CHALE WOTE STREET ART FESTIVAL BROADCASTER, FILMING AND INTERNET POLICY 2025
CHALE WOTE Street Art Festival welcomes media coverage of our unique event and we accommodate media coverage wherever possible. CHALE WOTE has a media access policy and it is important that film crews consider the following before entering the Festival premises. Filming access will be limited and there’s also a cap on the number of film crews on site to protect the privacy and enjoyment of festival goers. CHALE WOTE Street Art Festival content owners are Accra [Dot] Alt Radio online and its affiliate REDDKAT PICTURES. The Festival also has a proactive ethical policy which means that we will always be concerned what companies or organizations seek to link themselves to the festival, even if indirectly. Our logo and the words CHALE WOTE Street Art Festival are registered Ghanaian and International Trademarks and may not be used without our express written permission.
For NEWS accreditation, the first contact should be with the Press Officer at chalewote@accradotaltradio.com. Deadline for NEWS accreditation is Wednesday 13th August 2025. All other requests for FILMING or other audio and audio visual media activities should be directed to the above email. You may not film or record on site without the festival’s official permission. We will agree to specific requests for filming where both the nature of the filming and the end use of any recordings are agreed. Online streaming of festival content of any kind without prior permission is STRICTLY prohibited. Each request will be looked at on a case-by-case basis, but for general guidance the following applies:
OFFICIAL PARTNERS
Our content owners REDDKAT PICTURES have the exclusive right to film and record performances at all venues at the Festival. In addition, REDDKAT PICTURES provides general broadcast reportage for the Festival. Radio coverage over the Festival weekend and after the Festival will have to be arranged and agreed on upon request.
REDDKAT PICTURES retains all webcast/internet rights to the Festival. Any live web content from the Festival must be specifically agreed in advance with the Festival. The Festival’s own website is at www.accradotaltradio.com
REDDKAT PICTURES manages the international television rights to the Festival: REDDKAT PICTURES will sell a number of ‘highlights’ programmes internationally. You cannot undertake any form of filming or photography on-site for commercial purposes without our express permission.
NEWS ACCESS
The Festival facilitates news access through the Press Office. We will only accredit bona fide bona fide news companies who wish to provide news coverage of the festival for television, radio or new media. If you have a specific non-news project such as a documentary programme or a magazine program, you should contact reddkatpictures@gmail.com.
Any filming on-site must be for news use only and not for archive or any other use: If we can provide access to performance material then news access rules will apply for any material used by broadcasters: (a) Up to 30 seconds of any one artist may be used (b) No more than 2 minutes can be used in total (c) This news use right is granted for no more than 7 days for both news and magazine programmes from the last day of the festival. This may be archived on the internet for up to 30 days.
No one may transmit, broadcast or communicate any live audio or audio visual images from the Chale Wote Street Art Festival site without the Festival’s prior written approval. This includes the worldwide web. No one may transmit or facilitate the casting of text messages and/or other material to mobile phones either to mobile users on-site or to mobile users off-site without the prior written permission of The Festival.
OTHER BROADCASTERS AND FILMING
As a general principle, the fewer film crews the better! We will also not allow any projects to go ahead which might derogate from the rights we have granted to our Official Partners or which may effect our international broadcast partners or which might impact on our ethical policies. We will consider projects provided they can meet the following criteria:
- Programmes which are produced and broadcast post-festival on specific topics. This means you cannot stream or broadcast anything live from the Festival site and there is a holdback against any use of performance material filmed at Festival site for 7 days EXCEPT that bona fide news use of clips not exceeding two minutes can be agreed.
- No live performances may be recorded without the Festival’s express prior permission. Even if granted you will usually need the artist’s and where relevant their agents’ permissions as well.
- Crews must be kept to a minimum and be sensitive to the Festival public and their privacy. You must have full public and employer’s liability insurance and you must provide us with a copy of your certificate of insurance in advance of filming (email to reddkatpictures@gmail.com).
- Any rights granted would normally only be for the specific programme and the transmissions/broadcasts proposed to the Festival. No archive use will be allowed. We normally require a digi-beta copy or HDCam copy of any programme for our own archive (or copy DVD). A facility fee is normally payable for filming on-site.
- You cannot include any footage in any sponsored programme or in any form of advertising. Please be aware that the words Chale Wote Street Art Festival and associated logos are registered Trade Marks within the Ghana and elsewhere. You may not use these without further permission. We will take appropriate action, including legal action, to protect our name, image, reputation and goodwill, and our copyrights.
- If you are a performer, any filming whether for a documentary or other programme, or within a promotional video, needs specific approval and any commercial use such as DVDs or CDs or downloads needs to be approved and a commercial agreement reached with the Festival for such commercial use.Filming is restricted or prohibited in certain areas: family camping areas; children’s areas; welfare and medical areas; security and police set-ups, all shared artiste compounds and artiste catering. The use of drone cameras without permission (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) is illegal over the Festival site.
CLIP FOOTAGE AND INTERNATIONAL SALES
REDDKAT PICTURES manages the Festival’s archive. Priority access is granted to a performer’s record label or band management. Discounted rates are provided (including gratis use for artist’s own EPK and promotional use). All other broadcasters and content providers (including internet) are expected to negotiate a standard commercial licence with the Festival through REDDKAT PICTURES. A rate card can be provided if necessary. We would normally expect an onscreen credit when material is licensed and used (‘from the Chale Wote Street Art Festival’).