RULES AND TERMS

NWBIFF is granted the right to use an excerpt from any film submitted and accepted for competition at the festival for promotional purposes.
A clip of winning entries may also be streamed on the NWBIFF.COM website and WRPN.TV.

The number of awards granted at any level will fluctuate based on the total number of entries received for each competition deadline. Just as entering major categories doesn't guarantee you'll be chosen or win an award, entering sub-categories doesn't. Suppose a filmmaker only enters a sub-category and not a major category. In that case, the film may only be accepted if the judges think the sub-category is suitable, even if the film itself is good and could have won an award. Conversely, films may also receive awards for sub-categories written by the judges, even if the filmmaker did not submit them.

Also, your film name will appear in the Official Selection list only if you have submitted the entire film into one of the main (full-price) categories (films submitted for judging in the reduced-rate, production value sub-categories will not be listed).

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 We are not responsible for winners missing opportunities because of failure to receive or read emails.


The individual or corporation submitting the film warrants that it may commit the film for screening and understand and accept these requirements and regulations.

The competition reserves the right to refuse entries, and there are no waivers.
DVDs WILL NOT BE RETURNED!

Refund Policy: If you withdraw your submission before it is officially selected, you will receive a refund.
If you withdraw AFTER being Officially Selected, there will be NO refunds.
All our judges (selection and awarding) are paid. We don't use unpaid volunteers.

We live-screen only the Best of Festival winners.
Our screening event is to collect audience reactions to be used by our distributors. We don't conduct after-screening networking parties or seminars.
Video interviews of the viewing audience may be conducted and shown on WRPN.tv

Submissions other than the English language must be subtitled or dubbed.
If there is insufficient competition within any category, NWBIFF reserves the right to withdraw a "Best Of" presentation.

NWBIFF has set up a system where entries don't compete against each other but are instead judged on their own merits, ensuring that each film is studied and rated on its own.
They compete against themselves; each entry is scored according to an inherent value system.

When it is your turn to be evaluated, the judge's focus is on your film rather than on all the other films on cue, which ensures that they are not thinking about comparisons when they should think about you.

Judges score on a performance scale, and winning entries are recognized and awarded Best of Festival and Best of Show, as well as two Awards of Excellence levels, two Awards of Merit levels, a Kudos Endeavor Award, or no award.

The top-scoring entry or entries for each season are given the Best of Festival and Best of Show awards.
Awards of Excellence are granted to entries with exceptional artistic and technical achievements.
Notable achievements are recognized at the Award of Merit and Kudos award levels.

Submitters must protect Nature Without Borders International Film Festival, WRPN.TV, and ROMAN PICTURES from and against all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (including, but not limited to, attorney's fees and court costs) that may be caused by any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity, screening, and loss or damage to the screening videos entered.