Terms & Conditions

Terms & Conditions

Last updated: [Insert Date]

Welcome to the Catalina Film Festival & Institute website. These Terms & Conditions govern your use of this website and any related pages, forms, content, features, services, links, merchandise pages, donation pages, ticketing links, submission links, and festival-related information made available through this site.

By accessing or using this website, you agree to these Terms & Conditions. If you do not agree with these terms, please do not use this website.

1. Who We Are

This website is operated by Catalina Film Festival & Institute. The website provides information about the festival, the Institute, film submissions, ticketing, events, programs, partners, merchandise, donations, news, and related activities.

References to “we,” “us,” “our,” “Catalina Film Festival,” “Catalina Film Festival & Institute,” or “CFFI” refer to Catalina Film Festival & Institute and its related festival activities.

2. Use of This Website

You may use this website for lawful personal, informational, festival-related, submission-related, ticketing-related, donation-related, partnership-related, or merchandise-related purposes.

You agree not to use this website:

• For any unlawful, fraudulent, harmful, or abusive purpose.
• To interfere with the operation, security, or availability of the website.
• To attempt to gain unauthorized access to any system, account, data, or service.
• To copy, scrape, harvest, or extract website content or data without permission.
• To upload or transmit malicious code, spam, or harmful material.
• To misrepresent your identity, affiliation, project, organization, or authority.
• To infringe the rights of Catalina Film Festival & Institute or any third party.

3. Website Content

The content on this website is provided for general informational purposes. We make reasonable efforts to keep information accurate and up to date, but festival details, schedules, venues, ticket availability, submission information, partners, events, merchandise, pricing, and program details may change at any time.

We do not guarantee that all information on the website will always be complete, current, or free from errors. If there is a conflict between information on this website and information provided directly by an official ticketing, submission, payment, or event platform, the terms and information on that platform may apply.

4. Film Submissions

Film submissions may be managed through third-party submission platforms such as FilmFreeway or other official submission systems. When you submit a film through a third-party platform, you are also subject to that platform’s own terms, rules, deadlines, fees, privacy policy, and submission requirements.

Catalina Film Festival & Institute may provide submission information, category descriptions, eligibility notes, deadlines, fees, notification dates, and festival rules through this website or through third-party submission platforms.

By submitting a film, screenplay, project, or related material, you confirm that:

• You have the legal right and authority to submit the work.
• The submitted work does not infringe the rights of any third party.
• You have obtained all necessary rights, releases, licenses, permissions, and clearances.
• You are responsible for the accuracy of all information provided with your submission.
• You understand that submission fees, deadlines, eligibility, judging, selection, screening, and award rules may vary by category and platform.

Submission does not guarantee selection, screening, nomination, award consideration, programming, promotion, travel support, accommodation, distribution, or any other benefit unless expressly stated in writing by Catalina Film Festival & Institute.

5. Tickets, Passes, Events, and Attendance

Tickets, passes, registrations, festival access, screenings, events, panels, workshops, and related experiences may be sold or managed through third-party platforms or official festival systems.

All tickets, passes, schedules, venues, guests, event formats, screening times, availability, and access rules are subject to change. We may modify, postpone, relocate, substitute, or cancel events where necessary due to operational, safety, weather, venue, technical, legal, public health, or other circumstances.

Ticket and pass holders are responsible for reviewing all event details, venue rules, arrival times, age restrictions, accessibility notes, refund policies, and third-party platform terms before purchase or attendance.

Refunds, exchanges, cancellations, transfers, and credits are subject to the applicable ticketing platform policy and any festival-specific policy stated at the time of purchase.

6. Merchandise

Merchandise may be offered through this website, third-party storefronts, print-on-demand providers, fulfillment partners, payment processors, and shipping carriers.

Product images, descriptions, availability, prices, colors, sizes, shipping times, and delivery estimates may vary and may change without notice. We do not guarantee that every product will always be available.

Merchandise orders may be processed by third-party providers. By placing an order, you may also be subject to the terms, policies, payment rules, production rules, shipping rules, and return rules of those providers.

Unless otherwise stated, customized, print-on-demand, limited-run, or final-sale merchandise may not be eligible for cancellation, return, or exchange except where required by law or where the product is defective or incorrectly fulfilled.

7. Donations and Support

Donations, sponsorships, partnerships, and other forms of support may be processed through this website or through third-party payment providers.

Donation availability, tax treatment, receipts, benefits, recognition, sponsorship packages, and partnership terms may vary. Any specific sponsorship, partnership, donation benefit, recognition, placement, or deliverable must be confirmed in writing by Catalina Film Festival & Institute.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, donations are voluntary and may be non-refundable. Please contact us before donating if you have questions about donation terms, recognition, restrictions, or intended use.

8. Third-Party Platforms and Links

This website may link to third-party platforms, including ticketing services, submission platforms, payment processors, merchandise providers, social media platforms, video platforms, sponsors, partners, press outlets, maps, travel resources, and embedded content.

We are not responsible for the content, security, availability, privacy practices, policies, fees, errors, or actions of third-party websites or services. Your use of third-party platforms is governed by their own terms and privacy policies.

9. Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, all website content, design elements, text, graphics, logos, images, video materials, page layouts, branding, icons, and other materials displayed on this website are owned by or licensed to Catalina Film Festival & Institute or used with permission.

You may not copy, reproduce, modify, distribute, publish, transmit, display, sell, license, or exploit any website content without prior written permission, except where permitted by law or where content is clearly provided for press, promotional, or informational use.

Film titles, filmmaker materials, stills, trailers, posters, biographies, press materials, sponsor logos, partner logos, and third-party trademarks remain the property of their respective owners.

10. User-Submitted Content

If you submit information, images, text, project materials, press materials, biographies, logos, comments, forms, messages, or other content through this website or through related festival platforms, you are responsible for ensuring that you have the right to submit that content.

By submitting content to Catalina Film Festival & Institute, you grant us permission to use that content as reasonably necessary to review, process, administer, promote, communicate about, or operate the relevant festival, program, submission, event, partnership, merchandise, donation, or website activity.

This permission does not transfer ownership of your underlying intellectual property. However, you acknowledge that festival administration, programming, promotion, press, archival, and communication activities may require us to display, reproduce, resize, crop, excerpt, describe, or share certain submitted materials.

11. Press, Publicity, Photography, and Recording

Festival events may include photography, video recording, livestreaming, press coverage, social media coverage, interviews, audience images, filmmaker Q&As, panels, and promotional documentation.

By attending festival events, you acknowledge that you may appear in photographs, recordings, livestreams, press materials, promotional materials, archival materials, or social media content related to Catalina Film Festival & Institute, unless otherwise restricted by applicable law.

If you have specific concerns about photography, filming, accessibility, privacy, or press visibility at an event, please contact us in advance where possible.

12. Accessibility

Catalina Film Festival & Institute aims to provide a website and festival experience that are accessible and usable. Accessibility information may vary by venue, event, platform, format, and service provider.

If you need accessibility information or reasonable assistance related to the website, ticketing, venues, screenings, events, or communications, please contact us as early as possible so we can review your request.

13. No Professional Advice

The information on this website is provided for general informational purposes only. Nothing on this website should be treated as legal, financial, tax, travel, medical, safety, immigration, insurance, or professional advice.

You are responsible for making your own arrangements and obtaining appropriate advice where needed, including travel planning, accommodation, transportation, insurance, visa requirements, project rights clearance, and legal review of submissions or agreements.

14. Disclaimer of Warranties

This website and its content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Catalina Film Festival & Institute makes no warranties or representations about the accuracy, completeness, reliability, availability, security, or suitability of the website or its content.

We do not guarantee that the website will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, free from viruses, or available at all times.

15. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Catalina Film Festival & Institute will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, punitive, or exemplary damages arising from or related to your use of the website, participation in festival activities, use of third-party platforms, purchase of merchandise, ticketing issues, travel arrangements, submissions, or reliance on website content.

Nothing in these Terms & Conditions limits liability where such limitation is not permitted by law.

16. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Catalina Film Festival & Institute, its representatives, team members, partners, service providers, sponsors, volunteers, and affiliates from claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses arising from your use of the website, your breach of these terms, your submitted content, your submissions, your orders, your attendance at events, or your violation of any law or third-party right.

17. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms & Conditions from time to time. When we make changes, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page.

Your continued use of the website after updated terms are posted means that you accept the revised Terms & Conditions.

18. Governing Law

These Terms & Conditions are governed by the laws of [Insert jurisdiction, e.g. the State of California], without regard to conflict of law principles, unless otherwise required by applicable law.

Any dispute arising from or related to these Terms & Conditions, the website, or related services will be handled in the appropriate courts or dispute resolution forum located in [Insert location], unless otherwise required by applicable law.

19. Contact Us

For questions about these Terms & Conditions, please contact:

Catalina Film Festival & Institute
Email: [Insert contact email]
Website: catalinafilm.org

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