COMPETITION RULES & CONDITIONS

CLOSING DATE…

Final date for submissions is June 23, 2010 at midnight . Festival winners will be announced within the following couple weeks.

HOW TO SUBMIT A VIDEO…

Step 1: Create a video not more than 60 seconds in duration. The short video categories are: Animation, Movie Trailer, TV Ad, Experimental.

Step 2: Videos must be converted to an MP4 file and less than 10MB.

Step 3: Go to www.crarts.ezabu.com and review all Competition Details.

Step 4: Read Competition Rules and Conditions to find out the competition’s terms and conditions.  

Step 5: Submit your properly completed Competition Registration and Video Submission Form. Click on the ‘I Agree’ button to complete your registration and video submission.

Step 6: Promote your video submission and the Competition. Once received your video will be reviewed and uploaded to the Official Competition Blogsite and YouTube Channel (www.youtube.com/CRArtsCouncil).  Find your video on either or both of these site and promote your submission responsibly (no spamming) among your family and friends, and encourage them to share and vote for your submission.

WHO CAN ENTER…

The Campbell River New Media Festival is open to everyone. Anyone appearing in your video must have consented to participate. The onus of consent is on the filmmaker(s). There is no charge to enter (other than any standard charge by your network providers). Should we need to contact you, response must be within 14 days, or we reserve the right not to include your entry in the competition.

All submitted videos agree to be hosted as part of the Campbell River New Media Festival or New Media Fest for short.

ABOUT YOUR VIDEO…

Use original music – if you don’t own the copyright to a piece of music and/or sound recording, or you haven’t obtained permission from the composer, publisher and/or record company to use it, don’t use it. This includes background music.

Clear all rights – when you submit your video, all rights must be cleared. This means it’s your own original work and that anyone who appears in it or whose work you have used in it are fully credited (if they want to be) and have agreed to being filmed in the first place and their performance being filmed. This includes but is not limited to brands, artwork, stills, video, and music. However, it is your responsibility to identify and clear all copyright and/or other intellectual property rights which belong to a third party included in your video.

Keep it clean – we can’t accept any defamatory, obscene, blasphemous or unlawful material.

Keep it safe – please do not send footage of you doing anything dangerous, risky or where you or someone else could be hurt or someone copying what you do could be hurt.

Keep a master copy of your video – The Campbell River Film Fest may in its sole discretion select some of the best videos submitted and use them in our website “Screening Room”.

THE PRIZES

Monthly prizes will include a chance to win the job shadow opportunity with EA Sports Gaming Industries in Vancouver, as awarded by the Arts Council. Check the website www.crarts.ca for prize details. Winners will be notified through their submitted contact information. Final Winners, as judged by a jury selected by the Arts Council, will be announced on May 28,,2010, at www.crarts.ca . Prizes will be awarded at that time. Final prize videos will be featured on the Council’s website.

WINNER PUBLICITY

Participants agree to allow their video, name, likeness and voice to be used without compensation if required by the Arts Council for advertising, publicity or other purposes, for which there will be no compensation payable to you.

TERMS & CONDITIONS
By entering this competition, you agree to be bound by these rules and to all other terms and conditions on YouTube….. The promoter of this New Media Festival is the Campbell River Arts Council (hereafter known as CRAC), 2131 South Island Highway, Campbell River, British Columbia, V9W 1C2. The prizes are as stated and are non-transferable. No cash alternatives will be offered. If due to circumstances beyond the CRAC’s control the stated prize cannot be provided, CRAC reserves the right to award a substitute prize of equal value. The winner will be chosen from the valid entries after the closing date. Judge’s decisions are final. CRAC will not be liable for any technical error which prevents delivery of your entry. CRAC reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any entry at any time in the event it is determined that the entrant has not complied with these rules or has acted in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. CRAC reserves the right to choose another winner in the event the chosen winner cannot be contacted within a reasonable time. The winner’s names will be announced on the website www.crarts.ca. By entering the New Media Festival, you hereby grant CRAC a licence to publish, display and/or use your video as stated on YouTube Worldwide and or……. in any way it sees fit (including but not limited to editing and/or adapting it) in any media now known or hereafter devised for the full duration of copyright in it. You represent and warrant that (a) your video and all material appearing in it will not infringe any rights of any third party as it is either original from you and/or you have obtained permission from all relevant third parties to use all material, including without limitation video footage, photographs and music, that are contained in your video and (b) you have permissions from all individuals featured in your video (if any) and can provide evidence of such permissions to CRAC if requested. You hereby waive all moral rights you may have in respect of your video and have ensured that all individuals contributing to and/or performing in your video have waived their moral rights. You indemnify CRAC against any and all claims brought by third parties in respect of CRAC’s use of the video. You acknowledge that no payment shall be owed by CRAC or any third party in respect of use of your video and that CRAC is not obliged to use videos submitted to it. Nothing in these rules limits CRAC’s liability for death or personal injury caused by CRAC’s negligence and/or deceit or fraud. To the fullest extent permissible in law, CRAC shall not be liable to the winner for any loss or damage howsoever caused (whether in contract, tort – including (without limitation) negligence – or statutory duty or otherwise) arising out of or in connection with the prize.

This competition is governed by the laws of Canada .

Still have a question…contact Ken Blackburn, Executive Director Campbell River Arts Council via email at arts.council(at)crarts.ca