BERLIN FASHION FILM FESTIVAL x ARTS THREAD FASHION CONCEPT COMPETITION TERMS AND CONDITIONS

By entering into the BERLIN FASHION FILM FESTIVAL (BFFF) x ARTS THREAD Fashion Concept Competition (the “Competition”), entrants agree to be bound by the following Terms & Conditions:

1.The Competition opens on November 01 2015 (“Opening Date”) and closes at midnight on January 17 2016 (“Closing Date”). No entries will be accepted before the Opening Date or after the Closing Date. Entries are limited to one (1) entry per person. Entries which are not in accordance with these Terms and Conditions are invalid. Entries comprising of anything which is obscene or vulgar, abusive, harmful, threatening, libellous, defamatory, invasive, profane or otherwise unlawful shall be deemed to be invalid.

2.In order to enter into the Competition, entrants must:

a.register your details to create an account on (the “Website”);

b.upload 5-10 images of your fashion concept onto the Website, subject always to the Terms and Conditions of the Website; and

c.send an email setting out your name and including the ARTS THREAD URL of your Project to Contact ARTS THREAD via their Online Form using the Subject BFFF x ARTS THREAD FASHION CONCEPT COMPETITION to confirm your entry. (collectively, the “Entry”).

Entrants should take into consideration the Competition Brief before submitting their Entry.

3.There will be one winner. The prizes shall consist of the following:

a.The winning entry will be offered the opportunity of exhibiting their fashion concept at Berlin fashion Film Festival 2016. (collectively, the “Prize”).

Please note the following conditions relating to the first prize winner:

  • Berlin fashion Film Festival will offer the Prize Winner exhibition space at Berlin fashion Film Festival event at no charge and will cover all lighting and electricity costs.
  • The first prize winner will be responsible for the transport of their fashion concept to Berlin for the Berlin fashion Film Festival show and for transporting it back from Berlin show.
  • The first prize winner shall be responsible for their own travel costs to and from the show and for any hotel costs.
  • The first prize winner shall be responsible for arranging their own travel insurance.

4.The Competition is open worldwide to anyone over 18 who is studying or graduated from an Arts & Design course within the last three years.

The following are not eligible to enter the Competition: the employees of (i) Berlin fashion Film Festival and its franchises, subsidiaries, agents and advisors and their families; (ii) Arts Thread Limited and its franchises, subsidiaries, agents and advisors and their families; and (iii) any other company, organisation or person assisting or connected with the promotion.

5.The Competition shall be judged by panel comprised of representatives of Berlin fashion Film Festival and Arts Thread (the “Panel”).

The Panel shall select the Final Entries (the “Finalists”) who shall be notified by January 31 2016. The Entries shall be judged by the Panel on the basis of the criteria set out in the Competition Brief.

The Final Entries will be voted on through the ARTS THREAD online poll website and the Winning Entry will be announced on February 21 2016.

6.Your Entry must not infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party. This includes the use of third party trade marks, images and/or copyright. By submitting your Entry, you warrant that the work comprising the Entry was created by you. Your Entry shall not comprise of anything which is obscene or vulgar, offensive, abusive, harmful, threatening, libellous, defamatory, invasive of another’s privacy, sexually or racially or ethically or religiously insulting, harassing, abusive, profane or otherwise unlawful. All Entries will be screened by Arts Thread and Arts Thread reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to remove and/or disqualify any Entry from which it believes is in breach of this clause, or any of the provisions of these Terms and Conditions.

7.By submitting your Entry, you warrant that you shall procure the necessary consents, licences and other such authorisations from any third party (including without limitation any models or members of the public) that may form part of your Entry.

8.If your Entry is selected as a Final Entry or a Winning Entry, you hereby grant Berlin fashion Film Festival and Arts Thread (and its authorised partners) a non-exclusive, irrevocable, worldwide licence to use your Entry in all media for the purposes of:

a.administering, marketing and promoting this Competition;

b.marketing and promoting future competitions held by Berlin Fashion Film Festival and Arts Thread; and

c.marketing and promoting Berlin Fashion Film Festival and Arts Thread,

(collectively, “Marketing and Promotional Purposes”).

9.Entrants’ names may appear on Entries reproduced for Marketing and Promotional Purposes.

10.No purchase of any kind is necessary to enter into this Competition.

11.The Prize may be altered or varied at the sole discretion of Berlin fashion Film Festival and Arts Thread and substituted with a prize which, in the sole opinion of Berlin fashion Film Festival and Arts Thread, is a suitable alternative.

13. Berlin fashion Film Festival, Arts Thread, and other company, organisation or person assisting or connected with the Competition shall not be liable for any claims or complaints of any nature in respect to the Prize or to the Entries, to the fullest extent that this is permissible by law.

14.Berlin fashion Film Festival and Arts Thread will contact the winners with further details of how to claim the Prize after the close of the Competition.

15.Berlin fashion Film Festival and Arts Thread reserve the right to withdraw or amend the Competition and these Terms and Conditions in the event of any unforeseen circumstances outside of its reasonable control or if in its absolute discretion considers it necessary.

16.The winners agree to take part in post-Competition publicity at the request of Berlin fashion Film Festival and Arts Thread.

17.Information regarding personal data which is provided by you when you enter will be processed in a database for the purpose of managing entry into the Competition. Such information will not be used for any other purpose than as stated in these Terms and Conditions or as separately accepted by you. If you have separately agreed to receive communications from Berlin fashion Film Festival, Arts Thread or a third party, then your personal data may be used by them for such purposes, including direct marketing. Any personal data that you provide will be held and processed in accordance with the requirements of the 1998 Data Protection Act.

18.Entrants accept that the Website is offered on an “as is” and “as available” basis. Berlin fashion Film Festival and Arts Thread do not warrant that the Website will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that the Website or the server that makes it available are free of software viruses or bugs or other defects. Berlin fashion Film Festival and Arts Thread have no control over, and disclaims all responsibility for, any content which Entrants may encounter, or events which may occur as a result of any Entrant’s use of the Website, to the fullest extent permitted by law, and Berlin fashion Film Festival and Arts Thread shall not be liable for any damages or other losses of any type whatsoever incurred by Entrants as a result of their use of the Website. Berlin fashion Film Festival and Arts Thread shall not be responsible for any Entry that cannot be uploaded on to the Website.

19.The Promoters of this Competition are Arts Thread, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 1LA and BFFF Kultuprojekte, Berlin fashion Film Festival, Katzbachstrasse 2, 10965 Berlin.

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