Terms and Conditions:
Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival is hereby granted the right to utilize an excerpt from any film submitted and accepted for exhibition at the Festival for promotional purposes. Payment of submission fee does not guarantee inclusion in our festival. If your film is chosen as an official selection Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival does not compensate for travel, accommodations, or appearance fees unless otherwise offered. Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival reserves the right to schedule changes and may at any time revoke a film screening, festival passes, accommodations, and any other filmmaker agreements for any reason. Films with theatrical release prior to festival dates will not be accepted. ONLINE SCREENERS ONLY. Once the film is accepted to Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival, DIGITAL COPIES will be requested. The committee reserves the right to rescind any screening engagement if the film is not delivered on time. Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival holds your screeners in a secure fashion and takes the filmmakers rights very seriously. Please note that technical glitches will not be adjusted during the screening of your film. Your screener must be in final format upon acceptance and filmmakers will not be allowed to have private technical meetings with the projectionist due to Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival contractual rules with the theater. The individual or corporation submitting the film hereby warrants that it is authorized to commit the film for screening, and understands and accepts these requirements and regulations. Upon acceptance, Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival may offer contract options to join the Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival Youtube network and/or work with Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival digital partners as Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival. The undersigned shall indemnify and hold harmless Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees, and costs of the court) which may be incurred by reason of any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity, screening, and loss of or damage to the screening videos entered. By submitting you consent rights to trailers, teasers and release copyright for promotion during and after festival in perpetuity.
If a film no longer intends to screen and does not notify the festival of this change prior to 5 business days from the date of acceptance, a $500 (US) fee will be charged back to the main point of contact provided in the submission form.