Lonely Wolf: London International Film Festival

BY SUBMITTING TO THE FESTIVAL YOU AGREE TO THE FOLLOWING...

-Your full film won't be exhibited publicly online without your permission, however we set-up a private screening room area on our website to showcase the best films of each competition. Full films are password-protected and only accessible by the Lonely Wolf filmmaking community. It's important to us that everybody who participates in the festival gets to see the best the competition has to offer, and learn from each other.
-If your film is chosen to be exhibited at our physical festival event(s) at the St Pancras Clock Tower and BFI Southbank, you authorise that your work is cleared for festival exhibition (all music, fonts, visuals etc. are cleared worldwide, in perpetuity, multi-platform), and the intellectual property is yours, or if acting as distributor -you have acquired permission from the copyright owner.
-By submitting your film you consent to the posting of promotional materials/information for the film on the festival's website plus social media channels. You also consent to the critical review being public.
-Festival authorities will have the right to retain copies of each film and the material sent as part of our festival library and can be screened in for education, promotions on our social/ internet platforms, awareness and non-commercial purposes.
-By submitting to the festival, you will automatically join our mailing list, we ask you follow us on Instagram to keep up to date with the status of your entry and wider festival news.
-For consideration across all individual categories, you will need to make sure your credits list is as complete as possible to include every single person, failure to do so will mean that the director will be announced the nominee and/or winner for that category.
-Films already submitted in one edition can't be submitted again, however trailers/posters can be submitted in advance of your full film's submission further down the line.
-Same filmmaking team can submit more than one project.
-Your film entry can be considered for as little as 1 nomination to as many as all categories, no limits.
-If we feel 2 entries are both deserving of winning the same award, we’ll award both with a special statement.
-If your film is not in English, we require English subtitles in order for all reviewers to do their job.
-If the film is in Spanish, you can submit it without English subtitles. We have 2 Spanish-speaking jury members who can review it without any trouble.
-Your film will only be publicly shown on our website if it receives at least 1 nomination.
-Official selection is competitive, submitting doesn’t mean you’ll automatically be accepted.
-We can’t be responsible for providing individual feedback on every entry we get (unless you purchased a critical review), nor justify/explain ourselves for not selecting your work. No inquiries or arguments will be entertained regarding non-selected films. The decision of the festival selection committee will be final.
-Festival authorities reserve the rights to disqualify any film on certain grounds.
​-Code of conduct will have to be strictly followed by the entrants; misbehaviour will lead to disqualification and legal actions.
-No phone call inquiries.
-No refunds.
-Filmmakers can self-service laurels to use for their film promotional purposes once they know the status of their submission from a link that will be emailed out.
-When submitting you are both entering that bimonthly edition plus have the chance of being showcased at our yearly physical event. If showcased on the physical gala nights, no extra fees will be required of you, you will receive 2 free passes to the event, any other invitees as part of your team will need to purchase a low-cost ticket.
-You agree to have read and accepted the rules/regulations for participation in our festival.