This year's submissions deadline is April 9th, 2008. M3F reserves the rite to extend the deadline for extenuating circumstances.
Please create an account to login and download the submission form. A hardcopy of your submission must be received.

1.    M3F Inc. is a Canadian festival for students between the ages of 13 to 19, currently enrolled in Canadian secondary schools and other secondary training institutions. Scholarships and awards will be awarded to winners of the festival. 

2.    Students from countries other than Canada are eligible to submit work. Their work will be highlighted in the festival, but will not be eligible for awards or scholarships.

3.    All submission must be the original work of the person(s) whose name(s) appear on the submission documents. Sampled or appropriated images, sounds, music, etc. must be properly identified and credited.

4.    All entrants within a collaborative project must be between the ages of 13 and 19.

5.    A fully completed Project Submission Form (both actual and virtual) must accompany each and every entry.  Bodies of work may be submitted on one disc.

6.    Submissions remain the property of the creator(s).

7.    There is no set restriction on the number of submissions a single participant can submit to the Festival provided each submission is accompanied by a Project Submission Form

8.    The M3F Committee reserves the right to remove any submission it deems to be offensive or contrary to the moral or ethical standards of Canadian secondary schools.  Entrants are encouraged to avoid using language, images, or situations that may restrict how M3F might further promote their work.

9.    Entrants, while retaining all rights to their work, hereby grant the M3F Committee the right to use all or part of the entry for promotion purposes. This includes the use of stills, biographical material, names and likeness from the project and submission form.  M3F is permitted to provide copies of the entries to journalists for review, to show entries at press screenings, to exhibit entries at the festival both actual and virtual, and to include entries on the archive/Gala DVD of the festival. Copies of the archive/Gala DVD will be made available for purchase.

10.     The M3F Committee will use its best efforts to ensure that the correct title and credits are listed with the entry and on festival materials but shall not be held liable for inadvertent errors or omissions.

11.     All entrants must read and understand the submission requirements for individual categories. The M3F Committee reserves the right to move a submission from a category if it deems that the entry does not comply with the category’s requirements. The submission would be moved to a more appropriate category.

12.     Due to the timelines of the Festival and because M3F will seek further opportunities to promote the work of its participants, submissions cannot be returned. 

13.     To promote their work, Entrants hereby grant the M3F Committee the right to forward submissions to other festivals (i.e. International Teen Movie Festival) for consideration and to venues (i.e. Movieola and Pixel Gallery) for display. Entrants will retain all rights to their work and be properly identified as the creators and owners of the entry.  M3F will contact Entrants if their work is forwarded to a festival or venue outside of the Mind, Media and the Message Festival.

14.     The M3F Committee reserves the right to adjust times and dates without notice, however all efforts will be made to communicate this information to all applicants.

15.     Entrants are invited to vote for their favourite new media artworks at www.m3f.org. The submissions with the most votes from each category will become the OFFICIAL SELECTIONS of the Mind, Media and the Message Festival. The M3F Committee reserves the right to alter this process if it deems it to be necessary to do so. 

16.     There will be a maximum of 100 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS in each category. The M3F Committee reserves the right to alter the number of submissions to a category if it deems it necessary to do so.

17.     The M3F Committee reserves the right to rule on all questions not specifically addressed in the regulations.

By signing the submission form, the entrant affirms that she, he, or they, hold all necessary rights for the art work, for the submission of the project, and for granting all rights for the display and promotion of the art work to the M3F Committee, its sponsors and partners. The entrant also affirms that she or he has read and understands the rules and regulations of the festival notwithstanding  The foregoing entry of a project constitutes the agreement with the M3F rules and regulations.

In consideration of the submission(s) to the Mind, Media and the Message Festival presented by M3F inc., I for myself, my heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns HEREBY WAIVE, AND FOREVER DISCHARGE the Mind, Media and the Message Festival (M3F Inc.), the Toronto Catholic District School Board, including staff and students as well as all sponsors, partners and supporters of the M3F Inc., OF AND FROM ALL claims, demands, damages, costs, expenses, actions and causes of actions whether in law or equity, in respect of loss or damage to my person or property HOWEVER CAUSED, arising or said to arise by reason of my participation in the Mind, Media and the Message Festival. I FURTHER HEREBY UNDERTAKE TO HOLD AND AGREE TO INDEMNIFY all of the aforesaid from and against any and all liability incurred by any or all of them arising as a result of, or in any way connected with my participation in the Mind, Media and the Message Festival (M3F). BY SUBMITTING THIS ENTRY, I ACKNOWLEDGE HAVING UNDERSTOOD AND AGREE TO THE ABOVE WAIVER, RELEASE, and INDEMNITY.