General registration and participation guidelines
Unified Filmmakers is organizing an online festival, where films can be submitted via the platform https://filmfreeway.com/UnifiedFilmmakersFestival-1 and where the best films will also be shown as guest contributions of the Unified Filmmakers at the Filmfest München. Participation in our festival is based on the information on our homepage, which is subject to change, the general conditions at https://filmfreeway.com and the following conditions, which are also expressly agreed upon when submitting films via https://filmfreeway.com if the question there, "Have you read the terms of use of unified filmmakers and do you accept them?" is answered with "Yes". Otherwise a submission cannot be considered and cannot participate in the festival.
Each film must be produced at your own expense and responsibility.
Films that can be considered for the festival competition are
1) are not significantly longer than 15 minutes, whereby the duration of the film also determines
the classification into the two price categories "films up to 2 minutes" and "films longer than 2
minutes up to 15 minutes
2) be thematically related to the theme of the festival, as indicated at
https://www.unifiedfilmmakers.com/en/festival/, i.e. have been produced especially during or
after the COVID19 pandemic and deal with this theme
3) in English or with English subtitles
4) the technical quality of which is sufficient for screen reproduction and has at least a resolution
in HD standard (1920 x 1080)
5) do not contain any pornographic, personal rights infringing, anti-constitutional, offensive or
otherwise illegal content
6) for which the registration fee has been truthfully and correctly indicated and paid depending on
the country of origin of the film production by means of the world map on filmfreeway or our
homepage.
Music videos or commercials are not admitted to the festival, unless the spots are social spots or
music videos are narrative ballads that are thematically related to the festival theme (see our
homepage for details).
The submission should include the title of the film and the name of the filmmaker as well as
information on the director, screenplay, actors, camera, editing, music, sound and, if applicable,
other contributors as well as the duration of the film, the log file and a synopsis.
The submission can be made in the file formats "..mov ; mp4; Xvid; H.264; H.265; avi" at a resolution
of 1920x1080 px (Full HD) and frame rate Interlaced/ProgressiveFramerate: 25 fps.
Unified Filmmakers is not obliged to admit a film to the competition, even if it meets the above mentioned criteria.
By submitting a film via FilmFreeway, the entrant warrants that he/she
1) has legal capacity, i.e. in particular is not a minor and is authorized to represent another or a
legal entity or several authorized persons in the event of acting on behalf of another or a legal
entity or several authorized persons
2) can freely dispose of the necessary rights to the film, i.e. is the holder of all rights to the film
addressed in this agreement (in particular the copyright and ancillary copyright),
3) in case of rejection of the film by FilmFreeway or Unified Filmmakers (even without further
explanation) will not assert any further rights against Unified Filmmakers,
4) keeps a copy of the film at his own disposal and indemnifies Unified Filmmakers from all claims,
should the submitted copy be lost
5) agrees to the use and transfer of the data provided by him within the framework of the festival
and its processing (see also https://www.unifiedfilmmakers.com/en/policy/).
Each properly submitted film will be viewed by at least 5 members of the Unified Filmmakers Team
(https://www.unifiedfilmmakers.com/en/about/) and evaluated on a scale of 1-10. All films with an
average rating of at least 7 points will participate in the festival. Unified Filmmakers will inform all
entrants by the penultimate day before the festival begins at the contact address provided by
FilmFreeway whether or not their submitted film has been selected for participation.
All films selected for the festival will be downloaded to a dedicated hard disk and will be provided
with a festival opening and closing credits including the names of our sponsors or patrons. In
addition, all films selected for the festival will be provided with the festival logo as a watermark for
the entire duration of the film, which the submitter expressly agrees to when submitting the film.
Unless the filmmaker has specifically objected to this at the time of submission, the films edited for
the festival will then be uploaded to our YouTube channel, made available on the Festival YouTube
Channel for the duration of the festival and presented on our festival homepage (with a link to this
YouTube channel embedded). Furthermore, Unified Filmmakers will use the films to promote the
festival on social media channels such as YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok or Twitter. United
Filmmakers does not pursue a "monetization" on Youtube.
The duration of making the film accessible is limited to the duration of the festival. By submitting a
film, the submitter agrees not to assert any rights against Unified Filmmakers if the film should
remain accessible for a longer period of time on one of the mentioned platforms through no fault of
his/her own. The online festival ends on the last day of the month of the last day of Filmfest
München, usually 31 July. Within one week after this day, all films whose submitters have not agreed
to remain on our homepage and the festival's own YouTube channel will be removed. All other films
will remain on our homepage or the festival's media library and YouTube channel for archiving
purposes. However, Unified Filmmakers is not obliged to maintain the accessibility.
Prize winners are determined by a jury as well as by audience vote in the categories "Films up to 2
minutes" and "Films longer than 2 minutes up to approx. 15 minutes". There will also be an award for
the best films of certain genres mentioned on our homepage.
On the festival homepage, all viewers will have the opportunity to vote for their three best films in
the categories "Films up to 2 minutes" and "Films longer than 2 minutes up to approx. 15 minutes"
until May 31, 2020 after a previous registration process. The best rated film will receive 5 points, the
second best rated film 2.5 points and the third best rated film 1 point. The current score can be seen
under the respective film on the homepage. On May 31, 2020 the audience vote ends and the films
with the most points are determined.
In addition, a jury of international filmmakers for the categories "Films up to 2 minutes" and "Films
longer than 2 minutes up to about 15 minutes" will view the participating films of the festival and
evaluate them on a scale of 1-10 points.
The 10 best films will be screened as guest contributions at the Munich Filmfest 2021 as far as
possible. In times of the COVID19 pandemic, Unified Filmmakers cannot take responsibility for this
and is not obliged to do so.
From the best films in each of the jury series, the same jury will select its three best films, which will
be awarded together with the three best films in the audience series at the closing event of the
Unified Filmmakers Festival. The amount of the prize money can be viewed on our homepage.
Furthermore, there is the possibility of a special mention by the jury.
General registration and participation guidelines
In addition, at the closing event after the jury's decision (same jury), we also award the best film
from a total of 11 different genres. The genres are mentioned on our homepage. This award is not
endowed for the time being.
In order to make this possible, the submitter grants Unified Filmmakers free of charge the simple
(non-exclusive), for the duration of the festival non-revocable, easily and with the same scope
transferable copyrights, ancillary copyrights and other rights to the submitted film, in terms of time,
space, law and content, for comprehensive use, including the promotion of the festival within the
framework of the festival as well as the Munich Film Festival in all media, in whole or in part.
This includes in particular the right to make the film publicly accessible, i.e. the right to make the
work accessible to the public by wire or wireless means in such a way that it can be accessed by
members of the public from places and at times of their choice (this includes the right of retrieval via
streaming and download, in particular video-on-demand, download-to-own, download-to-burn), the
right of reproduction and distribution (in particular via image or sound carriers, the videogram right,
the right to archive, the right to lecture, perform and demonstrate, the right to participate in trade
fairs and exhibitions), the right to advertise in physical and non-physical form, the right to promote
and merchandise, the right to self-advertise, the right to translate, the right to print and ancillary
printing rights, the right to exploit parts of clips or individual images of the film in stapled form, and
the right to edit, d. i.e. the right to shorten, divide, combine with other works or edit the work in any
other way while respecting the moral rights of the author.
The submitter warrants that the work is free of any rights of third parties that restrict or exclude its
use and that he is entitled to grant such rights to third parties.
Unified Filmmakers disclaims any liability from claims of third parties due to violation of intellectual
property rights in the work provided. If third parties assert claims against Unified Filmmakers due to
the violation of their rights, the submitter indemnifies and holds harmless Unified Filmmakers and
Filmfest München in full.
The submitter waives the assertion of any claims for prohibition by way of interim injunction.
Place of performance and jurisdiction is Munich.
Festival-Compilation
The team of Unified Filmmakers will put together a short film program based on the festival theme from all the films submitted. The aim is to create a kind of anthology that takes into account the different temporal aspects of the Corona Pandemic. In other words, films made during the first lockdown with films from the second lockdown and films made during the second lockdown will show the perspectives for life after the pandemic, will be put in chronological order and allow the viewer to travel through this period. This program is to be offered to downstream festivals for exploitation and will travel around the world for the duration of one year. For this purpose, we will contact each submitter separately, if applicable.
Own cinema film
The team of the Unified Filmmakers will try to compile a feature film from all submitted films, which will be offered for worldwide distribution for a period of two years for worldwide exploitation. For this purpose we will contact each submitter separately.