Terms + Release.

FILMHACK 2026 · Berlin · 13 to 15 November 2026. Organised by Filmmakers & Movie Nerds e.V. (FILMAKERS.AI), Bastianstraße 14, 13357 Berlin, registered at Amtsgericht Charlottenburg under VR 40652 ("we", "us"). "FILMHACK" means the event.

Version 1.0 · 9 November 2026

By taking part in FILMHACK you agree to these terms. You accept them by ticking the box in the FILMHACK participation form (we store your name, email and the time you ticked) or by signing a printed copy at check-in. Both count the same. Without accepting them, you cannot take part.

1. Taking part

1.1 Participation is free and by application. Only confirmed participants aged 18 or over can take part.

1.2 You take part in a team of at least 3 people. There is no maximum team size. Everyone on your team must be registered for FILMHACK, including outside help: friends who act or help on your film register by accepting these terms and the Team & Cast Release on filmhack.ai/terms. Everyone who works on or appears in your film must be at least 18.

1.3 You follow the FILMHACK rules published at filmhack.ai/info-rules. We can update the rules before the countdown starts and will tell all participants if we do. If the rules and these terms conflict, these terms prevail.

2. Your film

2.1 Your film or trailer comes together inside the 48 hours (Fri 13 Nov, 15:00 to Sun 15 Nov, 15:00). Before that, you can shoot real footage and make style frames and character, object and location sheets. AI video, assembly and the edit happen only inside the 48 hours.

2.2 Your team keeps all rights to its film.

2.3 You confirm that you have all rights to everything in your film (music, footage, images, voices, AI outputs and any other material), including for our uses under section 3, and that your film does not infringe anyone's rights. You follow the terms of every tool you use. At submission, you list all music and third-party material with source and licence, and the AI tools you used. Your end credits state that AI was used. AI likenesses or voices of real people only with their signed release; none of public figures. If someone makes a claim against us because you culpably broke this section, you indemnify us, including reasonable legal costs.

2.4 Everyone who works on your film or appears on screen or on mic signs the Team & Cast Release. This is not needed for passers-by who appear only incidentally in the background. Each team names an authorised producer or director who checks that everyone has signed, makes the team's choices under section 3 and receives any prizes for the team (7.3). Each person signs either through the online form or on paper. The authorised producer or director uploads copies of all paper releases with the film and confirms at submission that all releases have been submitted to us. Nobody needs to sign through both routes. We keep the submitted records. No signed releases, no screening.

3. Rights you grant us (waiver)

3.1 Your team keeps all rights to the film. You grant us a non-exclusive, free, worldwide right, without time limit, to:

(a) screen the full film at the FILMHACK screening, at later FILMHACK and FILMAKERS.AI events and in our press kit;

(b) use excerpts of up to 30 seconds per clip, trailers, promotional cuts, stills, the title, logline and team credits to promote FILMHACK and FILMAKERS.AI (but never the full film): on social media, on our websites, in press work, in showreels, and in trailers and campaigns for future editions. If your submitted entry is itself a trailer, publishing it in full counts as full-film publication under 3.2;

(c) use behind-the-scenes photos and clips your team makes or shares with us during the event in the same way.

We may shorten, reformat and subtitle this material and add FILMHACK branding, without distorting your film. We credit your film and team where reasonably possible. Journalists may use excerpts, stills and credits from our press kit to report on FILMHACK; the full film in the press kit is for viewing only.

3.2 Only if your authorised producer or director ticks "yes" in the submission form, we may publish your full film online (for example on our YouTube, Instagram or website). You can change that choice later by writing to us; we then remove the full film from our own channels within 14 days but cannot recall copies others have already shared. Festival requirements vary. The FILMHACK screening, later screenings and the promotional uses in 3.1 may affect your film's eligibility or premiere status at other festivals, even if you decline full online publication. Check the rules of festivals you plan to enter.

3.3 Our partners (for example inference.sh, LetzAI) may share trailers, promotional cuts, excerpts, stills and behind-the-scenes material from 3.1 (b) and (c) on their own channels to report on and promote FILMHACK. Any other use, for example in a partner's own product advertising, needs the approval of your authorised producer or director. Partners receive no other rights to your film.

3.4 We do not sell your film or license it to third parties beyond 3.3 without your consent.

4. Photos and video at the event

We take photos and videos at FILMHACK events. You agreed in your application that recordings in which you appear can be used by us for press, social media, festival submissions and event documentation. Partners and press who take their own photos or videos are responsible for their own use. If a specific photo or clip of you bothers you, write to us and we will take it down where we can.

5. Conduct

5.1 We expect respect for everyone on site and in the community. We can exclude anyone who harasses others, damages the venue or breaks these terms or the rules.

5.2 We may exclude a film from the screening, awards or publication if it likely breaks the law, infringes third-party rights or breaks these terms or the rules.

6. Equipment, venue and liability

6.1 You bring and are responsible for your own equipment. Your gear (laptops, cameras, drives, phones) is not insured by us. We are not liable for loss of or damage to your belongings, except as set out in 6.4.

6.2 You are liable under statutory law for damage you culpably cause to rooms, furniture or equipment at Riverside Studios, Colosseum Berlin or any other FILMHACK location. We recommend private liability insurance (Privathaftpflicht).

6.3 You follow the house rules of each venue and the instructions of our crew.

6.4 We are liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence and for injury to life, body or health. For slight negligence, we are only liable for breach of essential obligations (obligations that make the event possible in the first place and on which you can regularly rely), limited to the typical, foreseeable damage. Otherwise our liability is excluded. This also applies to our board, crew and volunteers.

6.5 Filming outside the venues is your team's own responsibility, including any permissions needed (for example from property owners, public transport or park authorities) and the safety of your cast and crew. No drones, no realistic replica weapons or police uniforms in public, and no stunts or driving scenes in traffic.

7. Awards

7.1 The jury decides on the jury awards. Its decisions are final. A film can win at most one jury award.

7.2 The Audience Award is decided by the audience at the screening: one vote per person, cast digitally as explained at the screening. We can void votes that break this rule.

7.3 Cash prizes and other prizes go to the team's authorised producer or director (2.4), who is our point of contact and receives them on behalf of the whole team. Cash prizes are paid by bank transfer within 30 days after the event, against a signed receipt. The team agrees internally how to share prize money and prizes. Winners are responsible for any taxes on their prize.

7.4 There is no legal claim to an award. If fewer eligible films are submitted than there are awards, we can leave an award open.

8. Your data

We use your data to run FILMHACK as described in our privacy policy (filmhack.ai/legal). We share your data with partners only if you opt in separately, with one exception: if your film wins, we pass the authorised producer or director's name and email to the prize partner who delivers the prize.

9. Final points

9.1 We may change the schedule or venues for organisational reasons and cancel FILMHACK for important reasons beyond our control. We will tell you as early as possible. Our liability follows 6.4.

9.2 German law applies. If one clause is invalid, the rest remain valid.

FILMHACK 2026 · Team & Cast Release (v1.0)
Organised by Filmmakers & Movie Nerds e.V., Bastianstraße 14, 13357 Berlin

For everyone who works on a FILMHACK film, appears in it on screen or on mic, or whose face or voice is recreated with AI. Passers-by who appear in the background don't need to sign. Online, participants and outside helpers (friends who act or help) tick the release on filmhack.ai/terms, which covers every FILMHACK 2026 film they work on or appear in ("this film" then means each of those films); their role and credit come from the film's end credits, and anyone who doesn't want their name in them tells their producer or director. This page and paper are the backup.

Version 1.0 · 9 November 2026

By signing, I agree:

1. Use

My work, image, voice and performance, including AI-generated or AI-enhanced versions of them made for this film, can be used in the film.

2. Screening and promotion

The film, excerpts, stills and behind-the-scenes material I appear in or worked on can be screened at FILMHACK and FILMAKERS.AI events and used to promote them (social media, websites, press, partners), as set out in the FILMHACK Terms. Use in a partner's own product ads needs my separate OK.

3. Rights and payment

The rights to the film stay with the team, which decides where else it goes (festivals, online), including whether FILMHACK may publish it in full. I won't block these uses and get no payment for my work or for them.

4. Age

I am 18 or older.

Filmmakers & Movie Nerds e.V. keeps this release as proof. Privacy: filmhack.ai/legal.