I. GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR SUBMISSION OF A FILM TO THE KITZBÜHEL FILM FESTIVAL (hereinafter referred to as “the Festival”): NOTE: The submission categories and program categories that are referenced and identified as capitalized terms in this Section I of these Rules and Regulations, and the eligibility requirements for each, shall be understood as having the definitions and descriptions assigned to them in Sections II and III of these Rules and Regulations below. 1) It is the sole responsibility of the Applicant to secure authorization and permission from the copyright owner(s) of any and all copyrighted content or materials included within the submitted Film, regardless of the national legislation which applies to Applicant’s Film. This responsibility includes, in particular, but not limited to, obtaining the licenses regarding the synchronization right (right to edit) of the film music’s composer, the copyright ensured by royalty collecting societies, e.g. AKM or Austro Mechana, and the copyrights held by the authors of pre-existing works, in particular, but not limited to, of the script, the dialogs or the exposé. In case the Applicant is the co-author of the submitted Film, he obliges to secure authorization by any and all co-authors to the extent of filing an action against the co-authors according to Sec 11 UrhG (Austrian Copyright Act) or any similar provision in foreign legislation. Furthermore, the Applicant assures to have named all authors and co-authors of the Festival expressly disavows any responsibility for, and will not be held responsible for, any unauthorized inclusion of any copyrighted content or materials within or relating to the submitted Film, including any content or materials that are or may become the basis for any third party claims for copyright infringement. Festival reserves the right to disqualify, without refund of any or all submission fees previously collected from the Applicant, any Film with any unauthorized inclusion of copyrighted content or materials. In the event that any claim, dispute, action or proceeding shall be brought or asserted by any person or entity that alleges that the Film makes unauthorized or unlawful use of any copyrighted content or material, Applicant shall fully indemnify and defend the Institute, the Festival, and each of their representatives and affiliates from any liability in connection therewith and from any fees and expenses, including but not limited to attorneys’ fees, that any of them may incur in connection therewith. 2) It is the sole responsibility of the Applicant to secure authorization and permission from the ancillary copyright owners of any and all ancillary copyrighted content or materials included in the submitted Film, regardless of the national legislation which applies to Applicant’s Film. This responsibility includes in particular, but not limited to, obtaining the licenses regarding the ancillary copyright of the actors, the ancillary copyright of the producer of the motion picture and the ancillary copyright of the record company owning the mastertape of the film music (master use license). Festival expressly disavows any responsibility for, and will not be held responsible for, any unauthorized inclusion of any copyrighted content or materials within or relating to the submitted Film, including any content or materials that are or may become the basis for any third party claims for ancillary copyright infringement. Festival reserves the right to disqualify, without refund of any or all submission fees previously collected from the Applicant, any Film with any unauthorized inclusion of ancillary copyrighted content or materials. In the event that any claim, dispute, action or proceeding shall be brought or asserted by any person or entity that alleges that the Film makes unauthorized or unlawful use of any ancillary copyrighted content or material, Applicant shall fully indemnify and defend Festival, the Festival, and each of their representatives and affiliates from any liability in connection therewith and from any fees and expenses, including but not limited to attorneys’ fees, that any of them may incur in connection therewith. 3) It is the sole responsibility of the Applicant to secure authorization and permission from the owner(s) of any and all trademarked content or materials included within the submitted Film, regardless of the national legislation which applies to Applicant’s Film. Festival expressly disavows any responsibility for, and will not be held responsible for, any unauthorized inclusion of any trademarked content or materials within or relating to the submitted Film, including any content or materials that are or may become the basis for any third party claims for trademark infringement, trademark dilution or unfair competition. Festival reserves the right to disqualify, without refund of any or all submission fees previously collected from the Applicant, any Film with any unauthorized inclusion of trademarked content or materials. In the event that any claim, dispute, action or proceeding shall be brought or asserted by any person or entity that alleges that the Film makes unauthorized or unlawful use of any trademarked content or material, Applicant shall fully indemnify and defend Festival, and each of their representatives and affiliates from any liability in connection therewith and from any fees and expenses, including but not limited to attorneys’ fees, that any of them may incur in connection therewith. 4) It is the sole responsibility of the Applicant to secure authorization and permission from the owner(s) of any and all industrial design content or materials included within the submitted Film, regardless of the national legislation which applies to Applicant’s Film. Festival expressly disavows any responsibility for, and will not be held responsible for, any unauthorized inclusion of any industrial design content or materials within or relating to the submitted Film, including any content or materials that are or may become the basis for any third party claims for industrial design infringement, industrial design dilution or unfair competition. Festival reserves the right to disqualify, without refund of any or all submission fees previously collected from the Applicant, any Film with any unauthorized inclusion of industrial design content or materials. In the event that any claim, dispute, action or proceeding shall be brought or asserted by any person or entity that alleges that the Film makes unauthorized or unlawful use of any industrial design content or material, Applicant shall fully indemnify and defend Festival, the Festival, and each of their representatives and affiliates from any liability in connection therewith and from any fees and expenses, including but not limited to attorneys’ fees, that any of them may incur in connection therewith. 5) It is the sole responsibility of the Applicant to clear all content of the Film from any and all actual or potential legal claims and issues, including, without limitation, claims based upon theories of libel, defamation, invasion of privacy, violation of rights of publicity or data protection, theft of trade secrets, breach of confidence, breach of confidential relationship, and breach of express or implied contract (“Third Party Claim(s)”). Festival expressly disavows any responsibility for, and will not be held responsible for, any unauthorized inclusion of any content or materials within or relating to the submitted Film that are or may be the basis for any Third Party Claims based upon any of the foregoing legal theories or others. Festival reserves the right to disqualify, without refund of any or all submission fees previously collected from the Applicant, any Film that is or may become the subject of any Third Party Claims. In the event that any Third Party Claim(s) shall be asserted by any person or entity, Applicant shall fully indemnify and defend Festival, the Festival, and each of their representatives and affiliates from any liability in connection therewith and from any and all fees and expenses, including but not limited to attorneys’ fees, that each of any of them may incur in connection therewith. 6) Applicants submitting Films that contain significant non-English spoken dialogue must provide on-screen English subtitles. Festival reserves the right to disqualify, without refund of any or all submission fees previously collected from the Applicant, any Film that contains significant non-English spoken dialogue that does not include accompanying on-screen English subtitles. 7) All Films must be submitted to Festival on a single Region 2 or Region 0 PAL DVD (DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-R DL, or DVD+R DL) or uploaded via the Secure Online Screener function of FilmFreeway.com. The Festival reserves the right to disqualify, without refund of any or all submission fees previously collected from Applicant, any Film that is not submitted using one of these two formats. If the Film is submitted in multiple parts on multiple discs, Festival reserves the right to judge the Film based on the first disc included, with no further obligation to view the contents of the remaining discs. 8) It is the sole responsibility of the Applicant to ensure that the submitted DVD plays in its entirety on an industry-standard DVD player prior to submitting it to the Festival. In the event that a submitted disc does not play in an industry-standard standard DVD player, Festival will attempt, but is under no obligation, to contact the Applicant using the contact information provided on the submission form in an effort to obtain a replacement copy of the Film. Festival reserves the right to disqualify, without refund of any or all submission fees previously collected from the Applicant, any Film whose initially submitted disc does not play on an industry-standard DVD player. 9) It is the sole responsibility of the Applicant to ensure that the submitted disc arrives at the shipping destination provided to the Applicant upon completion of the submission form. In the event that a submitted disc does not arrive at the designated shipping destination within the deadline window selected by the Applicant, Festival will attempt, but is under no obligation, to contact the Applicant using the contact information provided on the submission form in an effort to obtain a submission copy of the Film. Festival reserves the right to disqualify, without refund of any or all submission fees previously collected from the Applicant, any Film that does not arrive at the designated shipping destination within the deadline window selected by the Applicant. 10) In order to be considered for the Festival, the Applicant must fill out the Festival submission form. Festival reserves the right to disqualify, without refund of any or all submission fees previously collected from the Applicant, any Film that is not submitted through one of these channels. 11) Festival reserves the right to disqualify, without refund of any or all submission fees previously collected from the Applicant, any Film with a submission form that is considered to be delinquent due to the non-payment of any or all submission fees. Festival may attempt, but is under no obligation, to contact the Applicant using the contact information provided on the submission form in an effort to bring the payment status of the account up-to-date. Festival disavows any responsibility for, and will not be held responsible for, any failure to contact the Applicant and inform the Applicant of any payment delinquency or other deficiency of a submission form. 12) Upon completion of the Festival selection process, Festival will attempt to contact the Applicant using the contact information provided on the submission form to notify the Applicant of the Film’s acceptance status. Festival disavows any responsibility for, and will not be held responsible for, any failure to contact the Applicant using the contact information provided on the submission form. It is the sole responsibility of the Applicant to ensure that the contact information provided on the submission form  is correct throughout the entirety submission period. 13) Festival is under no obligation to provide to the Applicant or any other representative of the Film any comments or feedback regarding the submitted Film, any information relating to the manner in which the Film is, will be, or was reviewed; any views that Festival or any reviewers of the Film may hold concerning the Film; any reasons why the Film, should it not be accepted for exhibition at the Festival, was not accepted; or any other information relating to the Festival’s review, consideration and/or selection process regarding the Film specifically or submissions generally beyond the information set forth in these Rules and Regulations. Festival disavows any responsibility for, and will not be held responsible or liable for, the contents of any internal comments or feedback regarding any Film that are or may be obtained by the Applicant or any other representative of the Film; any communications by any representative of Festival or the Festival relating to the Film or the Festival selection process; the manner in which the Film shall be, is or was considered and reviewed; the identity or identities of any specific reviewers of the Film; and/or any failure on the part of Festival or the Festival to provide the Applicant or any other representative(s) of the Film with information concerning Festival’s consideration and/or review of the Film. II. FESTIVAL PROGRAM CATEGORIES & ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Please be advised that the information listed below is subject to change at any time. Films accepted by our Jury into the Festival will be placed, at the sole and absolute discretion of the Festival Programming department, in one of three program categories. The following is a description of each program category, along with eligibility requirements for each: 17) SHORTS COMPETITION (20 - 35 INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILMS) All short films are selected to play before features or in one of the Shorts Programs, and all accepted shorts are eligible for awards in our Short Film Competition. Short Films must have a total running time of less than 60 minutes, including credits. There are no premiere or prior screening restrictions for short films, however an Austrian premiere status is required for films originating outside of Austria. Shorts may have been released on DVD, broadcast on television or the internet, and/or publicly screened anywhere in the world and still remain eligible for our Shorts Competition. All short films at the Festival are eligible for the BEST SHORT Award. Short films will NOT compete for the AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD. 18) FEATURE FILM COMPETITION (7 - 9 INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE FILMS) In order to qualify, the submitted project must either be scripted or improvisational fiction and must have a total running time of 60 minutes or more. Films selected to play in this category will compete for the BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM Award and the AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD. Films have to be the director's first, second, or maximum third feature film. Films must not have been theatrically released (including screenings at summer cinema events) prior to the current edition of Film Festival Kitzbuehel. An Austrian premiere status is preferred. 19) DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION (7 - 9 INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILMS) In order to qualify, the submitted project must be a non-fiction documentary subject and must have a total running time of 60 minutes or more. Films selected to play in this category will compete for the BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM Award and the AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD. Films have to be the director's first, second, or maximum third feature film. Films must not have been theatrically released (including screenings at summer cinema events) prior to the current edition of Film Festival Kitzbuehel. An Austrian premiere status is preferred. 20) MOUNTAIN SPORT SHORTS ( 4 - 8 INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN SPORT SHORT FILMS) Eligible are short films from any country of origin that focus on athletic performance, enjoyment of exploration in a natural environment, as well as athletic motivations of the protagonists. Films selected to play in this category will compete for the BEST MOUNTAIN SPORT SHORT Award. In order to qualify, the submitted project must have a running time between 3 to max. 50 minutes. Both documentary and narrative works are accepted. An Austrian premiere status is required for films originating outside of Austria. All films may have had any number of public theatrical exhibitions, been released on DVD, and may have been broadcast on television outside Austria and still retain eligibility.