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ALL FILMMAKERS MUST FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES TO BE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE:

1. Your short film must be no longer than 15 minutes (not including title and credits)
2. You must describe how your short film is inspired by a scene from a classic film. This should be done in your application form.
3. Your short film must be H.264 MPEG-4 (MP4) format
4. If selected, you must pay a participation fee of £15.00 by Wednesday 31 August 2016
5. You must adhere to these Guidelines and the Terms and Conditions of Entry at all times.

CINEPHILIA FILM FEST TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

1/ ENTRY

1. To enter your short film (“Film”) in Cinephilia Film Fest 2016 (“Festival”), which is run by Walk & Talk Productions Ltd. [BN: 09484461] (“W&T Productions”), you (Applicant) must:
   1. Complete the online application form (“Application Form”); and
   2. Upload the WeTransfer link to your short film correctly by 23.59 (British Standard Time) Wednesday 20 July 2016. W&T Productions will not accept responsibility for any Application Form or Film that is received after the deadline, incomplete, damaged or otherwise fails to upload correctly. Any Application Form or Film received after the deadline will be rejected.
2. By completing the Application Form and delivering the Film online via the WeTransfer link, the Applicant has applied to enter the Festival and accepts that the conditions contained in the Application Form, the above Guidelines and these terms and conditions of entry create a legally-binding agreement between W&T Productions and the Applicant (the “Terms and Conditions”).

2/ JUDGING OF THE FILMS

1. Fifteen (15) films will be chosen as finalists for viewing and judging at the Festival (Finalists) on the night of Saturday 29 October 2016 or such date as W&T Productions may nominate (Festival Night).
2. W&T Productions will select a panel made up of industry professionals including producers, directors, writers, actors and others (“Panel”) to judge all entries and select fifteen (15) Finalists. The members of the Panel will watch all entries and score each one. W&T Productions will tally those results from each judge and come up with an average score for each film. The fifteen (15) highest scoring films will be Finalists shown on Festival Night and then voted on by the live audience.
3. The judges are asked to use their own overall judgment in scoring but, W&T Productions will instruct the Panel to evaluate the films based on the following key criteria: execution, strength and originality of idea, creativity, expression of the filmmakers talent, and how the film has been inspired by one clip from the Cinephilia Film Fest selected clips or a scene from a classic film of the Applicant’s choice (as answered in question “How is your film inspired by the selected scene” of the Application Form).
4. On Festival Night the live audience will select one Finalist as the overall winner of the Festival (“Winner”), and the Applicant of the Winner will be awarded a prize (“Winner Award”). Each audience member will be given one voting slip upon entering the event. After all finalist films have been shown, each audience member will use their voting slip to vote for the Audience Choice Award Winner. W&T Productions will tally the votes for each entry and announce the Winner on Festival Night.
5. The Cinephilia Film Fest Prizes currently consist of the following:

Cinephilia Award

• £250 cash prize as chosen by the Cinephilia team

Jury Award

• One Final Draft 9 screenwriting software digital download, valued at $250
• One year access to Cinema Jam’s monthly Jam Sessions, valued at £120
• One WeTransfer Plus account upgrade, valued at £120
• One Vimeo Plus account upgrade, valued at £49,95
• One year BFI membership valued at £45
• One-year membership account with Shooting People valued at £39,95
• Special consideration for a featured placement on Vimeo’s Staff Picks and Curated Categories

Audience Award

• One WeTransfer Plus upgrade, valued at £120
• One Everyman Standard Membership, valued at £60
• One-year subscription to the film magazine Little White Lies, valued at £29
• One code for digital download of Final Draft 9 screenwriting software app, valued at $30
• Exclusive Vimeo swag pack
• Collaboration on the selection of one of the 3 classic scenes for Cinephilia Film Fest 2017

Please note: more prizes may be added in the lead up to the event. Check back regularly for updates.

1. In the event that the recipient of the Winner Award is under the age of eighteen (18), such Winner Award will be made payable to the parent, custodian or legal guardian of such recipient to be held for the sole benefit of the minor.
2. Any prizes awarded are not transferable, exchangeable or redeemable for cash.

3/ ACCEPTANCE

Upon acceptance to Cinephilia Film Fest’s Event, the Applicant must pay the participation fee of £15.00 by Wednesday 31 August 2016. The participation fee will cover the administration and marketing costs involved in the selection process.

Cinephilia Film Fest will send the participant an invoice with details of payment once accepted. Shall the Applicant fail to pay the fee by 31 August 2016, Cinephilia Film Fest reserves the right to disqualify the submission.

Due to the limited seating, the Applicant will then notify Cinephilia Film Fest if they’re attending The Event or not.

4/ DATES

The following dates are crucial for entry into, and running of, the Festival:

• Application Deadline: Wednesday 20 July 2016, 23.59 BST
• Cinephilia Film Fest live event: Saturday 29 October 2016

5/ APPLICANT’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

The Applicant hereby represents and warrants to W&T Productions that:

1. the Applicant has the full right, title and authority to enter into the Festival, comply with these Terms and Conditions and grant the rights set out in these Terms and Conditions to W&T Productions;
2. the Applicant, their Application Form and their Film comply with the Terms and Conditions in all respects;
3. the Applicant has obtained the prior written permission, authorisation, consent or licence to reproduce and exploit any and all third party materials and/or the results and proceeds of all third party services, (including the copyright in any sound recordings, music or lyrics reproduced in those sound recordings) contained in the Film or upon which the Film is based;
4. the Applicant has obtained from each performer and contributor to the Film (“Contributor”), including with respect to any underlying works in the Film, a written release to use the results and proceeds of the Contributor’s performance, services and/or contributions to the Film including, without limitation the right to edit, alter, modify, cut and/or reproduce the results and proceeds of the Contributor, in any manner or context, by the Applicant, and any person authorised by the Applicant to do so (including W&T Productions, its assignees and licensees), and such consents have been obtained in writing and to the full extent permitted under all relevant intellectual property laws including copyright and moral rights laws. the Applicant has obtained from each Contributor:
   • authorisation for W&T Productions to use the Contributor’s name and likeness in connection with any publicity for the Festival; and
   • an undertaking that the Contributor will perform publicity appearances for the Festival and related competitions if reasonably requested by the Applicant or W&T Productions;
5. the Film has not been, and will not be, available to be viewed by the public by any means, including by way of the internet, until the Exclusive Licence granted by the Applicant to W&T Productions under clause 5 terminates in accordance with these Terms and Conditions;
6. all rights (including all intellectual property rights) in the Film have not been, and will not be, assigned, licensed or otherwise granted, in whole or in part, to any person other than W&T Productions, until the Exclusive Licence granted by the Applicant to W&T Productions under clause 5 terminates in accordance with these Terms and Conditions;
7. the Applicant is entitled to grant to W&T Productions permission to make use of each and every right referred to in these Terms and Conditions and the full use or exploitation of the Film and the rights granted by the Applicant as contemplated by the Terms and Conditions will not violate the rights (including copyright or any other intellectual property rights or moral rights) of any third party;
8. no part of the Film is, or will be, actionable for defamation or violate any right of privacy or publicity of any person, firm, organisation or corporation; and
9. the Film is not the subject of any dispute, litigation nor is it threatened by any dispute claim or litigation.

6/ GRANT OF LICENCE

1. In these Terms and Conditions and this clause 5, “Exclusive License” means the Applicant grants to W&T Productions an exclusive global license, in perpetuity, to distribute, license and otherwise exploit the Film, or any part of the Film, in any and all media, whether now known or hereafter devised, including, without limitation, theatrical; non-theatrical; television (all forms including free, pay, terrestrial, cable, and satellite); pay-per-view, video-on-demand, subscription-video-on-demand; home video (all forms including videocassettes, DVD, Blu-Ray, and all other types of videograms, or other analogous home video technology, whether now known or hereafter devised); and all other forms of electronic delivery including internet, online, and mobile transmission by any and all means, method, process or device now known or hereafter devised; and all advertising, publicity and promotional rights (including trailers, clips and excerpts).
2. The Applicant hereby grants to W&T Productions an Exclusive Licence to the Film as of the date the Application Form and Film are submitted to the Festival, such Exclusive Licence to continue or terminate in accordance with the terms specified in Paragraphs (c) and (d) below. The Applicant agrees and confirms that the Exclusive Licence to the Film is granted to W&T Productions for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and satisfaction of which is hereby acknowledged.
3. If the Film is not a Finalist, the Exclusive Licence will automatically terminate on 31 December 2017 and all rights granted by the Applicant to W&T Productions under clause 5 will automatically revert to the Applicant, and neither W&T Productions, nor its assignees or licensees, will have any rights, including copyright, in the Film.
4. If the Film is selected as a Finalist, the Exclusive License granted by the Applicant to W&T Productions under Paragraph 5(b) will continue in perpetuity.

7/ DUBBING / SUBTITLING / EDITING

The Applicant acknowledges that W&T Productions, its assignees and licensees, shall have the right to dub and/or subtitle and to cut and/or edit the Film in any fashion that W&T Productions deems necessary, including, without limitation, for the purpose of television broadcast or online distribution, packaging the Film with other W&T Productions films, to comply with broadcasting statutory censorship practices, standards or regulations or as otherwise may be required by law in any applicable country where the Film may be exhibited.

8/ PROMOTIONAL IMAGE AND LIKENESS

The Applicant authorises W&T Productions to use the Applicant’s name, likeness, voice and biography in connection with any publicity for the Festival and related competitions and activities, and the Applicant agrees to make best efforts to undertake publicity appearances for the Festival and related competitions and activities as reasonably requested by W&T Productions.

9/ MORAL RIGHTS

The Applicant hereby waives and concedes any and all of their moral rights in the Film and allows W&T Productions, its assignees and licensees, to do or omit to do anything which may infringe any and all moral rights granted to the Contributors or the Applicant including to edit, alter and/or reproduce the work of the Contributors, the Applicant and the Film and the Applicant consents to these actions by W&T Productions, and its assignees and licensees, in any manner or context, in perpetuity throughout the world, and such consent is given to the full extent permitted under any relevant copyright or moral rights laws in legislation or at common law.

10/ DISQUALIFICATION

W&T Productions may, in its sole discretion, disqualify a Film from the Festival at any stage of the entry, judging or Festival period, if W&T Productions has reason to believe that the Film does not, for any reason, comply with the Terms and Conditions at any point.

11/ CREDITS

Without limiting the rights granted by the Applicant to W&T Productions under these Terms and Conditions, an Applicant of a Finalist must ensure that W&T Productions and the ” Cinephilia Film Fest” are given a screen credit in the form of the Cinephilia Logo Roll in any future copies of the Finalists distributed by the Applicant, or an assignee, licensee or successor of the Applicant after the Festival.

12/ INDEMNITY

The Applicant hereby indemnifies W&T Productions and holds it harmless from any damages, liabilities, losses, costs, expenses, obligations or claims of any nature (including, without limitation, reasonable outside attorneys’ fees and costs) arising out of a breach by the Applicant of its agreements, obligations, representations, warranties or other rights granted under these Terms and Conditions, including, without limitation, those representations and warranties made in Paragraph 4 herein.

13/ ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS

The Applicant agrees to execute any additional documents W&T Productions may request of it to fully effect the grants and licences made to W&T Productions hereunder, which shall include without limitation, any documents necessary to protect or defend the copyright and/or other intellectual property rights in, or related to, the Film.

14/ REMEDIES

In the event of any breach or alleged breach of these Terms and Conditions by W&T Productions, the Applicant’s sole remedy will be limited to the right, if any, to recover monetary damages in an action at law, and in no event will the Applicant be entitled to terminate this agreement or to seek or receive any equitable remedy including without limitation any equitable remedy which would enjoin, restrain or otherwise hinder the Festival or the distribution, exhibition, or any other means of exploitation of the Film, including, without limitation, any advertising, promotion or publicity in connection therewith.

15/ ASSIGNMENT

W&T Productions shall have the right to assign all of its rights obtained from the Applicant under this agreement, in whole or in part, to any person, firm or corporation, and the Terms and Conditions contained in this agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of W&T Productions’ successors, licensees and assigns. The Applicant may not assign any of its rights under these Terms and Conditions or agreement and any purported assignment thereof will be null and void from the making thereof.

16/ GENERAL

The agreement created by these Terms and Conditions is made in the United Kingdom and is governed by the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the United Kingdom. The Applicant will do such acts and sign, or cause to be signed, such instruments as W&T Productions may reasonably request for the purposes of this agreement. A reference to a person includes a body corporate. The singular includes the plural and vice versa. Includes and including are not words of limitation. A reference to a “film” or “Film” is a reference to a “cinematograph film”.