Festival Sayulita - Film | Spirits | Music | Vida

By submitting your film, you affirm that she or he is either the maker or the authorized agent of maker of the submission titled above. The submitter understands that her or his submission indicates that if the submission titled above is selected for Festival Sayulita, permission is essentially granted to Festival Sayulita to exhibit the work throughout the Festival,running from January 29th to February 2nd, 2020. Submission also indicates willingness to provide three extra DVD copies of the work if needed and at least one j-peg photo for PR and/or publication. The submitter accepts that as a nonprofit organization,
Festival Sayulita would not be held liable for any infringement of copyrights related to music or vintage or other footage or material which the maker or representative or agent may be responsible for. Nor will Festival Sayulita, its agents or trustees, be held culpable for any damage to materials or loss resulting from public exhibition of films or DVDs etc. DVDs are not typically returned after the festival but special arrangement may be set up if absolutely necessary.

By submitting your film, you affirm that the Festival Sayulita committee chooses the time, place and frequency of the public showing of the submitted film as well as the committee reserving the right to determine what equipment is used to screen the submitted film. (This is a small beach town in Mexico, not a mega theater complex with THX surround sound and 4K capability)

** We strive for the best possible projection standards however our resources and equipment are limited. Because of this we ask that you submit your film with the following technical considerations.

Films should be submitted as digital download links that are password protected with a download enabled for the duration of the festival in the event that backup copies are required for screening.

Films should be no more than 1920x1080 resolution and encoded with an H.264 codec in an .mp4 or .mov wrapper (other codecs may be acceptable but playback cannot be guaranteed for all codecs). Audio should be 2 channel only and final file sizes should be no more than 10GB.

We strive to be a bilingual festival and encourage films to be subtitled, Spanish language films should be subtitled in English and English films subtitled in Spanish. For other language titles, Spanish subtitles are preferred although English is acceptable. Subtitles should be “burned in” to the digital file (not sent as a separate file). **