Features will be accepted in the Horror, Sci-Fi, Suspense, Thriller and Action genres or any combination, sub-genre or mix of these genres. We are looking for anything that Thrills or Chills. Features are considered to be anything over 60 minutes. Documentary and Comedy are encouraged and accepted as long as they fit into the genres listed above.
Shorts will be accepted in the Horror, Sci-Fi, Suspense, Thriller and Action genres or any combination, sub-genre or mix of these genres. We are looking for anything that Thrills or Chills. Shorts are considered to be anything under 45 minutes. Documentary and Comedy are encouraged and accepted as long as they fit into the genres listed above.
MISSION & OBJECTIVE
Thriller! Chiller! wants to honor the tradition of great independent genre cinema.
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
Thriller! Chiller! is the original alternative film festival in West Michigan. We honor the tradition of great independent genre cinema. Over the past two years, we have played nearly 100 short and feature independent films that cover every genre from horror to action, sci-fi to suspense.
Thriller! Chiller! is not like your average film festival. We greatly respect the filmmakers whose movies we play and we love our audience. We encourage audience participation and interaction. We strive to offer the best exhibition of our selected films. We look for the films that are destined to become the cult classics of the future. We play the kinds of movies that everyone can enjoy. These are the kinds of films that become people's favorites. The kinds of films that make people cringe, laugh, jump and cheer. There's something for everyone at Thriller! Chiller!
Tony, Chris and Keith are the directors of the Thriller! Chiller! Film Festival and are filmmakers themselves. They started this festival in 2006 because they truly love this stuff and they didn't see the kinds of movies they loved accepted into other "traditional" film festivals. They created Thriller! Chiller! because they wanted a film festival that they would want to go to.
Thriller! Chiller! is truly something different and special in West Michigan and our audience is growing every year. We hope to see you there in 2008.
Thriller! Chiller!
Because we love this stuff.
ORGANIZERS
Anthony Griffin (Festival Director) ; Chris Randall (Festival Director) ; Chris Randall (Festival Director) ; Keith Golinski (Festival Director)
GENERAL RULES
Press kits are not required but are preferred. The most important items to consider for your press kit are a digital still from the movie or your poster art and a preview if you have one. If sending in a trailer with your entry, please put it on a miniDV tape or on a separate DVD, or CD as a full resolution Quicktime (.mov) file. Accepted movies will have their digital still and trailer posted on the official Thriller! Chiller! website.
To qualify as a student film, a student must be listed as either the director or producer of the film or both. Students submitting in the student categories must currently be enrolled in a college, university or high school. You must include a photocopy of your valid student ID.
All competition winners are chosen by our panel of festival judges from submitted films that are selected in pre-selection by THE THRILLER! CHILLER! FILM FESTIVAL (TCFF) to screen during the festival.
All movie submissions to TCFF must include a check or money order for the full submission entry fee amount made payable to "Thriller Chiller, LLC" (U.S. Currency), and TWO clearly labeled DVD (Region 0 or 1) copies of your movie labeled with your name, WAB tracking number, address, contact phone number, email address, the movie's title, and the movie's total running time. All submitted movies must be in English, or dubbed and/or subtitled in English. A press kit is requested but not required unless your movie is selected. Press Kits should include photos, posters, synopsis, and anything else you may have for us to promote your movie with. Also, make sure you send us a digital picture of the poster art so we can put it up on our website.
Please do not send us your master copies. All submitting and attending filmmakers must be 18 years or older to attend any TCFF event where liquor will be available. All TCFF selections and/or decisions are final. Each movie is judged solely on its merits. We only accept original works mainly of the horror, sci-fi, suspense action or thriller genres or any combination or mix of these genres. Interpretation of what qualifies for these genres will be left up to the entrant.
Only one movie per DVD. If entering more than one movie, you must submit each movie separately. Exhibition Videos and/or DVDs must be received by TCFF no later than September 05, 2008.
All payments to TCFF must be made payable to "Thriller Chiller, LLC". Domestically, we accept checks, money orders, and online payments, in US Dollars only. Payments from outside the USA must be paid by certified check or International Money Order in US dollars only. Thriller Chiller does not accept cash. All submission entry fees are one time only for each movie submitted. All payments made to Thriller Chiller, LLC are non-refundable.
Each movie submitted MUST have ALL licensing and rights clearance issues resolved and granted for use in your movie before submitting any material(s) to the competition. If not, then we'll wind up having to disqualify your movie from the festival process. TCFF does not accept any responsibility of any kind whatsoever for any legal action(s) brought against your movie. Make sure that you legally have the right to submit anything you submit to TCFF.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
All competition winners are chosen by our panel of festival judges from submitted films that are selected in pre-selection by THE THRILLER! CHILLER! FILM FESTIVAL (TCFF) to screen during the festival. All movie submissions to TCFF must include a check or money order for the full submission entry fee amount made payable to "Thriller Chiller, LLC" (U.S. Currency), and TWO clearly labeled DVD (Region 0 or 1) copies of your movie labeled with your name, WAB tracking number, address, contact phone number, email address, the movie's title, and the movie's total running time. All submitted movies must be in English, or dubbed and/or subtitled in English. A press kit is requested but not required unless your movie is selected. Press Kits should include photos, posters, synopsis, and anything else you may have for us to promote your movie with. Also, make sure you send us a digital picture of the poster art so we can put it up on our website. Please do not send us your master copies. All submitting and attending filmmakers must be 18 years or older to attend any TCFF event where liquor will be available. All TCFF selections and/or decisions are final. Each movie is judged solely on its merits. We only accept original works mainly of the horror, sci-fi, suspense action or thriller genres or any combination or mix of these genres. Interpretation of what qualifies for these genres will be left up to the entrant. Only one movie per DVD. If entering more than one movie, you must submit each movie separately. Exhibition Videos and/or DVDs must be received by TCFF no later than September 05, 2008. All payments to TCFF must be made payable to "Thriller Chiller, LLC". Domestically, we accept checks, money orders, and online payments, in US Dollars only. Payments from outside the USA must be paid by certified check or International Money Order in US dollars only. Thriller Chiller does not accept cash. All submission entry fees are one time only for each movie submitted. All payments made to Thriller Chiller, LLC are non-refundable. Each movie submitted MUST have ALL licensing and rights clearance issues resolved and granted for use in your movie before submitting any material(s) to the competition. If not, then we'll wind up having to disqualify your movie from the festival process. TCFF does not accept any responsibility of any kind whatsoever for any legal action(s) brought against your movie. Make sure that you legally have the right to submit anything you submit to TCFF. By submitting your movie to this competition, you agree to allow your movie to be shown at TCFF and at any event held for/by TCFF before or during the festival. TCFF reserves the right to use excerpts and stills from your movie for promotion of TCFF and/or TCFF events. Every precaution will be exercised in handling entries, but neither the TCFF, TCFF judges, organizers, employees, sponsors nor participating organizations assume any responsibility for any damage to or any loss of any material(s) submitted. Further, TCFF does not assume any responsibility for any damage whatsoever to any person(s) participating and/or attending any event associated with TCFF. All submissions are reviewed by a panel of judges selected by TCFF. Selected filmmakers will be notified by email of their acceptance to TCFF in August 2008, and exhibition copies will be requested at that time. For exhibition, we currently accept DVD, Quicktime, miniDV and DVCAM formats only. If you choose to submit a DVD, please send a professionally mastered version. YOU are responsible for your DVD being readable. Make sure we can play your DVD! Participation in and/or attending TCFF implies understanding and acceptance of all terms, conditions and rules included herein. Not adhering to TCFF terms, conditions and/or rules is cause without prior notice for disqualification from being selected by TCFF and TCFF reserves the right to select and/or not select any submitted materials and refuse admission of any person(s) and/or material(s) to any TCFF activity and/or event at TCFFs sole discretion. All federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply. All taxes on or connected with any prize and the reporting consequences thereof, are the sole and exclusive responsibility of respective winners. By entering the competition, all entrants agree to the complete contents of these submission rules. All entrants release and hold TCFF, Thriller Chiller, LLC and/or all other companies associated with TCFF and competition entities harmless from and against any and all injuries, rights, damages, losses, claims and actions of any kind arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from the competition or participation in the competition and any competition related activity. Further, all entrants release and waive any claims with regard to TCFF and hold harmless TCFF and/or Thriller Chiller, LLC and/or the competition entities from and against any and all claims of any kind that are or could be asserted with respect to any matter whatsoever. All entrants further agree to indemnify, defend against and hold TCFF and/or Thriller Chiller, LLC and/or all other competition entities harmless from any and all liabilities, damage, costs and/or fees incurred in defending against any third party claim(s) or threat(s) of claim(s) asserted against TCFF and/or Thriller Chiller, LLC and/or all other competition entities arising from any entrant?s participation in or conduct associated with the competition. Non-performance of any party shall be excused to the extent that performance is rendered impossible by strike, fire, flood, earthquakes, war, governmental acts or orders or restrictions, or any other reason where failure to perform is beyond the reasonable control, and not caused by the negligence of the non-performing party. The competition and/or these official rules are governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Michigan, United States of America, without regards to its principles of conflicts of law. For any dispute not subject to arbitration, entrant agrees to personal jurisdiction by the federal and state courts located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America, and waives any jurisdictional, venue, or inconvenient forum objections to such courts. Further, in any such dispute, under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and hereby irrevocably waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, and/or any other damages, including attorneys' fees, other than participant's actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e., costs associated with participating in the festival competition), and entrant further irrevocably waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased. All selections and/or decisions made by TCFF are final. All information by TCFF and/or Thriller Chiller, LLC, whether publicly posted or not, is subject to change without prior notice.
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