Conditions de soumission pour les cinéastes

Welcome, fellow creature of the dark. Cabane à Sang (“CaS”, cabaneasang.tv) is a Québec non-profit (OBNL) running a horror and genre streaming platform, an online film catalogue, and a festival. When you submit a Film, a Director / filmmaker profile, or a Festival entry to our catalogue — or propose a film for streaming — you agree to these Submission Terms. We’ve kept them plain and human, because most of you are independent, DIY creators, not legal departments. But the promises below are real and they matter.

By submitting, you confirm you have read and accepted these terms. If you don’t agree, please don’t submit.

1. What “submitting” covers

These terms cover what you upload to our catalogue / database: film metadata (titles, synopses, credits, dates), director and festival profile information, and any images you provide (posters, stills, photos). They also cover a film you propose for streaming. They do not by themselves grant us the right to stream your film — see section 6.

2. Votre engagement que vous détenez ou contrôlez les droits

This is the important one. When you submit, you represent and warrant, to the best of your knowledge, that:

  • Vous êtes le titulaire de l'œuvre, ou vous avez obtenu tous les droits, licences et consentements nécessaires pour la soumettre et nous permettre de l'afficher comme décrit ici;
  • This includes all elements within the work and the images — music, footage, performances, locations, logos, and any third-party material;
  • The material you submit does not infringe anyone’s copyright, trademark, or other rights, and does not defame anyone or violate anyone’s privacy or image/publicity rights.

We know many of you are DIY creators — homemade scores, friends as cast, shot in a basement. That’s exactly the spirit we love. We don’t ask for clearance paperwork or E&O insurance. We ask for an honest, best-knowledge promise that the work is yours to share — and we rely on the protections below if it turns out it wasn’t.

3. La licence que vous accordez pour le catalogue

For the metadata and images you submit, you grant CaS a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, display, reproduce, and promote that material in our catalogue and in related promotion of the platform, catalogue, and festival, in both French and English. This licence is non-exclusive — you keep ownership and may use and distribute your work anywhere else. If your submission is removed or you withdraw it, this catalogue licence ends for future use (copies in backups, caches, or already-published promotion may persist for a reasonable time).

4. Crédit et droits moraux

We respect your authorship and will make reasonable efforts to credit you and your work accurately based on the information you provide. Under Canadian law, moral rights cannot be assigned. To the extent needed for the uses above, you consent to the reasonable formatting, resizing, cropping, and excerpting of submitted images and metadata required to display them in the catalogue. This is a limited consent for presentation only; it is not a waiver of your moral rights in your film.

5. Indemnisation

If your submission turns out to breach the promises in section 2 and that leads to a claim against us, you agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Cabane à Sang and its brands, officers, volunteers, and partners from the resulting third-party claims, damages, and reasonable costs (for example, claims of copyright, trademark, defamation, or privacy violation). This obligation survives the removal or withdrawal of your submission. We pair this with an immediate, no-questions takedown (section 7) — together they’re how a small non-profit can safely host work it didn’t produce.

6. Si votre film est accepté pour la diffusion, une entente distincte s'applique

Submitting to the catalogue or proposing a film for streaming does not mean we will stream it. If we accept a film for streaming or for a festival edition, a separate licensing agreement (our Standard Streaming agreement or Festival agreement) will govern that exhibition — including any revenue share, term, territory, and additional warranties. That separate agreement, once signed, controls the streaming relationship; these Submission Terms continue to govern your catalogue metadata and images.

7. Nous révisons, et nous pouvons refuser, modifier ou retirer

We curate. We may review, accept, decline, request changes to, or remove any submission at any time, with or without reason — for fit, quality, accuracy, legal risk, or any complaint. We may remove material on any credible infringement or legal complaint immediately and no questions asked, without liability to you; your warranties and indemnity survive that removal. None of this obligates us to publish or keep anything.

8. Gardez l'information exacte

You agree that the information you submit is accurate and complete to the best of your knowledge, and you’ll let us know if something important changes (for example, a rights issue you become aware of). Inaccurate or misleading submissions may be corrected or removed.

9. Droit applicable

These terms are governed by the laws of the Province of Québec and the federal laws of Canada applicable there, and any dispute is subject to the courts of Québec [[TODO: confirm — judicial district / venue, e.g. district of Montréal]]. As a Québec organization, our French-language version of these terms is available and may be the controlling text [[TODO: confirm with counsel — whether the French version prevails under the Charter of the French Language / Bill 96]].

10. Vos renseignements personnels

We handle the personal information in your submission (such as your name and contact details) in accordance with Québec’s Law 25 and our Privacy & Law 25 page.

Last updated: 2026-06-22. These terms are provided for transparency and are not legal advice.