DTLA Film Festival (Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles) - October 21, 2020.
SUBMISSIONS RULES:
Please read this agreement carefully before you submit your screenplay. By submitting your screenplay, you expressly acknowledge and agree that you shall be bound by the terms of this agreement.
1. Original Content: All entries submitted to the DTLAFF Screenplay Competition must be original works by the applicant. If the script is an adaptation or based on source material to which the entrant doesn't own the rights, permission to adapt the original work must be submitted as the first page in the screenplay PDF.
2. Submissions: Submissions must be made online. No mailed or emailed entries are accepted. DTLAFF does not allow changes to the categories after submission. All submissions are final, and DTLAFF does not issue refunds or adjustments of entry fees.
3. Formatting: Screenplays must be formatted according to industry standards. Pages must be numbered and typed in 12 point Courier font. All entries must be submitted in English.
4. Judging: Scripts will be judged based on final scores that cover multiple criteria including, but not limited to, structure, premise, entertainment value, and commercial viability. All finalists and winners are subjectively determined by our judges. All decisions are final.
5. Co-Authors: If a screenplay has more than one author, it is up to the authors to decide how many authors to list on the application and who will be the primary contact email. Awards are given per entry, not per author. Therefore, groups of authors associated with one entry are responsible for the division of award. DTLAFF does not assume responsibility for arrangements with regard to award divisions.
6. Copyright: All entrants are encouraged, but not required to register their screenplays with the Writers’ Guild of America, East or West: www.wgaeast.org/script_registration, or www.wga.org/registration/index.html.
7. There is no limit to the number of screenplays an Entrant can enter. The same screenplay cannot be submitted multiple times under different names. If so, you will be disqualified.
8. Entrant must not be an immediate family member or friend of any of the judges or their respective companies.
9. Entries must be submitted by August 15, 2020 (Regular Deadline). Late submissions will be accepted September 15, 2020, however, higher fees will apply.
10. Completed submission form, submitted electronically via FilmFreeway.
11. All entries must be in English (unless special arrangements have been made with festival.)
Exceptions to the festival regulations must be authorized by the festival’s Director of Programming.
DTLAFF does NOT PAY SHIPPING COSTS/FEES OF ANY KIND.
BY SUBMITTING THE MATERIAL, THE ENTRANT HEREBY AGREES TO INDEMNIFY, HOLD HARMLESS, AND DEFEND DTLAFF, ITS EMPLOYEES, DIRECTORS, REPRESENTATIVES, AND AFFILIATES FROM ANY LIABILITY, CLAIMS, AND DAMAGES IN CONNECTION WITH THE SUBMISSION AND FROM ANY FEES AND EXPENSES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO REASONABLE ATTORNEYS’ FEES, THAT ANY OF THEM MAY INCUR IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.