Official Entry Rules

The Shanghai Student Film Festival reserves the right to reject any entry on the basis of objectionable content that might be potentially insulting or inflammatory images or language. The Shanghai Student Film Festival does not assume responsibility for phone, technical, network, electronic, computer, and hardware or software failure of any kind; or lost, late, misdirected, damaged, illegible, stolen, incomplete, misaddressed entries. Entries can be disqualified if they do not contain a completed Entry Form, a properly labeled and recorded entry on a data disc.

By entering the Shanghai Student Film Festival, the applicants:

(1) agree to the official rules and the decisions of the judges which will be final in all respects;

(2) consent to the use of names and likenesses, the name of his/her school or other affiliation (if applicable) and any statements, quotes or testimonials, photographs, designs, models, web content and/or any other audio-visual materials provided by the applicant for advertising, trade and publicity purposes.

(3) grants the Shanghai Student Film Festival and its authorized agents the assigned rights to reprint, display, reproduce, perform or exhibit the entry without limitation and without any compensation to any party, except where prohibited by law;

(4) release the Shanghai Student Film Festival, its subsidiaries, and affiliates from any and all liability for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind caused by any prize or resulting from award, acceptance, possession or use of any prize, or failure to award any prize.

(5) must wholly own valid entries and their contents. Each applicant warrants and represents that he/she is the independent creator of the submitted entry; the entry is original and owned by applicant; the entry is free of any claims by other parties. The applicant is solely responsible for any copyright infringement.