Julien Dubuque International Film Festival

1). All decisions of programmers and jurors are final. All entries will be reviewed and given equal consideration 2). Any materials sent to the festival (backup film copies, marketing materials) will NOT be returned without pre-paid postage or can be picked up at the festival. 3). WE DO NOT PAY SCREENING FEES for any film submitted for review. 4). Press kit materials will be sent only upon notification of Officially Selected. JDIFF assumes no responsibility of marketing and promotion of screenings at the festival, but will do our very best to help promote. 5). Notification date is on or around March 01, 2023. 6). If selected as an Official Selection, projects will be requested to upload to the designated JDIFF dropbox. If possible, a backup might be requested by either DVD/BluRay or Thumb drive (preferred) 7). Screening copy of the film and marketing materials are to be sent per specs required once festival acceptance is announced. A letter will be sent to all those accepted with requirements and the date needed. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FILMMAKER TO SEND REQUIRED MATERIALS, PER SPECS SHEET GIVEN BY JDIFF, AT THE TIME GIVEN. IF FILMS AND MARKETING MATERIALS ARE NOT SENT IN TIME OR PER REQUESTED SPECS, JDIFF HAS THE RIGHT TO ELIMINATE THE FLIM FROM THE FESTIVAL OR ADJUST THE SCREENING COPY ACCORDINGLY TO FIT OUR REQUIRED SPECS. Only 1 venue requires a DCP and features and documentaries only will screen there. JDIFF DOES NOT PAY shipping fees. 8). JDIFF reserves the right to select films from the entire pool of submissions. 9). Films must have been completed AFTER January 1, 2021. Any films completed and released before January 1, 2021 will not be accepted. 10). JDIFF does consider works in progress, however prefers final projects in order for the best review and scoring possible. 11). All entered films grant JDIFF a non-exclusive limited use agreement to use selection portions of the films chosen for competition and or use film promotional materials to promote the festival, including the rights to utilize any excerpt from any film submitted and accepted for exhibition at JDIFF for promotional purposes and/or on JDIFF's website. Filmmakers fully retain all rights, title and interest in their films and all intellectual Property. 12). JDIFF does not accept responsibility for damage or loss of materials. Please DO NOT send us any original copies, master copies, the only copy you have, etc. 13). By agreeing to these Terms & Conditions, you certify that you hold all necessary rights for the submission of this film and have read the regulations. Your submission is your acceptance of all the Terms and Conditions listed under these Rules & Terms. 14). Dates and guidelines subject to change without prior notice. 15). JDIFF pays for the travel and accommodations for one filmmaker for each of the top 3 nominees in the Best feature, documentary, short I and short II categories only. Nominee flights are booked 4 weeks in advance of the festival. You will be given a deadline to send required information to JDIFF for booking. If requested information is not received by said deadline, you will need to book your own flight and JDIFF will reimburse you up to $500.00. If you choose to book your own flight, JDIFF will reimburse up to $500.00 for domestic and $600.00 for International flights. NOMINEES MUST BE IN ATTENDANCE TO WIN.