Filmmaking Competition

The contest consists of two categories: Open Category & Student Category.

A submission may be submitted by the producer or any representative of the film. The above hereinafter will be referred to as the “Applicant”. Each submission is unique to 1 film. However, each Applicant may submit more than one (1) film.

Fiction and Non-Fiction films are accepted for submission. Sony reserves the right to decide which section the film will participate in.

No entry fees are charged during this period.

All applicants must be at least 18 years old.

The maximum duration is 20 minutes including opening title and credits. The minimum length is 2 minutes.

Industry professionals, including freelancers, may submit. However, submitted films must be produced in a non-commercial capacity. Any films that are made with the intent of sales and promotion of a product, service, brand will not be accepted.

The World of Film by Sony Asia Pacific is non-exclusive. Submissions made to other film competitions may be eligible for participation. However, any submission of films which have already been awarded in any other competitions will not be accepted and disqualified when found.

Participation in World of Film by Sony Asia Pacific is subject to the terms and conditions set out herein, and any other terms and conditions set out on the World of Film by Sony Asia Pacific website at www.sony-asia.com/microsite/world-of-film (as amended from time to time and hereinafter referred to as the “Terms and Conditions”).

By entering World of Film by Sony Asia Pacific, each Applicant will be deemed to have accepted and be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Each Applicant warrants that:

The Applicant understands and accepts that personal particulars and information stated in the online submission form and any information supplied may be used and disclosed by Sony for purposes in connection with the promotion, marketing and publicity. In addition, the Applicant consents to Sony collecting, using, disclosing, and/or processing any and all personal data submitted for various purposes, including communication with the Applicant, sending the Applicant marketing and advertising materials from Sony, and conducting market research and statistical analysis.

The Applicant shall indemnify and keep Sony indemnified from and against any and all losses, damages, claims and/or costs (including costs on a full indemnity basis) suffered and/or incurred by the Applicant as a result of your breach of any of the Terms and Conditions.

Sony reserves the right to disqualify and/or exclude any submissions from the Contest, for any reason and for no reason, including without limitation, violation of any portion of these Terms & Conditions.

Employees of Sony and its affiliates in Participating Regions, advertising and promotion agencies of Sony together with their employees, and immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of each of the aforesaid persons are not eligible to participate in this Contest.

Sony reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate or suspend this Contest without any liability to the Applicants should there be unforeseeable events which in Sony’s absolute opinion may jeopardize the process of the Contest.

The Terms and Conditions of this Contest shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Singapore.

All submissions must be submitted via the online submission form on the World of Film by Sony Asia Pacific website at www.sony-asia.com/microsite/world-of-film. Any other forms of submission will not be accepted.

All submissions must be received no later than 23:59 (GMT +8:00) on 31st December 2021.

All submissions are required to be uploaded onto the platform listed on the online submission form. Film URL must be provided. The submitted film must be uploaded on either Youtube/VIMEO (which must be set to public). Any entries not uploaded and available for judging by 23:59 (GMT + 8:00) on 31st December 2021 may be disqualified.

All non-English submissions must have English subtitles. Auto-generated English subtitles by Youtube are acceptable.

All film submissions are expected to be in 16:9 format, viewable in at least Full HD quality when uploaded onto Youtube/VIMEO.

All film submissions must be accompanied by the campaign name “World of Film by Sony Asia Pacific”, followed by the film title when uploaded onto Youtube/VIMEO. (i.e. “World of Film by Sony Asia Pacific | My Film”

A short synopsis (of no more than 150 words) of the story must be submitted together with the film.

At least 80% of the submission should be shot with a Sony camera. Entries found to be non-compliant may be disqualified.

Shortlisted Nominees (hereinafter defined) will also be required to submit a soft copy of the behind-the-scene video or photo montage to prove that the film is shoot with a Sony camera.

Without prejudice to any other provision herein contain, each submission hereunder must be an original work. It must not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks or other intellectual properties of any person or entity.

Submissions must not contain obscene or pornographic material; must not contain threatening or defamatory statements about any person, company, organisation or entity; must not invade privacy or other rights of any person, company or entity; must not in any other way violate applicable laws and regulations.

Withdrawal from competition is not allowed once submitted.

Each Applicant guarantees that the editing or special effects used for the film were made via legally acquired software.

A soft copy of the behind-the-scene video or photos montage of the film will be required from the Applicant who will be shortlisted by Sony (“the Shortlisted Nominees”). The required format is listed below:

The Applicant hereby expressly and irrevocably consents to, and grants to the Sony, its principal, third parties representatives, and/or assigns, the rights to use his/her name, photographs, particulars, submissions at the Sony’s associated programmes in any manner and in any media and formats in perpetuity throughout the world as Sony deems fit including for publicity or promotional purposes. Such publicity may include without limitation, the film(s) submitted for World of Film by Sony Asia Pacific, the Applicant and/or likeness, voice, photographs, and/or video footages of the Applicant, biological information provided by the Applicant and/or any statement made by he/she concerning Sony, World of Film by Sony Asia Pacific, and/or prizes.

Sony shall not be obliged to include any Applicant in any publicity whatsoever.

Shortlisted Nominees shall agree to be contacted by Sony or its authorized representatives to participate in public relations events tied to World of Film by Sony Asia Pacific and Sony α series of cameras. This may include, but not limited to, quotes given for inclusion in press release, press conference, interviews, etc.

Each submission is judged for their artistic excellence in craftsmanship across the various aspects of filmmaking.

The selection of the jury panel and the judging process shall be at the Sony’s sole and absolute discretion. Each Applicant shall accept and abide by any and all decisions made by Sony in relation to World of Film by Sony Asia Pacific, including and not limited to, the Terms and Conditions, evaluation criteria and the awarding of prizes. No enquires, appeals, verbal or written, shall be entertained.

Any decision made by Sony in relation to the conduct of World of Film by Sony Asia Pacific is final, binding, conclusive and shall not be challenged on any grounds, including without limitation, grounds that Sony failed to act reasonably or fairly.

All winners will be announced in March 2022. Sony reserves the right to extend or modify the winner notification and date of announcement or format where necessary. Shortlisted Nominees will be contacted beforehand via contact details submitted to Sony. If the Shortlisted Nominees does not reply within 7 working days, or if the data reveals that the video does not comply with these terms and conditions, the Shortlisted Nominees will not be eligible to receive the prize and an alternative winner will be selected.

The winner(s) shall not transfer or exchange any prize(s) won, and Sony reserves the right to replace any prizes with items of similar value without prior notice. The winner(s) acknowledges and agrees that he/she may be disqualified from receiving any prize(s) if he/she is not able or willing to abide by Terms & Conditions which may be imposed by Sony, and in such event, Sony reserves the right to award the prizes to other winner(s).

The winner(s)’ refusal to accept any prize(s) (be it cash or non-cash) shall release Sony from all obligations in connection with the prize(s). In addition, the winner shall fulfil all obligations (if any) specified by Sony.

Sony reserves the right to disqualify any Applicant if it has reasonable grounds to believe that the Applicant has breached these Terms and Conditions, or on any grounds as Sony may in its sole discretion decide.

In each of the Participating Regions, Local Winners may be crowned. The number of Local Winners (if any) will be determined by each Participating Region. On a regional scale, 1 Regional Winner per category will also be selected from across all Participating Regions.

Applicants who submit more than one entry, or enter more than once locale’s contest, are only eligible to win once.

Acceptance of any prize shall constitute a release and discharge of Sony by each Winner from any and all liability, claims, demands, causes of action, and/or damages which the winner may have, whether known or unknown at the present time, of any nature whatsoever, arising out of or relating to: (i) the Contest, (ii) personal injury and/or property damage, theft or loss suffered by the Winner as a result of the use and/or enjoyment of the prize, and/or (iii) any tax liabilities in relation to the Contest, prize and/or use or enjoyment of the same.

Subject to the terms and conditions herein, the Winners of the Contest shall receive the corresponding below listed prize(s):

Where applicable, prizes not collected within 4 weeks from the date of notification for collection shall be disposed of at Sony’s sole discretion. Sony’s decision regarding the award of all prizes, and/or in every situation including any not covered in these Terms and Conditions, shall be final and binding on all participants in the Contest, and no queries, themes or appeals may be made or entertained regarding Sony’s decision on the same. The receipt by any Winner of any prize under this Contest is conditional upon compliance with any and all applicable laws, rules and regulations.

Sony cannot accept any responsibility for any damage, loss, injury or disappointment suffered by any entrant entering the Contest or as a result of entering the Contest or accepting any prize. Sony is not responsible for any safe custody, return, non-delivery or missing of entries, late, misdirected, problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software failure of any email or entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet, telephone lines or at any app, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to entrant's or any other person's computer or mobile telephone related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in the Contest.

By entering the Contest or accepting the prizes, you agree that no claim relating to such losses or injuries (including special, indirect and consequential losses) shall be asserted against Sony, its parent companies, affiliates, directors, officers, employees or agents from any and all losses, damages, rights, claims and actions of any kind resulting from the Contest and acceptance of any prize, including without limitation, personal injuries, death and property damage.

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