By using this website, you agree to accept the terms and conditions on this page.
Information
Short Film Central provides a system for short-filmmakers, companies and events to promote themselves and their films. The information displayed for the short films, filmmakers, events and companies listed on this website is provided both by us and by the owners of those entities. We make an effort to ensure the accuracy of any information we enter ourselves, and when profile owners request to edit a profile, we require them to warrant that they are authorized to provide the information. We encourage the profile owners to keep their information up to date, but we do not guarantee or warrant the accuracy, completeness or currency of the information provided. We will not be liable for any content which you may find offensive, indecent, harmful, defamatory, innacurate or deceptive, but we will gladly receive comments about such content to help us improve the quality of the information provided.
Adding and Editing Content
If you are a filmmaker, company or event involved in the production or exhibition of short films, you are encouraged to use this website to promote yourself, your short films, your festival/event or company. When adding a new profile, or editing and existing profile, you warrant that you are authorized to provide the information, and you further warrant that the information you provide is true and accurate. You grant us a non-exclusive licence to display the information on this website, and in other media for the purposes of promoting the website. We will endevour to inform you of any extraordinary usage, or seek your permission for any usage beyond this website. All submitted content goes into an update queue and will usually be displayed on the public profile within 24 hours.
We do not wish to censor any content, so when providing information, please consider that this website has a very broad audience. We reserve the right to withhold or remove any content for any reason, or we may consult with you about editing the information before it is displayed.
To ensure that all awards displayed on film profiles are valid, when you enter an award for your film you must provide proof of that award. Proof should preferably be in the form of a direct web address to a page on an official festival website listing their awards, or if that is not available (e.g. past events without a record on the web), you can provide proof in some other form.
Rating and Reviewing Short Films
You are encouraged to give feedback to filmmakers by rating and reviewing short films which you have seen. You must be logged in to write a review, and your username will be displayed with the review. You have the option of also displaying your full name with the review or not. See the Privacy Policy for more information about your personal details. All reviews go into an update queue and will usually be displayed on the public film profile within 24 hours.
We do not wish to censor your comments, so when writing reviews, please consider that this website has a very broad audience. We reserve the right to withhold or remove any content for any reason, or we may consult with you about editing your review before it is displayed.
Purchasing Products
When purchasing products, you warrant that you have the right to purchase and use the products, that you are at least 18 years old, and that the personal, billing and delivery details you provide are true and correct.
Pricing
All films available on this website are the property of their respective owners, and we provide a service to sell them on behalf of the film owners. Prices for the films on a Make-Your-Own Compilation DVD are set by and remitted to their owners, and we add an assembly fee for making each DVD. Prices and availability of all products are subject to change without notice.
Licensing
Film products purchased from this site may only be used for private, personal use, unless you select the option to licence the films for library/lending/educational purposes in the shopping cart. There are additional fees for this licence, but it will permit you to keep the product in a library for lending purposes, or to screen it for educational purposes. This licence does not include permission to screen the films in public. If you wish to screen the films at a public event, you will need permission from the individual filmmakers and distributors - please contact us and we will help you arrange that.
Copyright
All products are protected by international copyright laws, and any unauthorized copying, editing, public exhibition, renting, exchanging, hiring, lending, diffusion or broadcast of any part of films contained on the products is strictly prohibited.
Payment
We currently use PayPal to process payments. Your PayPal account details or credit card details are entered on PayPal's secure website, not on ours, and those details are not made available to us. You are returned to Short Film Central when you complete or cancel a payment on the PayPal website. PayPal services many countries and regions, but if you cannot use PayPal in your country, please contact us to discuss alternative payment arrangements.
Your receipt of an order confirmation from us does not signify our acceptance of that order, and we may cancel the order if the products ordered are not available to ship to certain areas, or for any other reason. In this case, any payment you have made will be refunded in full.
Return Policy
Our Make-Your-Own Compilation DVD product has been tested to ensure the highest possible quality and compatibility with a wide range of DVD players, however we cannot be held liable if any player does not play a DVD's contents correctly. We may, at our sole discretion, refund or replace your purchase if a DVD exhibits a repeatable fault on several DVD players. We will not refund or replace any DVD product which has been damaged by improper storage or handling after receipt. Please do not return any product before contacting us. We will only accept returns if you contact us within 30 days of the shipping date, and after we have forwarded to you our returns instructions.
Recordable DVD
Our Make-Your-Own Compilation DVD product is made on-demand using DVD+R recordable DVDs. With proper storage in a cool, dark, dry place, and with careful handling to prevent marks and scratches on the data side of the disc, these DVDs should play without fault for many years. If after the 30 day return period your DVD ceases to play properly, we may, at our sole discretion, agree to send you a duplicate copy of your original DVD for the cost of assembly, materials and postage only, i.e. you will not have to pay for the films again, just the DVD preparation and postage. If you wish to order a duplicate DVD of a previous order, please contact us. Note that some or all films on a Make-Your-Own Compilation DVD may be protected by our copy-protection technology which prevents duplication of the contents of the disc containing those films.
Selling Products
You're invited to make your short film available to our visitors on our Make-Your-Own Compilation DVD system. We will make a separate Film Sales Agreement with you before making your film available, but to summarize, we only need to acquire a non-exclusive licence, you can set the price for your film, change its availability at any time, restrict sales by territory and view your sales reports online at any time. For more information, log in, go to your Product Sales menu, and click the link to Add a DVD Product, or contact us.
Privacy
We value your privacy. See our Privacy Policy for more information.
Copyright
All content provided for the films, filmmakers, events and companies listed on this site, including text, images, video and audio clips and downloads, is the property of its respective owner. All other content, the software used, and the compilation of information on this site is the property of Short Film Central. All copyrighted content is protected by Australian and international copyright and intellectual property laws and does not constitute material in the public domain. Any requests concerning material for which we do not own the copyright will be forwarded to its owner.
If you believe that any material contained on this website infringes your intellectual property, please send us a written description with the following information: (i) physical or electronic signature of the owner or authorized agent of the owner of the allegedly infringed work; (ii) identification of the allegedly infringed work and of the material that is claimed to be infringing; (iii) your contact information; and (iv) a statement explaining your belief that the use of the material is not authorized by its alleged owner, its agent or the law. See the About Us page for our contact details.
Website Usage
Your access to this website is limited to interactive usage through a regular visual web browser. You may download material for your own personal non-commercial use only. You may not modify, reproduce, transmit, distribute, re-publish, display, perform or commercialise the material in any way without written permission from Short Film Central. You may not frame any portion of this website or utilize any type of meta tag or other type of hidden text in connection with this website without our written consent. You may not use any automated processes such as web robots (other than for legitimate search engines) to extract information from the pages, or attempt any unauthorized access to any part of this website.
You are welcome and encouraged to provide a link to this website from a page on your own site. The link should include, or be adjacent to the words 'Short Film Central'. You may link directly to the home page or to other pages such as profile pages, articles, news or search results. This website must be displayed in its own window, and not in a frame on another web page.
Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THIS SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. Short Film Central MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE SITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, OR PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON THIS SITE, OR THAT THIS SITE IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL ISSUES. ALL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES PURCHASED ON THIS SITE ARE SUBJECT ONLY TO THE WARRANTIES (IF ANY) FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE MANUFACTURERS OR OTHER SUPPLIERS, AND YOU AGREE THAT WE HAVE NO LIABILITY TO YOU. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, Short Film Central DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Short Film Central, ITS OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND REPRESENTATIVES WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE, ITS CONTENT, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH CASE YOU AGREE THAT OUR MAXIMUM LIABILITY TO YOU SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT WE RECEIVED FROM YOU WITH RESPECT TO THE TRANSACTION THAT GAVE RISE TO THE CLAIM. YOU AGREE THAT YOUR SOLE REMEDY FOR ANY PROBLEM YOU MAY HAVE WITH RESPECT TO THIS SITE OR ITS CONTENT IS TO DISCONTINUE YOUR USE OF THE SITE.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold us and our subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, agents, and employees, harmless from any claim, demand or expense, including legal fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your breach of these Terms and Conditions, your use of this website, its content, any products you may have purchased, or the materials this website incorporates by reference, or your violation of any law, regulation, order or other legal mandate, or the rights of any third party.
