These Proprietary Terms and Conditions are © CINÉCINÉ 2025
TERMS & CONDITIONS:
The following is an explanation of the rules and regulations (“Rules & Regulations”) governing the submission of a poster, related artwork, short film, trailer, feature, featurette, music video, web series, reality show pilot, demo reel, short animation, sizzle reel, documentary, short screenplay, feature screenplay (hereafter called the “Project”) for consideration of the 2025 and 2026 TOKYO CINEVERSE SCREENPLAY COMPETITION’ (hereinafter called the “Festival”). All information contained in this document shall herein supersede any prior information regarding submission to the Festival. By agreeing to the Terms and Conditions found on this page, the person submitting the Project (hereafter called the “Applicant”) acknowledges that he or she has obtained consent from any and all owners, creators, writers, producers and/or other authorized representatives of the Project (hereafter called the “Project’s Owners”) whose consent is required to submit the Project to the Company, and has read and understood the submission rules and regulations set forth below:
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SELECTIONS:
There will be many submissions, but only those selected or awarded will be shown. The submitter accepts that by submitting and paying the submission fee, their submission might not be selected. They accept that in some festivals only award-winning films are shown. Once submitted the Festival reserves the right to play the Applicant’s work at a live screening and/or screenings with no screening fees or ticket remuneration for the Applicant. This is non-negotiable. There are no screening payouts or ‘Screening fees’ wherein the applicant is paid for their film to be screened. Requesting a screening fee after official selection will result in immediate disqualification and the film will be removed from the festival entirely, this is non-negotiable.
Works submitted that do not meet criteria or fail to adhere to the guidelines, rules and regulations are not the responsibility of the Company or Festival. These submissions may lead to automatic disqualification and loss of submission fee. In order to be considered for the Festival, the Applicant must submit via FilmFreeway or other related Festival portal or on the Festival’s Home page. The Company reserves the right to disqualify, without refund of any or all submission fees previously collected from the Applicant, any Project that is not submitted through this platform.
CONTACT:
Upon completion of the Festival selection process, the Festival will attempt to contact the Applicant using the contact information provided on the submission form to notify the Applicant of the Project’s acceptance status. The Festival disavows any responsibility for, and will not be held responsible for, any failure to contact the Applicant using the contact information provided on the submission form. It is the sole responsibility of the Applicant to ensure that the contact information provided on the submission form is correct throughout the entirety of the Festival selection period. Applicants must ensure they are subscribed to FilmFreeways emails in order to access the latest updates on the Project’s status.
All submitters are able to access up to date results through FilmFreeway at any time - regardless of email contact. Therefore leaving a low review because of applicants inability to gain access to email updates will mean the project is disqualified and removed from any position it attained - such as Finalist, and will be made Not-Selected. FilmFreeway results are available on the notification date as per FilmFreeway’s code of conduct.
OWNERSHIP:
It is the sole responsibility of the Applicant to clear all content of the Project from any and all actual or potential legal claims or issues, including, without limitation, claims based upon theories or libel, defamation, slander, invasion of privacy, violation of rights or publicity, theft or trade secrets, breach of confidence, breach of confidential relationship, and breach of expressed or implied contract (“Third Party Claim(s)”).
The Company expressly disavows any responsibility for, and will not be held responsible for, any unauthorized inclusion of any trademarked content or materials within or relating to submitted Project, including any content materials that are or may become the basis for any Third Party Claims based upon any of the foregoing legal theories or others. The Company reserves the right to disqualify, without refund of any or all submission fees previously collected from the Applicant, any Project that is or may become the subject of any Third Party Claims. In the event that any Third Party Claim(s) shall be asserted by any person or entity, Applicant shall fully indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Festival, and each of their representatives and affiliates from any liability in connection therewith and from any fees and expenses, including but not limited to attorneys’ fees, that any of them may incur in connection therewith.
SUBMISSIONS:
All of the above types of content will be considered for screening. We will consider content of all types so long as the content is not purely pornographic in nature. Media containing hate speech, homophobia, transphobia and other un-artistically motivated discriminatory content will be immediately disqualified. Gratuitous violence, vulgar language and other similar content will be screened to determine if artistic and within the scope of the Festival, at the Festival’s sole discretion. We encourage all types of art and do not wish to discourage any Project, within reason.
Company reserves the sole and exclusive right to choose which works will be shown, without refund of any or all submission fees previously collected. Company reserves the right to disqualify, without refund of any or all submission fees previously collected from the Applicant, any Project with a submission form that is considered to be delinquent due to the non-payment of any or all submission fees.
ADVERTISING:
By submitting the project the applicant agrees that the festival may award them a finalist, official selection or category winner and thus the festival, the governing film body CinéCiné as well as the Umbrella Company The Ziggurat International Media Group Limited may show extracts of the project in Festival-related advertising both online and in print, for 50 years.
The applicant needs to be aware that by submitting the project they transfer all the necessary rights to the festival so that the festival has all legal rights to show imagery from and extracts of the project for all such purposes, for 50 years. The promotion may include but is not limited to online and social media campaigns like Facebook, Instagram, X (Twitter), Vimeo and Youtube, Squarespace campaigns as well as print campaigns like poster advertisement or print media campaigns.
FESTIVAL RIGHTS:
Festival, Company and its affiliates reserve the sole and exclusive right to change the dates and times of viewing of Officially Selected Projects or dates of Festival. Applicant acknowledges and accepts Company, Festival and its affiliates have no control over natural disasters, acts of nature, and circumstances of emergency that might cause change in dates and times. Good faith efforts will be given by the Company, Festival and its affiliates to inform Applicants of any date or time changes in advance, if possible.
The Company is under no obligation to provide to the Applicant or any other representative of the Project any comments or feedback regarding the submitted Project, any information relating to the manner in which the Project is, will be, or was reviewed; any views that the Company or any reviewers of the Project may hold concerning the Project; any reasons why the Project, should it not be accepted for exhibition at the Festival, was not accepted; or any other information relating to the Festival’s review, consideration and/or selection process regarding the Project specifically or submissions generally beyond the information set forth in these Rules and Regulations.
Company and Festival expressly deny and are not responsible for any promises of offers for distribution or options or other offers made by attendees or festival staff. The Festival is merely an avenue or channel for Applicants to submit projects for exposure and viewing pleasure of audiences.
STREAMING:
The Festival retains the right to compile and show with permission only. The Festival in some years will create a collection of specifically selected films to be played in a Video-On-Demand or Streaming Compilation. In all such instances the Festival will seek permission from the Filmmaker before adding filmmaker’s film to said streaming compilation. Duration and withdrawal; The Festival has the right to play this compilation for an amount of time agreed upon with the filmmaker. The filmmaker has the right to withdraw from this compilation after having agreed to it, at any time. Monetization and Compensation; The Festival has the right to monetize and generate profits from the on demand compilation. Unless otherwise agreed upon, the Festival does not owe the filmmaker any compensation or remuneration of any kind for the showing of this work in the Video-On-Demand compilation.
PRIZES:
The Company reserves the right to cancel or amend the competition and these terms and conditions without notice in the event of a catastrophe, war, civil or military disturbance, act of God or any actual or anticipated breach of any applicable law or regulation or any other event outside of the Promoter’s control. Any changes to the competition will be notified to entrants as soon as possible by the Promoter. The Festival is not responsible for inaccurate prize details supplied to any entrant by any third party connected with this competition. No cash alternative to the prizes will be offered in any circumstance, this is not negotiable. The prizes are not transferable. Prizes are subject to availability and Festival reserves the right to substitute any prize with another of equivalent value without giving notice. The Festival will notify the winner when and where the prize can be collected. The Festival’s decision in respect of all matters to do with the competition will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
BINDING:
By entering this competition, an entrant is indicating his/her acceptance and agreement to be bound by these terms and conditions.
これらの独自の利用規約および条件は © CINÉCINÉ 2025 に帰属します
利用規約：
以下は、2025年および2026年 東京CINEVERSEスクリーンプレイ・コンペティション（以下「フェスティバル」）への応募に関するルールと規則（以下「規則」）の説明です。本書に記載されている情報は、フェスティバルへの応募に関する過去の情報に優先します。本ページの利用規約に同意することにより、プロジェクト（以下「プロジェクト」）を提出する者（以下「申請者」）は、プロジェクトの所有者（以下「プロジェクト所有者」）であるすべての関係者（作成者、脚本家、プロデューサー、およびその他の正当な代表者）の同意を得ており、以下の応募ルールおよび規則を理解し、同意したことを認めます。
選考について：
フェスティバルには多数の応募が寄せられますが、選ばれた作品のみが上映または受賞の対象となります。**応募者は、応募料を支払っても選考されない可能性があることを理解し、同意するものとします。**一部のフェスティバルでは受賞作品のみが上映される場合もあります。
応募が完了した時点で、フェスティバルは申請者の作品をライブ上映または複数の上映で使用する権利を有します。この上映に関して、上映料やチケット販売による報酬は申請者に支払われません。この条件は交渉不可です。公式選考後に上映料を要求した場合、その作品は即時失格となり、フェスティバルから除外されます。
応募作品が応募基準を満たしていない、または規則に違反している場合、フェスティバルや運営会社（以下「会社」）は責任を負いません。このような場合、応募は自動的に失格となり、**応募料は返金されません。**フェスティバルへ応募するには、FilmFreewayまたは関連する応募ポータル、フェスティバルの公式ウェブサイトを通じて提出する必要があります。会社は、これらのプラットフォーム以外から提出された作品を失格とする権利を有し、応募料の返金は行いません。
連絡について：
フェスティバルの選考プロセスが終了次第、フェスティバルは応募者が提出した応募フォーム上の連絡先を使用して、プロジェクトの選考結果を通知するよう努めます。ただし、**提供された連絡先により応募者と連絡が取れない場合、フェスティバルはその責任を負いません。**応募者は、応募期間を通じて正確な連絡先を保持する責任を負います。
応募者は、FilmFreewayのメール通知を確実に受信できるよう設定し、プロジェクトの最新情報を常に確認する必要があります。FilmFreeway上では、通知日になると選考結果を確認できるため、メールの受信ができなかったことを理由にフェスティバルへ低評価のレビューを残した場合、応募作品は即時失格とされ、ファイナリストなどの地位も取り消されます。
所有権について：
応募者は、プロジェクトのすべてのコンテンツが法的問題を一切含まないことを保証する責任を負います。これには以下が含まれますが、これらに限定されません。
名誉毀損、中傷、プライバシー侵害、肖像権の侵害
営業秘密の盗用、契約違反、機密情報の漏洩
著作権侵害や商標権の侵害
会社は、応募プロジェクトに含まれる著作権や商標権を侵害するコンテンツについて、一切の責任を負いません。このような問題が発生した場合、フェスティバルは応募者の作品を即時失格とし、応募料の返金は行いません。
第三者が法的請求（以下「第三者請求」）を行った場合、応募者は、会社およびフェスティバル、その関係者を完全に補償し、すべての法的責任および費用（弁護士費用を含む）を負うものとします。
応募について：
上記のすべてのコンテンツは上映の対象となりますが、**ポルノ作品は応募対象外です。**また、ヘイトスピーチ、同性愛嫌悪、トランスフォビア（トランスジェンダーへの差別）など、芸術的意図を持たない差別的コンテンツは即時失格となります。
暴力表現、過度な卑猥な表現などは、フェスティバルの裁量により選考の可否が決定されます。芸術性が認められる場合には考慮されることがあります。
広告について：
応募者は、フェスティバルがプロジェクトを「ファイナリスト」「公式選考」「カテゴリ受賞者」として選出する可能性があることを認識し、フェスティバル、CinéCiné、および傘下のThe Ziggurat International Media Group Limitedが、プロジェクトの映像や抜粋を広告目的で使用する権利（オンライン・印刷広告含む）を50年間有することに同意するものとします。
広告は、以下のプラットフォームを含むが、これに限定されません。
Facebook, Instagram, X (Twitter), Vimeo, YouTube, Squarespaceを利用したキャンペーン
ポスター広告、印刷メディア
フェスティバルの権利：
フェスティバル、会社、およびその関連団体は、**上映スケジュールやフェスティバルの日程を変更する権利を有します。**自然災害や緊急事態などによりスケジュールが変更された場合、フェスティバルは誠意を持って通知を行いますが、これに対する補償はありません。
また、会社やフェスティバルは、応募プロジェクトに関する審査基準や選考プロセスの詳細を応募者へ開示する義務を負いません。
フェスティバルは、参加者に配給契約や商業的オプションを保証するものではなく、単に作品を観客に披露する場を提供するものです。
配信について：
フェスティバルは、特定の作品を選定し、**VOD（ビデオ・オン・デマンド）やストリーミング配信で上映する権利を有します。**この場合、事前に応募者の許可を得るものとします。
賞品について：
フェスティバルは、戦争や自然災害などの不可抗力により、コンペティションや賞品の内容を変更またはキャンセルする権利を有します。賞品の現金交換や譲渡は不可とし、在庫状況に応じて同等の賞品と交換する場合があります。
拘束力について：
本コンペティションに応募することにより、応募者はこれらの利用規約に同意し、拘束されることを認めるものとします。
