1. Submissions:
June 1, 2015 - August 31, 2015
2. Submission Eligibility:
There is no premier policy for submission.
3. Restrictions:
Pornography and extreme gore will not be accepted into the Helios Film Festival. Any questions feel free to ask.
4. Submission Fee:
All submissions for Helios Film Festival go directly through FilmFreeway. Please refer to them for online submission processes. The submission fee is non-refundable.
5. Selection of Films:
Submissions are reviewed and selected under the following criteria:
a) Strength of story
b) Quality of production value
c) Independent nature of the production
6. Screening and scheduling
Helios Film Festival aspires to provide the best quality projection possible but will not be held liable for any failure in the technical quality of the projection, nor will fees be refunded in any such case. Helios Film Festival assumes that the submitting party or filmmaker(s) or entrant(s) or print source company has insured for damage and loss of the festival print or tape.
Screenings are scheduled during the Festival at the discretion of Helios Film Festival. While every effort will be made to adhere to the published schedule, Helios Film Festival reserves the right to make changes at any time for any reason. Helios Film Festival will not be liable for any costs claimed as a result of a change in scheduling.
No film may be withdrawn from the festival program after its selection.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
Your film must not infringe on any copyright, right of privacy or any third party rights and must not contain any defamatory, obscene or otherwise offensive content.
You MUST own the copyright to your film as a representative and warrant that you have all necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to submit and screen your film and you will provide evidence of such on our reasonable request.
Your film is your own original work and you will provide evidence of such upon our request.
Helios reserves the right not to screen your film for any/all reasons including but not linited to, if we deem that your film is in breach of any law or regulation or otherwise may create a liability for the Helios Film Festival.
By entering your film into Helios, you agree to hold the festival, sponsors and affiliates, board members and third party associates harmless for any and all content, technical issues, demands or charges resulting from said content.
We accept no responsibility for disappointment suffered by any person as a result of submitting a film to Helios.