Submissions deadline
30 Sep 24
I.- GOAL
The Barcelona Olympic Foundation (FBO) domiciled in Barcelona, Avinguda de l'Estadi, 60 and VAT Nº G-60309655 is organising, with the collaboration of the Sport newspaper, the 2025 SPOTSPORT Competition with the aim of producing a twenty seconds (20’’) video to promote the 15th edition of the BCN Sports Film Festival and which will form the basis of the publicity campaign.
II.- AIM
One of the goals of the initiative is to stimulate the active participation of the public in the 15th edition of the BCN Sports Film Festival, which will be held predictably in Barcelona from 17th to 25th February 2025.
III.- DATES
Spots can be submitted from 2nd May till 30th September 2024 at 23:59.
IV.- PRIZES
1. The winner of the competition will be awarded a cash prize of € 1,000.
2. The prize will be presented during the opening ceremony of the 15th BCN Sports Film Festival predictably on 17th February 2025.
3. The FBO will withhold all taxes as legally prescribed and will advise the Tax Authorities of all monies paid out. For tax purposes, the prize-winner will be provided with a certificate specifying amounts withheld.
V.- HOW TO PARTICIPATE
1. Participation is free of charge.
2. To take part in the competition you must:
a) Fill out the form on the BCN Sports Film Festival web page: https://www.bcnsportsfilm.org
b) Send the video by WeTransfer (www.wetransfer.com) to: coordination@bcnsportsfilm.org
c) Participants are allowed to submit one entry only.
Participants are responsible for the accuracy of information provided and the FBO reserves the right to exclude any user who is considered to have falsified data or submitted them incorrectly, without prejudice of any legal actions that may be considered pertinent.
As far as participation is concerned only forms correctly completed with all required fields will be admitted.
Any participant not complying with any of these Terms & Conditions will be automatically excluded.
All videos submitted must be unpublished originals to which the participant owns sole rights.
It is the responsibility of the participant to obtain all pertinent authorisations for use of the images, voices and names of the persons who appear in the video, as well as the music which may be used. Any minors appearing shall be explicitly authorised by their parents or legal guardians. All the aforementioned authorisations will permit FBO to use the videos submitted as they see fit and on all the media in which the Festival is be promoted.
No employees of the FBO, sister companies nor any person or entity associated with or servicing this competition may take part.
The FBO will not admit videos which they deem:
• To contain offensive or to be contrary to the spirit of the FBO.
• To contain reference to violence, sex or drugs.
• May or might infringe the rights of authors, copyright, licence or any third-party rights.
The FBO reserves the right to evaluate the possible offensive character of the material submitted.
VI.- TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS.
Total length of the video shall be 20 seconds (20”).
General Specifications:
• Resolution: between 720 and 1080 p.
• One of the following formats:.mov /.mpeg /.avi (if possible with H264 compression).
• Maximum file size: 2 GB.
VII.- HOW THE PRIZE WILL BE AWARDED
The jury will comprise members of the BCN Sports Film Festival Organising Committee and the Joan Antoni Samaranch Olympic and Sport Museum and will award to prize for the originality of the idea behind the project, the coherence of the production and the promotional goals of the video.
The prize may be declared void should none of the videos fulfil the objectives of the competition.
There shall be one single winner who will be advised within 15 working days of the 30th September 2024 deadline.
The winner shall accept the prize in writing within 15 working days from the date of communication.
Should the FBO be unable to contact the winner within the specified deadlines, or should the winner decline the prize, all rights shall be forfeited. The FBO will then award the prize to the reserves in the order in which the jury shall have classified the videos submitted.
The prize-winner expressly authorises the FBO to use his name in any communication connected to the competition.
VIII.- RIGHTS ON PARTICIPATING VIDEOS
All videos that participate in the 2025 SPOTSPORT Contest can be published on the website of the Sport newspaper, sponsor of the contest, to promote the festival through this communication tool.
IX.- RIGHTS OF THE WINNING VIDEO
Notwithstanding the author's moral rights, unlimited worldwide rights in aeternum to the video shall be granted to the FBO for exhibition in whatsoever form or support (television, on-line channels) and any such platform the FBO may decide.
Specifically, the winner grants the FBO all rights to reproduce, modify, dub, distribute and make public in all supports and using any distribution or image techniques. These rights refer to the complete video or parts thereof with the sole limitation as specified in the Royalties Laws however the video may be exhibited and expressly including Internet and works derived there from.
The prize awarded is considered the payment for the rights granted in the preceding paragraph, thus the winner shall have no further claim on the FBO.
Ulterior use of the video by the FBO or delegated entities includes the obligation to identify the author unless expressly constrained not to do so. The credits shall include the complete name of the producer.
The participants guarantee that:
They are the owners of the videos submitted or have acquired exclusive licence to use the video in accordance with these Terms & Conditions.
That they own all licences, royalty and industrial rights, rights for the use of the images of third persons that may appear in the video and the music therein.
Are authorised to grant these rights to the FBO for all the uses as set out in these Terms & Conditions in paragraph VIII.
Furthermore, the participants agree to indemnify the FBO or authorised third parties for any action or claim for the infringements of rights that may arise from the use of this material.
