Orange 60 Seconds of Fame

terms and conditions

definitions

“Initiative” - 60 Seconds of Fame: Short Film Making Initiative
“BBC” - British Broadcasting Corporation
“BAFTA” - the British Academy of Film & Television Arts
“Orange” - Orange PCS and Orange Home UK PLC
“Entrant” - any person entering a Short Film into the Initiative
“Rules” - as defined here
“Licence Period” - from 30 October 2007 to 15 February 2009
“Short Film” - any audiovisual material uploaded (submitted) to the Initiative by the Entrant.

voting terms and conditions

1. The 60 Seconds of Fame vote is organised on behalf of BAFTA. The phone vote is coordinated by the BBC, the online vote is coordinated by Orange. Final voting numbers are verified on behalf the BBC.
2. Voting may be conducted either by phone, using the numbers that will be broadcast at the appropriate time on BBC One, or online at www.60secondsoffame.co.uk/vote
3. Voting online is free.
4. Phone voting will cost 15 pence from a BT landline. Calls from mobiles or other operators will be higher depending on your usual network charges. Calls should not last more than two minutes.
5. Please ensure that you have the permission of the bill payer before voting by telephone.
6. Only one vote is allowed per person. This applies whether voting is by online or phone. However because we appreciate that fixed phone lines may be shared by more than one person, there is a maximum of five votes that may be cast per fixed phone line. Calls above this number will not be counted, but will be charged.
7. In order to ensure fairness, callers from a phone number that is “withheld” will need to follow an additional instruction via a message on the line. Failure to follow these instructions will result in their vote not being counted, but the call will still be chargeable.
8. Online voting opens at 6.15pm on Monday 28 January 2007 and closes on Sunday 3 February 2007 at midnight. Online votes cast outside of these times will not be counted.
9. Phone voting opens at 6.15 pm on Friday 1 February and closes at midnight on Friday 1 February in all regions except for Northern Ireland and Manchester where it will open at 10.25pm on Friday 1 February and close at 2am on Saturday 2 February.
10. Votes may be disregarded if there are reasonable grounds to suspect that they have been cast in a fraudulent or illegal manner (including without limitation, multiple voting).
11. If there is evidence to suggest that an entrant or anyone working on their behalf has attempted to manipulate the voting result, then this could lead to disqualification of the relevant entry and the annulment of all votes for that entry.
12. In the event of a major technical malfunction or other incident leading to a total breakdown in confidence in the votes cast either online or by telephone then the right is reserved to disregard all votes cast by the affected method and decide the competition solely on the alternate method of voting ie either online or telephone as appropriate. In the event of neither method being deemed reliable the winner will be selected on the basis of the votes cast by the regional judging panels assembled by BAFTA. The organisers’ decision on this matter will be entirely at their discretion and will be final and no correspondence can be entered into.
13. The right is reserved to suspend, withdraw or re-set voting at any time at the organisers’ sole discretion
14. Under no circumstances can votes be changed or withdrawn.
15. There will be one winner in each of the 15 regions, who will be decided on the basis of the most votes cast in accordance with these rules.
16. The final winner of 60 Seconds of Fame, will be decided by a Grand Jury selected by BAFTA, from all the regional winners and will be announced to the public on 10th February 2008 and available on the www.60secondsoffame.co.uk/vote website.
17. In the event of a tie in the number of votes received in any one region, the Chair of the relevant Regional Judging Panel will decide which film wins the region.
18. The organisers do not accept any responsibility whatsoever for any technical failure or malfunction or any other problem on any telephone line, system, server, provider or otherwise which may result in any vote being lost or not properly registered or recorded.

other terms and conditions

1. 60 Seconds of Fame is organised by BAFTA in association with Orange.
2. The Initiative is open to Short Films made in the UK only and Entrants must be 16 years of age or older. Entrants under 18 on 30 October 2007 should obtain written permission from their parent or guardian and produce such permission to BAFTA if required.
3. The Short Film must be no more than 60 seconds in length, including any title or end credits. Short Films under 60 seconds will be accepted. Short Films over 60 seconds in length (including credits) will be disqualified.
4. The Short Film must be in English.
5. Entrants must upload (submit) the Short Film via the Orange website. BAFTA accepts no responsibility for loss or damage of films during the uploading process.
6. Short Films can be created the digital formats detailed here.
7. All Short Films must be received by 5pm (17:00) 4 January 2008.
8. Uploading (submission) of Short Films is limited to one film per person.
9. Entrants selected to take part in the final round should not enter their Short Film into any other short film initiative before 10 February 2008. Short Films must not have been screened online or on television prior to the Initiative, or received any public screenings prior to the 10 February 2008.
10. BAFTA reserves the exclusive right to use the Entrant’s Short Film to market the Initiative or showcase the work of BAFTA within the Licence Period.
11. BAFTA reserves the right to refuse any entry for any reason at its absolute discretion.
12. The decisions of the judges and BAFTA are final. Neither correspondence nor discussion concerning any decision shall be entered into.
13. To qualify, the Entrant must retain source film material and be able to supply such film material upon request to BAFTA within a reasonable timeframe.
14. Only one name will be credited per uploaded (submitted) Short Film. The Entrant must upload (submit) only his/her own original work and agrees and confirms that this will not infringe the copyright or any other rights of any third party.
15. All material created by BAFTA featuring excerpts of the Short Film is and shall remain the property of BAFTA in perpetuity.
16. Entry to the Initiative by Entrants is done at his/her own risk. Attendance by the Entrant at any event staged by BAFTA and travel to or from any such event is also at the Entrant’s own risk and BAFTA accepts no responsibility or liability in this regard.
17. No responsibility is taken by BAFTA for loss, damage or delay to Short Films entered.
18. BAFTA reserves the right to seek and issue publicity on behalf of the Entrant. By entering the Initiative, the Entrant agrees to participate in publicity as reasonably requested surrounding the Initiative.
19. The Short Film is made at the Entrant’s own expense and BAFTA shall not be liable to reimburse any expenses incurred in making an entry.
20. Material in the Short Films must be suitable for pre watershed broadcast: Short Films must not include strong language, scenes of a clearly sexual nature or distressing scenes. Short Films that contain defamatory or obscene material, are of an explicitly violent nature or are likely to incite bigotry/racial or religious prejudice will be rejected.
21. Only successful Entrants will be contacted by BAFTA.
22. The Entrant must ensure that all contributions to his/her Short Film or recordings or other submissions and any copyright material included in the Short Film (including music) have been cleared for all purposes of the Initiative and these Terms and Conditions. Any Short Films or recordings containing contributions or copyright material which has not been cleared or for which clearance cannot be obtained may be disqualified. Entrants must complete a music clearance form to qualify for the initiative and supply to BAFTA upon demand.
23. BAFTA and associated parties accept no responsibility for any misuse of intellectual property rights.
24. By uploading (submitting) a Short Film, the Entrant:
    • i. Grants to BAFTA an exclusive, free licence to digitize, encode, publish and transmit his/her Short Film on the BAFTA website, the Orange website, the 60 Seconds of Fame website and any other third party website and television and radio network and for such other purposes (such as publicity related to the Orange British Academy Film Awards in 2008) as are expressly provided for in these Terms and Conditions.
    • ii. Grants to BAFTA the exclusive right to sub-licence his/her Short Film during the Licence Period for the purpose of syndication on a third party website or service. BAFTA will procure that Orange will stream all entered Short Films on their website for free downloads to their customers. BAFTA will not charge any fee to the third or fourth party in return for such syndication.
    • iii. Grants to BAFTA the rights to all short listed Short Films for multiple broadcasts on television networks, worldwide broadcasts and on the Orange website. It is a condition of entry to the Initiative, in accordance with Clause 22, that these rights are available.
    • iv. Grants to BAFTA the non-exclusive right to transmit and distribute in any media now known or hereafter invented throughout the universe in perpetuity, and to sub-licence the same to any third party BAFTA sees fit.
    • v. Grants to BAFTA the right to copy the Short Film and to send such copies to the judges of the Initiative and to journalists for the purpose of reviewing the Short Film and of promoting the Initiative.
    • vi. If his/her Short Film is nominated by BAFTA, permits BAFTA to make and retain, both during and after the Licence Period, a copy of his/her Short Film as may be required for BAFTA’s archival and promotional purposes.
    • vii. Permits BAFTA to edit or change the Short Film in any way it may in its sole discretion consider necessary for the purposes of the Initiative.
    • viii. Consents to being filmed and recorded by any media partners of BAFTA and any third parties directly involved in the Initiative where required for the Initiative.
    • ix. Warrants that he/she has any and all clearances necessary and that nothing in the Short Film is libellous, defamatory or infringes on copyright, right of publicity or any other rights whatsoever.
      
    • x. Warrants that all persons appearing in the Short Film do so with their full consent.
    • xi. Warrants that no sums will be payable to any person whatsoever with respect to the screening of the Short Film, by BAFTA or any associated third party.
    • xii. Indemnifies BAFTA, and any associated third party against any loss or damage occurring out of any failure to gain appropriate clearances, defamation of an individual, etc.
    • xiii. Agrees to his/her name being used in any publicity for the Initiative.
    • xiv. Confirms that he/she is aged 16 years or over and is a resident of the UK.
25. BAFTA acting in consultation with its partners in the Initiative reserves the right to extend the entry deadline.
26. Visibility on the website does not indicate acceptance into the Initiative. We reserve the right to exclude films at judging stages if they are in contravention of the Rules and/or Terms and Conditions.
27. In the first round of judging up to five films from each of the 15 UK regions will be chosen by a BAFTA jury specific to the region. These films will be put to a public vote and the film with the most votes from each of the 15 UK regions will win the prize for that region.
28. BAFTA acting in consultation with its partners in the Initiative reserves the right not to proceed in regions where there are too few entries and/or the quality isn’t deemed to be high enough by Academy judges.
29. The prize for each region includes standard class travel for two to London on the day of the Orange British Academy Film Awards and standard class accommodation for two at a London hotel for the night of Sunday 10 February, 2008. The accommodation package includes breakfast for two but does not cover any further expenses.
30. The overall winner will be selected from the 15 regional finalists by a BAFTA jury of industry experts.
31. Acceptance of these Terms and Conditions and the Rules is a condition of entry and receipt of an entry by BAFTA (upload/submission) amounts to acceptance of the Terms and Conditions and the Rules.
32. If you do not want to grant BAFTA the rights set out above, please do not upload (submit) your film.
33. This Initiative is closed to BAFTA Management, Orange and associated third party employees.
34. In the event of a tie in the public vote, the films will be reconsidered by the relevant regional jury and a winner put forward by that jury.
35. The entrant must enter the film in the region where they are resident at the time of submission. There is a postcode finder in the entry form which will tell you which region you are in. If the entrant supplies incorrect information we reserve the right to disqualify his/her film.