ELIGIBILITY
• Any film completed after January 1st, 2010, is eligible.
• Films containing languages other than English must have burnt in English subtitles.
• Film cannot be publicly available online prior to festival.
SUBMISSIONS
• All submissions must be digital screeners made available via FilmFreeway.
• All fees must be paid via FilmFreeway.
• The Mespies does not offer waivers at this time.
• You may submit multiple films, but each must be submitted individually.
• We only accept screeners digitally.
• We only accept screeners via FilmFreeway or Vimeo. If your screener is on Vimeo, please make sure to include any applicable passwords.
• Notifications will be delivered no later than 12/31/2017.
IF YOUR FILM IN SELECTED
• Congrats! We will get in touch with you with the best way to deliver your film. For shorter films, this may mean online transfers. For longer ones, there is a wider range of options available.
• Films not delivered within a reasonable time will be removed from the festival.
DISCLAIMERS
• The Mespies may create and alter its program however it so chooses, with or without explicit explanation, at any time as it feels necessary.
• Refunds will not be issued to any submitted film, neither full nor partial.
• Selected films may be screened up to eight times at the Heights Theater in Northeast Minneapolis/Columbia Heights.
• Screenings will only take place at the Heights Theaters, unless requested from and explicitly permitted by the film submitter.
• The Mespies reserves the right to use still images from any film to promote the festival.
LIABILITY
• By submitting to the Mespies, the submitter (henceforth referred to as "they") confirms the following:
- that they are authorized to submit this project to the Mespies,
- that the project does not violate any laws, including unauthorized usage of copyrighted materials,
- that should any litigation or penalty of any sort arise from their submitted film, that they will accept the full responsibility and liability for the violation and its consequences.
- that they permit the Mespies to present their submitted work without reservation, and to use stills and/or portions of if to advertise the festival.
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Happy Submitting!