GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
General Terms and Conditions applicable to access to the website myfrenchfilmfestival.com and the use of its services.
Article 1: Organization
Created in 1949 as an association under the French 1901 Act and under the control of the public authorities – particularly the CNC, Unifrance promotes French cinema and audiovisual works abroad and works for the cultural influence and commercial development of French works throughout the world.
The association has almost 1,000 members, producers and exporters of feature films, shorts and audiovisual works, directors, actors, authors (screenwriters) and artistic agents.
Each year, Unifrance organizes an online French film festival entitled MyFrenchFilmFestival.com (hereinafter referred to as the "Festival").
This online Festival, which is accessible via the website www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com published by Unifrance, consists of regularly promoting various selections of feature films and short films (these films are hereinafter referred to, collectively or individually, as the "Films").
The Films are, according to different periods of the year, accessible on VOD via www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com. These Films can be viewed using a system of rental per Unit, per Pack, by subscription, by using promotional codes, or free of charge, depending on the country of viewing and the different Films proposed by the service.
The creation of a User Account on www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com allows the User access to the viewing of Films from the various selections offered on the website at the particular time, and to view these Films (in the form of rentals per Unit, per Pack, by subscription, by using promotional codes, or free of charge).
The User may, free of charge and if he or she so wishes to do so, rate the Films viewed. These ratings contribute to the attribution of various awards.
The present General Terms and Conditions apply to any private individual (hereinafter referred to as the "User"), regardless of the country in which he or she is using the service (with the exception of geographic territories that Unifrance reserves the right to geo-filter, or block, for legal reasons), who visits the website www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com and/or who utilizes the services proposed, notably the Film viewing service.
The present General Terms and Conditions remain applicable for the duration of the period in which they are displayed on the website www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com. Unifrance reserves the right to unilaterally modify them.
The contact details of the publisher of the website www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com are as follows:
Unifrance
13, rue Henner
75009 PARIS
FRANCE
Tel: +33 1 47 53 95 80
Article 2: Registration and Opening of an Account on www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com
The User is required to fully complete the registration form, which is an essential requirement for the opening of an account.
Any forms providing incomplete, incorrect, misleading, or false information will be deemed invalid, and the request for registration will be refused.
The User will receive an email at the email address he or she has provided confirming the opening of his or her account, which will provide his or her password and, generally, any necessary information in order to connect to the website www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com and use the services provided. Due to the personalized and confidential nature of this information, the User agrees to keep this information secret and not to divulge it to any third party.
The User may request (via a form designed for this purpose) to have his or her password reset in order to allow him or her to connect to the website and access his or her account.
By accepting the present General Terms and Conditions, the User confirms that he or she is over the age of thirteen years and is fully capable and competent to accept and/or comply with the present conditions, obligations, declarations, and guarantees. Any User who does not meet this condition declares and acknowledges that he or she has obtained parental authorization for the opening of an account.
Any connection to the website or use of the User’s account using the data provided to the User will be deemed to have been undertaken by the User.
Article 3: Access to Films
Within the framework of the Festival, and under the conditions and within the limits set forth in the present General Terms and Conditions, Unifrance will make the Films available to the general public directly via the website www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com in such a manner as to permit any private individual acting on an individual request to have access, by the so-called process of viewing/streaming (hereinafter referred to as "Viewing"), to the Films when he or she wishes, for non-commercial personal use or within the close family circle, via Film rental per Unit, per Pack, as part of a subscription, or as a free-of-charge viewing.
All utilization of Films outside the abovementioned framework is strictly prohibited. All resales, exchanges, rentals, or transfers of the Films, in full or in part, or of any elements relating to the Films (sound, still or moving images, etc) featured on the website www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com to any third party are also strictly prohibited.
The Viewing of Films refers to the possibility offered to the User in exchange for the payment of a monetary sum, or free of charge, to view the Films in full or as excerpts, without downloading, at the time and place of his or her choice.
The status of Films with regard to French film industry regulations, notably relating to the protection of minors (such as ratings, censorship, restrictions, recommendations) is indicated, when appropriate, on the file accompanying all films concerned.
Unifrance may, notably for reasons relating to the legal status of Films, put in place a system that allows for the blocking of access to certain films in certain geographic territories.
Unifrance reserves the right, in certain geographic territories, to permit free-of-charge viewing of certain Films.
Article 4: Publication of Comments on www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com
The User has the possibility of posting publications, allowing him or her to provide comments and opinions about the Films via his or her Facebook account.
The User shall have sole responsibility for his or her publications. Unifrance cannot under any circumstances be held responsible for opinions, comments, and other publications posted by the User on the website www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com.
Unifrance may, at its sole discretion, decide to moderate, adapt, remove, or delete opinions, comments, and other publications by the User without being required to inform the User in advance or subsequently.
The User undertakes to refrain from any dissemination of any comments or information that is contrary to the public order, which go against public moral principles, including offensive, defamatory, abusive, racist, xenophobic, revisionist statements, violating the honor or reputation of a third party, any incitement to discrimination, hatred and violence towards a person or group of people because of their origin or their membership or non-membership of a specific ethnic group, nation, race, or religion, or of a pedophile nature, any incitement to commit a felony, a crime, or a terrorist act, or condoning of war crimes or crimes against humanity, inciting suicide, and so forth.
The User agrees to respect the rights of others, notably, but not exclusively, image reproduction rights, the right to privacy, copyright laws, trademark laws, neighboring rights, and, generally, all individual and property rights.
The User shall refrain from any actions that may impede the proper functioning of the website www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com or that may be detrimental to Unifrance.
The User agrees to release Unifrance from any and all claims, damages, liabilities, or costs from any third party relating to the non-compliance with the abovementioned commitments, and, generally, to any claims of violation or infringement suffered by any person due to the opinions, comments, or other publications in the discussion forum of our website, and shall compensate Unifrance for the damage resulting from these claims, damages, or liabilities from a third party, including legal fees and court expenses incurred.
Article 5: User Obligations
The User is prohibited from downloading, in any manner or form, the Films and/or any of the elements featuring on the website www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com (images, logos, trademarks, audiovisual works in full or as excerpts, music, etc.), and, generally, from making available, directly or indirectly, the Films, in full or in part, or any of the abovementioned elements, notably on any file-sharing website whatsoever, and from allowing any sharing of the information on the Internet.
The term Internet refers to a hierarchy of networks consisting of an open and informal computer network of communication that currently utilizes the TCP / IP protocol suite, which makes content available to the public via any known or future media platform, such as, notably, computers, mobile telephone devices, PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), interactive terminals, and so forth, and via various services, notably the exchange and sharing of files and data content.
In more general terms, the User is prohibited from directly or indirectly distributing or disseminating any material contained on the website www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com, in full or in part, on any media and by any technical means whatsoever, for commercial purposes or any other purpose, and/or from downloading the content of the website, in full or in part.
Similarly, the User is prohibited from accessing the administrative section of the website www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com in any manner whatsoever, on any account and for any purpose whatsoever.
It should be noted that the website www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com (including its name, trademarks, logos, visuals, still and/or moving images, sound, music, films in full or as excerpts, etc.) is the property of, or licensed to, Unifrance without prejudice to copyright laws and all other intellectual property rights.
Consequently, the User is authorized to access the content of the website www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com for his or her personal use only. The User is prohibited from engaging in any actions that are detrimental to the website, whether directly or indirectly, such as by copying, reproducing, distributing, disseminating, transmitting, presenting, selling, granting a license for, or utilizing any material contained on the website www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com, in full or in part.
In the event of non-compliance with the abovementioned commitments, the User releases Unifrance from any legal claims or damages from any party who exercises rights that may not have been respected, such as, notably, literary or artistic property rights, publicity rights and personality rights, and shall compensate Unifrance accordingly for any damages resulting from such legal action, including all legal fees and court expenses incurred.
Article 6: Termination of a User’s Account
Unifrance may terminate a User’s account, and consequently terminate access to services offered by Unifrance on the website www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com, immediately and without notice, and without further formalities, in case of difficulties encountered with respect to payment of a service per Unit (per Service) or per Pack, in the event of infringement of the intellectual property rights of any individual, and, generally, in the event of non-compliance with the present General Terms and Conditions or in the event of violation of the laws and regulations in force.
Article 7: Limitation of Liability
In no event shall Unifrance, its members or directors and/or staff, regardless of their position, and/or its subscribers, be held responsible in any country throughout the world, in respect of damages, either direct or indirect, specific or accessory, resulting from visiting the website www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com and the utilization of its Services, notably in the case of the malfunction of these Services due to technical maintenance operations, updating, or temporary unavailability of the website.
Similarly, Unifrance, its members, directors, staff, and subscribers cannot be held liable for the unlawful nature of the Films in the countries in which connection is available.
Article 8: Personal Data
In accordance with the provisions of the French Law of January 6, 1978 (Article 26) relating to information technology, data processing, and privacy, the User benefits from the right of access to and rectification of personal data. Users may request that their contact details are deleted and are not communicated to any third parties. All requests must be made directly by the User to Unifrance using the contact details displayed on the website www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com.
Article 9: Applicable Law and Assignment of Jurisdiction
By reason of the scale of the Festival and its objectives, the website www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com is accessible in numerous countries, whose laws differ from French laws.
As a consequence of this, it is expressly agreed that by visiting the website www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com and/or by participating in the Festival, the Visitor / User unconditionally accepts that French law shall be the only enforceable law in the case of any disputes that may arise directly or indirectly, as a result of, or during, the User’s visit to the website www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com or the User’s participation in the Festival.
By accepting the present General Terms and Conditions, the User acknowledges that they are specific to the website www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com. Due to the fact that the General Terms and Conditions of partner platforms may vary, Unifrance disclaims any responsibility for any possible variations. During any visits to partner platforms, the User is therefore subject to the general terms and conditions of the relevant partner platform.
The rules applicable to the conflict of law shall nonetheless remain unaffected and take precedence.
In all events, the French court with jurisdiction over the registered address of the head office of Unifrance shall have sole jurisdiction over any claims or disputes that cannot be resolved out of court.
This English translation is provided for information purposes and is not legally binding.
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General terms and conditions of sale
Article 1: Preamble
The viewing and rental of Films are available to all private individuals, in any country, with the specification that in the case of minors, access to the sales section of the website www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com, the viewing of Films, and the use of services on the website are permitted only under the supervision of the minor’s legal representative invested with parental authority.
The status of Films in terms of French film industry regulations, notably concerning the protection of minors such as ratings, censorship, restrictions, recommendations is indicated, when appropriate, on the file accompanying each Film.
Film rental per Unit (per Service) refers to the payment of a specific, fixed price that allows access to one or several specified Films for the purpose of viewing this Film or these Films for a limited period of time.
The rental of a “Pack” refers to the payment of an all-inclusive package price that provides access to a selection of Films for the purpose of viewing these Films.
Unifrance may, notably for reasons relating to the legal status of Films (international distribution rights), put in place a system that makes it possible to block access to certain Films in certain geographic territories. These Films will not be available for viewing in the geographic territories concerned.
Within the framework of the various events organized throughout the year on www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com, Unifrance may offer the User the possibility of purchasing different types of Packs and may propose different types of pricing systems according to the different countries concerned.
Any changes that may be made by Unifrance throughout the year to pricing systems and to the "geo-filtering" of certain Films in certain geographic territories, as applied to Film rentals per Unit (per Service) or per Pack, will in no way affect the details concerning fees and access to Films established in the present order.
Considering that the number of Films included in the Packs may vary from one geographic territory to another according to the period of the year and according to distribution rights requirements, the User, by accepting the General Terms and Conditions of Sale, acknowledges that he or she has taken full knowledge of the exact list of Films included in his or her order (per Unit or per Pack) and of the fee to be paid.
The list of Films included in the Pack(s) selected during the sales transaction is displayed on screen at various stages of payment (in the summary of the order in the User’s shopping cart and the order overview at the time of confirming the order).
Fees applied to Film rentals per Unit or per Pack are independent of the geo-filtering of certain Films in certain geographic zones. Furthermore, the price of Packs is defined by Unifrance, regardless of the number of Films included in the Packs.
Prices applied to Film rentals per Unit or per Pack, as well as payments, are in local currency.
Considering that prices applied to Film rentals per Unit or per Pack may be adjusted during the course of the year (upwards or downwards), the User may not under any circumstances claim damages or a reimbursement relating to a similar product that he or she acquired previously or subsequently on www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com.
Once the User has opened an account, he or she may undertake to rent or view Films by way of purchasing Films per Unit (per Service) or per Pack, on the understanding that the viewing service will only be activated after the completion of the necessary formalities and after the payment of sums due (with the exception of free viewing of Films in certain geographic territories).
The User must fully complete the order confirmation form, which is an essential requirement for the validation of his or her order.
Any forms providing incomplete, incorrect, misleading, or false information will be deemed invalid, and the order will be refused.
The User will receive a confirmation via email summarizing his or her order once the order has been accepted. This confirmation is considered as proof of the order and serves as an invoice.
The User may access his or her previous orders and invoices in his or her "Your Account" section on our website.
Article 2: Equipment and Minimum Connection Requirements for Film Viewing
Desktop/Laptop Computers:
Films can be viewed on the majority of recent model desktop or laptop computers.
Unifrance recommends using a computer (PC, Mac, Linux) with a minimum of 4GB of RAM and a graphics card with at least 256MB of RAM.
Mobile Devices and Tablets:
Films can be viewed on the majority of recent model mobile devices and tablets. Unifrance cannot, however, guarantee that these devices provide adequate capabilities for viewing Films.
Internet Browser:
To optimize site navigation and access to the Film viewing service, it is recommended for the User to have installed the most recent available versions of one of the following web browsers:
- Internet Explorer
- Firefox
- Safari
- Chrome
Internet Connection:
It is recommended that the User utilize a broadband Internet connection: ADSL, cable, or optical fiber that provides a minimum of 800 Kbps of bandwidth for downloading.
Article 3: Conditions of Film Viewing
Once an order has been confirmed, the Films ordered (whether they are rented per Unit or per Pack) may be viewed for a period of 30 days from the date of purchase. After the first viewing The Film selected for viewing may be viewed for a period of 72 hours from the time of the first viewing.
Users equipped with devices that comply with the minimum hardware and software requirements detailed in "Article 2: Equipment and Minimum Connection Requirements for Viewing Films" may at any time select the language of subtitles to be displayed, choosing from the languages available.
The display of subtitles is possible on the majority of recent model mobile devices and tablets. Unifrance cannot, however, guarantee that these devices provide adequate capabilities for displaying subtitles.
The User is prohibited from downloading Films in any manner whatsoever, and, more generally, from making the Films available, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, notably on any file-sharing website or enabling an exchange of this content in any form on the Internet.
Article 4: Withdrawal
The User may exercise his or her right of withdrawal in accordance with Article L 120-20 of the French Consumer Code ("Code de la Consommation") by contacting our customer service department within a period of 14 (fourteen) days from reception of the email sent by Unifrance confirming the order under the conditions stipulated (article L121-20-12 of the French Consumer Law).
In the event of this period expiring on a Saturday, Sunday, official holiday, or non-working day, this period will be extended to the first working day thereafter.
In the event that the User utilizes the viewing service, for which his or her offer has been approved by Unifrance by the sending of a confirmation email, before the expiry of the period fixed at 14 (fourteen) days as stated above, the User will lose his or her right of withdrawal.
Article 5: Distance Selling
The system that has been established, which requires the User’s active participation, complies in all respects with the requirements for Distance Selling, notably relating to Articles L. 111- 1, L. 113-3, and L. 121-18, and subsequent Articles, of the French Consumer Code and are in accordance with Articles 1369-1 and 1369-2 of the French Civil Code. Due to the nature of the Service, that is, of the provision of intangible services provided solely through downloading from the Internet, in the case of the use of the service that commences with the agreement of the User prior to the end of the period of withdrawal of seven working days, and in accordance with the requirements of Article L.121-20-2 of the French Consumer Code, the User may not exercise his or her right of withdrawal.
In the event of the User purchasing a film viewing service on a partner platform, the General Terms and Conditions of Sale of the platform concerned shall apply.
Article 6: Termination of a User’s Account
Unifrance may terminate a User’s account, and consequently terminate access to services offered by Unifrance on the website www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com, immediately and without notice, and without further formalities, in case of difficulties encountered with respect to payment of a service per Unit (per Service) or per Pack, in the event of an infringement of the intellectual property rights of any individual, and, generally, in the event of non-compliance with the present General Terms and Conditions or in the event of violation of laws and regulations in force.
Article 7: Customer Service
Contact information: contact@myfrenchfilmfestival.com
Customer Service email contact: serviceclient@myfrenchfilmfestival.com
Customer Service telephone contact: +33 1.47.53.95.80
This English translation is provided for information purposes and is not legally binding.
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