Terms of Suffering.

• The submitter must be at least 18 years old at the time of submission.
• If you are a student, you must be prepared to present a valid Student ID upon request.
• The submitter must own all rights to the submitted film, or have obtained all necessary permissions from the rights holders.

• All genres are accepted. Maximum runtime is 30 minutes.
• Multiple entries are allowed per submitter.
• Any film in a language other than English must include English subtitles. Exception: films whose primary language is French.
• The festival reserves the right to refuse any submission deemed inappropriate, without obligation to provide a reason.
• Once officially selected, a submitter cannot withdraw their film under any circumstances.

• All submission fees are non-refundable, under any circumstances.

• All ownership rights and intellectual property remain exclusively with the original rights holders. Submission does not transfer any rights to the festival.
• By submitting, you grant the festival a limited, non-exclusive right to use excerpts from your film (trailer, teaser, poster, stills) for promotional purposes only.
• The festival will not release the full film online or redistribute it in any form without explicit written consent from the rights holder. The full written roast is likewise published only with the rights holder's explicit consent.

• The festival reserves the right to add, modify, or remove rules and conditions at any time, without prior notice or consent from contestants.
• The festival may cancel the venue, reschedule dates, or modify available awards and categories at its sole discretion.
• Continued participation after any such changes constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.

Questions?

If something in these terms is unclear, or you have a legitimate concern that can't be resolved by re-reading them, reach out.