• All submissions to the Mile High Horror Film Festival (the “Festival”) must include, in one delivery: (a) the applicable entry fee and (b) the submission. Multiple entries require multiple submissions. All submissions are subject to these guidelines and rules (the “Festival Rules”).
• Submission deadlines for this festival are posted on filmfreeway.com.
• Film submissions must be provided on a streamable digital file and if accepted for exhibition, must be available for screening on DCP, prores.mov, proresLT.mov or H264.mp4.
• Submissions must be English language or English subtitled.
• Include title and name of contact on all media, materials and containers.
• 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 with the dates TBA.
• 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 Film Requirements:
• Films must be feature-length at a total running time of 50 minutes or longer in order to be considered for the Festival.
• 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 Film Entry Requirements:
• Films must be animated.
• 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.)
• Short Colorado Short Films must be 49 minutes or less in duration.
• Feature Length Colorado Films must be 50 minutes or more in duration.
Additional Screenplay Competition Requirements:
• Short Length Screenplays must be 30 pages or less.
• Feature Length Screenplays must be 31 pages or more.
• Physical paper copies must be securely bound before sending.
• Digital copies are accepted in .doc, .txt. and .pdf file formats.
• Open to anyone who wishes to enter.
Additional Creative Colorado Competition Requirements:
• Creative Colorado entries must be 3 minutes or less in duration.
• Must be produced within the state of Colorado.
• Must creatively integrate the following into the film:
a) Pizza
b) Balloons
c) Clown
d) Scissors
e) Mile High Horror Film Festival logo
Returns and Acknowledgments: 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.
By submitting my project through FilmFreeway, I/We warrant that I/We have the right to submit this project for consideration at the Mile High Horror Film Festival, and that the Festival will have the option, if my project is selected, to screen it in multiple public exhibitions. • 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 an 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 the Festival Rules, 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.