Lowell Film Festival
Lowell Film Festival Terms and Conditions
1. ELIGIBILITY
The Lowell Film Festival is open to all student filmmakers who are currently enrolled at Lowell.
There are no age restrictions or requirements for the festival. If you are considered a minor (generally under 18 years of age) and you submit content for selection in the Lowell Film Festival, you are confirming that you have received your parent’s/guardian’s express consent to do so and that your parent/guardian (i) has read and, on your behalf, agrees to be bound by this agreement; and (ii) understands, agrees and shall be fully responsible for your submission.
2. SUBMITTING CONTENT
Submissions must be made at the google form online at lowellfilm.com/filmsubmissions
Submissions must be received before the deadline.
Each time you submit your content, you will be confirming your acceptance of, and agreement to be bound by, all the terms and conditions of Lowell Film Festival’s Terms of Use, including, without limitation, this Agreement.
To be considered for the Lowell Film Festival, your content must meet all the specifications and requirements relating to formatting, compatibility, operating characteristics and submission and these can be found on the website. Your content must meet Lowell Film Festival’s Content Requirements.
We will not be responsible for lost, damaged, misdirected, unusable or unreadable content.
3. CONTENT REQUIREMENTS
You are solely responsible and liable for the content you submit (and the consequences thereof) made under your name, user name, or e-mail address. The content does not reflect the views of the Lowell Film Festival.
The Festival reserves the right, at any time, without notice and without limiting any and all other rights we may have under this Agreement, at law or in equity, to remove and delete your entry to the Lowell Film Festival.
You agree that you will not submit any content that is libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, sexually, racially, culturally, or ethnically offensive, harassing, intimidating, threatening, hateful, discriminatory or abusive.
Lowell Film Festival reserves the right to delete or reject any content that in its sole discretion deems abusive, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, in violation of copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights. Lowell Film Festival reserves the right to remove and take down your content without notice if any content is in violation of any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement. If it receives notice of any claim of infringement that satisfies specific legal requirements, it may remove content associated with such claims and will notify you if your content is removed.
4. COPYRIGHT
All filmmakers retain all rights to their films.
By submitting a film to the Lowell Film Festival, filmmakers grant the Festival a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to screen the film at the Lowell Film Festival and to promote the film through its website, social media, and other channels.
Filmmakers agree to indemnify and hold the Festival harmless from any claims arising from the use of their films at the Festival.
In regards to intellectual property, you are fully responsible for the clearance of any music, sound, images or graphics contained in your entry. If any record company or music publisher contacts us about an entry’s music rights, we will refer that company to you so be sure to obtain all the appropriate clearances beforehand.
5. SELECTION
Once movies pass the first round of selection to be screened at Lowell Film Festival:
The following prizes will be available at the film festival:
People’s Award
Best Film Award
A panel of judges will select the films that will be screened at the Festival and award the Best Film Award.
The judges will consider the following criteria:
Originality
Creativity
Technical quality
Storytelling
6. RIGHTS GRANTED TO LOWELL FILM FESTIVAL
In connection with the content you submit to us for consideration in the and associated videocasts, you are authorizing Lowell Film Festival the right to view your content for judging and then screen your film at the awards night if you are in the top finalists. This includes publishing the film to the Lowell Film Festival website and instagram page if you have selected the option on the entry form.
The rights described in this agreement are granted to commence immediately upon submission of content to and continue indefinitely. Note that Lowell Film Festival holds non-exclusive rights to your film and that you are permitted to have your film entered into other festivals while it is an entrant in the Lowell Film Festival.
7. OWNERSHIP
Lowell Film Festival does not claim any ownership rights of the content that you submit to lowellfilm.com. You retain all rights, title and interest in and to lowellfilm.com, including, but not limited to all associated intellectual property and proprietary rights existing anywhere in the world and you acquire no ownership, proprietary or other rights, title or interest in or to the lowellfilm.com, any software or other information or materials we provide or make available to you. Lowell Film Festival will not be liable for malfunctions, loss of data, damage to hardware, programs or devices resulting from use of any software or interaction with lowellfilm.com. You must use your own programs and firewalls to scan all software, to prevent intrusion, viruses, other malicious code and damage. Lowell Film Festival is not responsible for any damage if you fail or are unable to do so.
You must own the rights to the content you submit and each element of the content you submit and the right to grant all of the authorisations, rights and licenses described in this Agreement. If you do not exclusively own all of these rights, you must have all necessary authorisations, permissions, approvals, consents, rights and licenses from the owner(s) to enter into this agreement, perform and comply with all of its obligations.
8. INDEMNIFICATION
Your indemnification obligations under the Terms of Use include any third party claims arising from or caused by your content, the submission of your content, Lowell Film Festival’s use of your content consistent with the rights granted to by this agreement and/or any use you may make of the service.
9. DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Your use of lowellfilm.com is at your own risk. You are solely responsible for your content, the representations and obligations under this agreement and for any damages to your computer system or loss of data resulting from your use of the service.
Disclaims all liability for any use not specifically authorized or that is in violation of this agreement or the laws or regulations that may apply to you in any jurisdiction or country. Expressly disclaims all liability for any and all damages, whether direct, consequential, special, indirect, exemplary or punitive damages, howsoever arising or caused, whether foreseeable or not, regardless of the form of action or the basis or characterization of the claim and even if advised of the possibility of damages.
10. GENERAL
This Agreement, together with our Terms of Use, is the entire agreement between you and relating to your submission of content for use in at lowellfilm.com and the subject matter of this agreement supersedes any prior or inconsistent agreements. may terminate this agreement with you, your registration and your right to use lowellfilm.com at any time without notice to you.