T.O. WebFest

Rules & Terms

HOW TO SUBMIT:
1) Six episodes of your project have been released between January 1, 2020, up until March 1st, 2022, pick your genre for TOWF9, our categories are broken down like this:

I. Webseries under 10min,
II. Short Series Over 10min under 15min

GENRE: BEST DRAMA WEBSERIES 10min or under
GENRE: BEST DRAMA SHORT SERIES 10min to under 15min
GENRE: BEST COMEDY WEBSERIES 10min or under
GENRE: BEST COMEDY SHORT SERIES 10min to under 15min

The following genre are not broken up into categories and WebSeries & Short Series and will be judged together in the same genre.

GENRE: BEST HORROR & THRILLER
GENRE: BEST SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY
GENRE: BEST FAMILY CONTENT & MUSICAL
GENRE: BEST DOCUMENTARY & LIFESTYLE

2. Once you complete your picks you will be entered into all craft categories that you have listed in your documentation. If you are selected as a series in our festival you will be sent documentation that must be completed within 10 days to qualify and move forward with your nomination.

3. There is no limit on the length of content submitted for consideration, but the jury will only consider the first ten (10) minutes for WebSeries and the first (15) minutes for a short series. Of the submitted material and the maximum length that will be screened at the festival (including titles and end credits if applicable) is ten (10) minutes for Webseries and 15 minutes for a Short Series.. The festival reserves the right to screen a portion of your submitted content instead of its full length.

4. Submit all required information and pay the required fee(s) in accordance with the relevant submission window.

ELIGIBLE CONTENT

All submitted content must satisfy the following requirements:

-All Content must follow the Canadian 14A Classification - Suitable for people 14 years of age or older. Those under 14 should view with an adult. No rental or purchase by those under 14. Parents cautioned. May contain violence, coarse language and/or sexually suggestive scenes.

-The content must have been developed for online audiences. Non-exclusive development for online audiences is sufficient.

-The content must be submitted by a creator/producer aged 18 or older.

-At the time of submission, the series must be accessible online or subject to online distribution by March 1st, 2022.

-If your content is unfinished or pending distribution, you may submit password-protected unreleased content or works-in-progress for consideration. You can add a password to protect your video uploads on your FilmFreeway project page. If selected, you must have a screening file available by April 1, 2022 or be disqualified.

-The series must have been active online sometime after January 1, 2020. To be considered ‘active online’, the series must have been publicized during the appropriate time frame through either a live website, social media channels, published press releases, published content, or some other form of online activity associated with the series.

-The content must include English subtitles to accompany any important dialogue or visual references that are not spoken or written in English.

ELIGIBLE FORMATS:

WEB SERIES & SHORT SERIES

-Serialized narrative content with 6 or more episodes of any genre that fits the eligibility requirements.

INELIGIBLE CONTENT:

The following content formats are not eligible for screening during T.O. WebFest and will be rejected regardless of their adherence to any other requirements:

Podcast
Commercials
Corporate videos promoting a product or service
Pornography
Product reviews
Music videos
Pilot episodes (see pitch pit)
Short Films

RULES:

1. All submitters must submit their content to T.O. WebFest through FilmFreeway.

2. All submitters must submit to at least 1 Primary category. One can not submit to any Craft categories without also submitting to a Primary category.

3. A single submission may be considered for more than one Primary category provided that an additional entry with an additional submission fee paid for each additional Primary category.

4. Multiple projects may be submitted for consideration provided that an additional submission fee is paid for each entry.

5. All submission fees are non-refundable.

6. Submitting does not guarantee your series as an Official Selection of T.O. WebFest 2022 / TOWF9.

7. The Festival prefers that the submitter is the creator/producer of the project, however, in order to submit content on the behalf of its creator/producer, the contact information of the primary creator/producer must be provided in order to document them as the festival’s main point of contact.

8. The submitter must have obtained legal copyright to publicly screen their submitted content and all intellectual property contained therein including, but not limited to, music, lyrics, written work, photos, video content, artwork, and media excerpts.

9. The creator/producer of each Official Selection will be offered 2 complimentary online passes to T.O. WebFest 2022 / TOWF9.

10. By submitting you agree that T.O. WebFest 2022 / TOWF9 may display all or part of the submitted content Live in a theatre or online or by mobile app from May 1 2022 to June 30, 2022, to festival audiences.

11. By submitting you agree that T.O. WebFest 2022 / TOWF9 may display all or part of the submitted press kit content online, mobile or on social media for the lifetime of the post as well as on the TOWebFest.com website.

JURY INFORMATION:

-T.O. WebFest and the WebSeries Canada maintain that the collective members of the Festival Jury reflect an international selection of esteemed industry professionals of diverse cultural backgrounds.

-T.O. WebFest and the WebSeries Canada reserve the right to appoint all members of the Festival Jury.

-The Festival Jury determines all Primary Award & Craft Category Official Selections.
T.O. WebFest and the WebSeries Canada selects nominees and winners in each Achievement Award Category, with the exception of those categories based on Festival Jury scores. (i.e. Best Series, Best Canadian Series, TO WebFest Award & Triple Threat Auteur).

-The Festival Jury selects the nominees and winners in each category, based on the submitter’s selection of Primary and Craft categories for consideration.

-If the Festival Jury or T.O. WebFest determines that an incorrect category may have been chosen for a submission, the submitter will be contacted regarding reclassification.

-All decisions regarding official selections and award nominees and winners are final decisions and non-disputable.

-The identities of the Festival Jury members will be posted on the T.O. WebFest website after submissions close with the exception of any that choose to remain anonymous.

-Staff members of T.O. WebFest or members of the Board of Directors of WebSeries Canada are permitted to submit their web series, but they may not participate in any jury categories in which their submissions are entered.