General Information:

The Mile High Horror Film Festival
Guidelines & Rules
Please print, sign, and enclose a copy of this document along with your submission
to the Mile High Horror Film Festival.

General Rules:
• All submissions to the Mile High Horror Film Festival (the “Festival”) must include, in one delivery: (a) a completed and signed copy of the Festival Submission Form located at http://milehighhorrorfestival.com/ GeneralRules.aspx; (b)the applicable entry fee; and (c) the submission. Multiple entries require multiple submission packages. All submissions are subject to these guidelines and rules (the “Festival Rules”).
• Submission deadlines for this festival can be found here: http://milehighhorrorfestival.com/Submissions.aspx
• Submissions must be provided on an NTSC formatted DVD or on a digital file (please test before sending) and be available for screening on Blu-ray, 35mm, HDCam, or Digi-Beta Video (NTSC only for festival screening).
• Submissions must be English language or English subtitled.
• Include title and name of contact on all media, materials and containers.
• Do not use fiber-padded envelopes to send videotapes - the residue ruins tapes and equipment.
• Do not send originals - In case of loss or damage while in possession of the Festival, the responsibility of the Festival is limited to the costs of repair or replacement of the physical media only. The Festival is not responsible for materials lost or damaged in transit.
• Submissions must be available for screening during the Mile High Horror Film Festival being held October 5-7, 2012.
• Submissions with U.S. distribution (obtained prior to being selected for Festival screening), or that have been produced, financed or initiated by a major film studio or television network, or that have screened on a US network or cable system, or that have been distributed to theatres prior to Festival dates, are ineligible for competition.
• Mile High Horror Film Festival reserves the right to change submission categories. Eligibility and category determinations, along with prize awards, are the sole discretion of the Festival.
• Submissions may be screened more than once during the Festival.

Additional Feature-Length Requirements:
• Films must be feature-length at a total running time of 50 minutes or longer.
• Open to anyone who wishes to enter.

Additional Short Film Requirements:
• Films must be 49 minutes or less.
• Open to anyone who wishes to enter.

Additional Animated Short Film Entry Requirements:
• Films must be animated at a total running time of 40 minutes or less (recommended length, may be longer).
• Open to any form of animation.
• Open to anyone who wishes to enter.

Additional Local Colorado Film Requirements:
• Open only to residents of Colorado. (Must include proof of residency.)

Returns and Acknowledgments:DVDs and press materials will not be returned under any circumstance. Include a self-addressed, stamped postcard for each submission if you wish acknowledgment of the receipt of your entry.

Terms and Conditions
• I/We have read the Mile High Horror Film Festival Rules and agree to comply with them. Furthermore, I/We represent and warrant as follows with respect to my/our submission:
• It is original work,
• There are no disputes regarding ownership,
• There is no defamation, invasion of privacy, violation of rights of publicity, intellectual property infringement or similar violation of law, and
• To the best of my/our knowledge, the above statements are true and completely accurate, and I/We understand that failure to adhere to Festival Rules may result in disqualification and fee forfeiture in the Festival’s sole discretion.
I/We hereby authorize the Mile High Horror Film Festival to enter my/our submission into the Festival in accordance with all Festival Rules listed on http://milehighhorrorfestival.com/GeneralRules.aspx, and agree to indemnify, defend and hold the Mile High Horror Film Festival harmless from any and all loss, damage, cost, claim, liability or expense, including without limitation attorneys’ fees, related to or arising out of my/our breach of the above or the Festival Rules, or by my/our submission, whether or not groundless.

In the event my/our submission is selected for the Festival, the Festival will request copies of any related press kits, trailers, promotional videos, poster images, behind-the-scenes materials and other marketing materials produced by participant (“Marketing Materials”), and I/we grant the Festival a non-exclusive limited license to display not only my/our submission at multiple screenings but to also copy and use our submission and Marketing Materials for the sole purpose of presenting and promoting the festival and its participants.

Filmmaker Signature:____________________________________________
Filmmaker Name Printed:_________________________________________
Date:__________________________________________________________
Title of Film:___________________________________________________
Total Running Time: _____________________________________________