RULES & TERMS
SUBMITTED DATA, MEDIA, and MATERIALS
We love watching and reviewing films. Please allow for the chance to set up ground rules so we can begin this relationship.
• Anything submitted to siff.nyc for any purpose, including, but not limited to, video, audio, photo, and other media files, and including physical media of any type, becomes property (and a memento we treasure) for siff.nyc promotional purposes. This is to your advantage.
• Submissions should be sent to us via a We can not return anything submitted to us, including physical media.
• Submissions may be rejected if it doesn’t meet the technical requirements for siff.nyc submissions. This will be stated in our “Film Submissions Requirements”.
• There will be NO Refunds for submission fees. After a film submission is sent, the siff.nyc will have promoted the film in our social media channels and have had a screener review it. This is what the payment has been used for.
• If a film submission is ACCEPTED by the festival, an additional amount may apply to have it screened at the festival. You will be notified of the acceptance on or before September 1, 2020. If a submission is accepted into the festival, whether it is screened or not, this does not mean that the submission automatically wins an award. If you are ACCEPTED, you will receive the ACCEPTED laurels from the siff.nyc.
• The upside is ALL film, video, movies, who win awards are screened at no additional cost to the filmmaker/production companies. siff.nyc is delighted to view the work whether the film submission wins an award or not.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Respect is the basis for all good things. We respect the artists' rights in every form, so in essence we respect your work. Let’s do this together.
Filmmakers and copyright holders retain all rights to their intellectual property.
As a necessary film submission give siff.nyc the eternal right to use submissions for promotional purposes for which it is submitted. This benefits the filmmaker and siff.nyc.
Likewise, we do allow filmmakers to use the siff.nyc name and logo solely to promote that a film has submitted to the siff.nyc festival, but only after the film submission has been actually and successfully submitted through FilmFreeway at the minimum of at least one entry. This is confirmed once you receive a submission confirmation email.
WARRANTS, DISCLAIMERS, etc...
Do unto others as you would have done unto you.
Behold:
Do PROMISE that the submission DOES NOT violate/infringes upon the intellectual property rights of any other person (business entities and trusts). This includes, but is not limited to, any music, visuals or scripts used in the submission(s), and that any narrative elements of the work submitted, including characters.
Do PROMISE that film submissions comply with all legal, financial, tax, and other regulatory requirements that were or are applicable to its production and submission, in this country or elsewhere.
Do PROMISE that contract(s) associated with the film submission complies and is HONORED for its production, whether express or implied, bilateral or unilateral, written or verbal.
Do AFFIRM that the film submission is solvent and are not a party to any proceeding in the bankruptcy courts or procedural laws of the United States.
Do AFFIRM that all information is accurate to the best of your knowledge, and that we can rely on such information in HONOR and good faith.
Do INDEMNIFY that the film submission should NOT result in any liability or judgment against the siff.nyc regarding any legal proceeding, mediation, or arbitration, whether as a party or not.
Do HOLD siff.nyc HARMLESS FROM ANY AND ALL LIABILITY, whether in the form of a judgment, settlement, claims, or anything else, and whether LIABILITY IS LIMITED IN ANY CASE ONLY TO AMOUNTS OF MONEY YOU HAVE ACTUALLY PAID siff.nyc.
Thank you.