whose materials were used in the work (including music, images, scripts, acting, archival fragments, etc.);
does not violate the rights of third parties, including copyright, property, personal and related rights;
bears full legal responsibility in case of claims from third parties.
The festival is not responsible for any copyright infringement committed by the participant and is exempted from any legal consequences associated with the violation of intellectual property rights by the participant.

2. License to use materials
• By submitting an application, the participant grants the Cinema Royale: Paris Edition festival a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual license to use the following materials:
fragments of the film (up to 30 seconds or a trailer);
official stills;
poster and information about the film (logline, synopsis, description, director's biography);
name and photo of the author.
• These materials can be used for the purposes of promoting the festival:
on official platforms (website, social networks);
in press releases and interviews;
in posters, catalogues, screening programs;
in presentations for partners and the media.
• ​​Any commercial use beyond the promotion of the festival requires separate approval from the copyright holder.

3. Refusal of participation
The festival reserves the right to refuse participation or disqualify the work at any stage if:
• the work violates French or international laws;
• contains openly discriminatory, hateful, pornographic or unethical content;
• the participant has submitted false information or violated the rules of submission;
• the film does not meet technical requirements (quality, subtitles, etc.).

4. Claims and disputes
• All legal disputes and issues arising from participation in the festival are governed by French law.
• Any formal claims must be sent in writing to:
support@cinemaroyale.space