Official Rules
Entry Fees
Student (elementary, high school, college) $10 Open Division $20. Entry fees in US dollars. Early registration by Jan. 15th of the festival year - free registration - actual film submission must be postmarked by this date (does not apply to email pre-entry) and a clearance form to allow your entry to be included in the Best of the Kanza DVD must be included (see link below Clearance Form/Artist Agreement). Two festival passes are included with paid entry fee. Make checks payable to: The Kanza Film Festival 2008.
Entry Due Date
The 2008 Kanza will take place Saturday, April 12, 2008 at Theatre Atchison in Atchison, Kansas. Your entries are due, in our hands, by Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at 5 p.m. Entry fees must be received along with your film. If you have a problem and have sent an email pre-entry please email prior to the due date - we will make arrangements if at all possible.
Rules
1) Special awards, including the Community Heritage Scholarship will be available for projects that reflect a historical perspective or positive community message. Other awards, such as best original music or best acting will be announced at this site throughout the year.
2) A panel of entertainment industry judges will select winners in each category for cash and prizes. Winners will be announced at the Kanza Festival and at this website.
3) Critiques of paid film submissions may be available as part of paid entry fee.
4) The Kanza reserves the right to decline selection of winners in any category and at any stage of the judging if there are no acceptable entries or finalists in a given category. The judges may, at their discretion, move an entry or group entries together for judging purposes.
5) You may submit multiple projects. Please only one entry per application form. Each project must be submitted on a seperate DVD, VHS or CD. You may pay multiple entry fees on one check.
6)Submissions will not be returned. DO NOT send the only master.
7)Entries that contain material not suitable for a student audience may be rejected. The Kanza reserves the right to reject any submission for any reason.
8) By submitting your project to The Kanza you retain all rights to your work but agree to allow your project to be shown at The Kanza Fest or used for Kanza Fest promotional purposes. Your name and information about your project may be used for promotion of The Kanza.
9) With the artist's written permission, selected projects will be offered a distribution package that will pay the artist a cash royalty for each copy sold.
10) Your entry is a declaration by you that the project has received permission to use all material in the project and that the person making the entry is liable for any legal action that may occur by exhibition or distribution of that project if it has copyrighted music or other material that was used without permission.
11) The entrant agrees they will not hold The Kanza responsible for any legal action that may occur from exhibition or promotion of the submitted project.
12) Selected works will be offered a distribution package that will pay the artist cash for each copy sold. The artist has no obligation to accept the package. Because of the distribution potential, it is imperitive that entries have full copyright clearance.
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