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CBC Radio Canada International : Digital Diversity
contest!
Does the question of immigration interest
you? Concern you? Impassion you? If it does, then the Digital Diversity contest
is made to measure for you!
 Make
your Radio Podcast (audio file) or short film and enter the national online
competition today! Send us your Radio Podcast (audio file) or short film of 3 to
8 minutes' duration in one of the following categories:
• Biography of an emerging talent (singer, musician, dancer,
athlete, etc.) or an inspirational figure from a cultural community in Canada.
• Fictional subject, or in the case of a short film, an animated short about
immigration in Canada from your personal perspective. All subjects are accepted,
including comedy, drama, police drama or, even, science fiction.
In the case of short films produced in whole or in part in another language,
they must be entered with English subtitles. In the case of Radio Podcast (audio
file), English voiceovers are required when presenting material in another
language.
A jury will select the entries which will participate in the on-line competition
in fall 2007 and will select the winners of the Jury Awards. The jury members
are Alden Habacon, Ruba Nadda, Mitra Sen and Sunny Yi . The general public will
select the winners of the People’s Choice prizes.
This contest is open to Canadian and Canadian residents between 18 and 35 years
old.
There is a French version of the competition called Métissé serré.
Entries must be sent to us on CD or DVD only by June 29, 2007!
Send your entries to:
RCI viva / Digital Diversity Competition
1400 Rene-Levesque Blvd East
Suite B52-94
Montreal (Quebec)
H2L 2M2
Production team: Michel Coulombe, Xuân-Huy Nguyen and Thierry Harris.
 CONTEST RULES AND REGULATIONS DIGITAL
DIVERSITY From April 12 to June 29, 2007
1. To enter : To enter the Digital Diversity contest, you must produce a
short film or an audio file on the theme of immigration. Contestants must print,
complete and sign the official entry form available on the Web site of
Radio-Canada at the following URL
www.rcinet.ca/digitaldiversity
To be valid, all entry forms, short films and audio files must be sent at the
following address by June 29, 2007 at 11:59 PM (EST):
Digital Diversity Contest
Société Radio-Canada / RCI viva
# B52-94
1400 René-Lévesque est
Montréal, Québec
H2L 2M2
Short films shall be transmitted on DVD (in four (4) copies) , audio files shall
be transmitted on CD (in four (4) copies), with the following information on the
CD or DVD cover:
Work type (short film or audio file)
Title:
Duration:
Contestant name and surname:
Email:
Phone number:
Each contestant shall also submit with it entry form a short synopsis (maximum
of 100 words). Entry forms, DVDs and CDs become the property of CBC and will not
be returned to contestants.
Each contestant shall abide by the following criteria:
Short film or audio file of a duration varying between three (3) and eight (8)
minutes;
Short film of audio file on one of the following themes:
Innovative and constructive look at immigration in Canada;
Portrait of an inspiring personality from a cultural community;
Portrait of an emerging talent from a cultural community.
If the short film is, in whole or in part, in another language than English, it
shall be submitted with English subtitles.
If the audio file is, in whole or in part, in another language than English, it
shall be submitted with English voice over.
Each contestant acknowledges and guarantees that he has obtained all rights
necessary to the rights granted for the short film or the audio file submitted,
that such short film or audio file is original, free and clear of any rights,
including any rights related to works owned by third parties or related to
performances of performing artists included in such short film or audio file.
Contestant acknowledges and guarantees that the short film or audio file does
not violate any third party rights, for instance any right to privacy, right to
the image nor contains any defamatory element.
Société Radio-Canada reserves its right to refuse any short film or audio file
deemed offensive or unacceptable.
By submitting an entry, each contestant grants to Société Radio-Canada an
exclusive license for the period of September 17, 2007 to March 31, 2008
authorizing the communication to the public of the short film or audio file on
the following Web site of Société Radio-Canada: www.rcinet.ca/digitaldiversity.
This license will also permit the vote of the public from September 17, 2007 to
November 30, 2007.
No purchase required.
2. Eligibility
Contest is open to all Canadian residents who are between the ages of 18 to 35
at the time of entering the contest. Employees of Société Radio-Canada, Apple
Canada, Fédération des producteurs de lait du Québec, Sony and Telus, and their
affiliates, as well as their immediate family (father/mother, brother/sister,
son/daughter) or persons living under the same roof are not eligible to enter
this contest.
3. Procedure for awarding prizes
During the month of july 2007, a judging panel of four (4) members chosen by
Société Radio-Canada will select: (A) one winner in the category of short film,
(B) the finalists in the category of short films (number of which will vary in
function of the number of entries), based on the following criteria:
Originality
Artistic value
Technical quality
During the month of july 2007, a judging panel of four (4) members chosen by
Société Radio-Canada will select the finalists in the category of audio files
(number of which will vary in function of the number of entries), based on the
following criteria:
Originality
Artistic value
Technical quality
Finalists short films and audio files will be made available to the public on
the following Web site of Société Radio-Canada: www.rcinet.ca/digitaldiversity
During the period of September 17, 2007 to November 30, 2007, the public will be
invited to vote for the winning short films and audio files. The votes will be
done electronically on the Web site of Société Radio-Canada:
www.rcinet.ca/digitaldiversity.
The decision of the judging panels and the result of the public vote are
executory, final and without appeal.
During the month of December 2007, the winning contestants will be contacted by
phone or email and should claim their prize as instructed by Société
Radio-Canada.
4. Description of prize(s)
The winners will receive the following prizes:
Short films category:
Jury selection, best documentary: HD Camera, value of $4,600
Jury selection, best fiction: HD Camera, value of $4,600
People’s choice award: HD Camera, value of $1,500
Total value of the prizes for short films: $10,700
Audio files category:
First prize: MacBook 2.0 GHz, value of $1,500
Second prize: iPod 80GB, value of $400
Third Prize: iPod 80GB, value of $400
Total value of the prizes for audio files: $2,300
Total value of the prizes: $13,000
5. General rules
5.1 Winners shall agree to have their name and/or picture, including their
photograph, and/or their voices used for advertising purposes related to this
contest, free of charge.
5.2 Winners shall sign a document attesting to their eligibility and compliance
of these rules and releasing the Société Radio-Canada, Apple Canada, Fédération
des producteurs de lait du Québec, Sony and Telus, their affiliates, as well as
their respective directors, officers and employees, from all liability for any
damage or loss arising from participation in this contest or from the awarding,
acceptance or use of the prize.
5.3 The prize shall be accepted as is and may not be exchanged for an amount of
money, nor sold nor transferred. No substitutions will be allowed.
5.4 If the prize cannot be awarded as described in these rules, Société
Radio-Canada, Apple Canada, Fédération des producteurs de lait du Québec, Sony
and Telus, their affiliates, as well as their respective directors, officers and
employees, reserve the right to substitute a prize or prize component with
another of comparable value.
5.5 Refusal to accept the prize releases Société Radio-Canada, Apple Canada,
Fédération des producteurs de lait du Québec, Sony and Telus, their affiliates,
as well as their respective directors, officers and employees, of any obligation
toward the winner.
5.6 Should winners make any false statement, they shall be automatically
disqualified from the contest.
5.7 Société Radio-Canada, Apple Canada, Fédération des producteurs de lait du
Québec, Sony and Telus, their affiliates, as well as their respective directors,
officers and employees, shall assume no liability resulting from losses, delays,
mistaken addresses on mail or e-mail received, typographical errors, technical,
computer or telephone malfunctions, loss or theft of computer or telephone data,
damage to software or computer equipment, fraudulent calls or any other mistake.
5.8 Société Radio-Canada, Apple Canada, Fédération des producteurs de lait du
Québec, Sony and Telus, their affiliates, as well as their respective directors,
officers and employees, shall assume no liability whatsoever for any situation
in which their inability to act results from an event or situation beyond their
control, including a strike, lockout or any other labour dispute at their
location or the locations of the organizations and businesses whose services are
used to hold this contest
5.9 All personal information, such as your name, address, telephone number,
e-mail address and age is collected solely for the purposes of administering
this contest and shall not be used for any other purpose without your consent.
By providing this information, you consent to it being used for the stated
purposes.
5.10 By entering, contestants agree to abide by the contest rules which shall be
applied by the Société Radio-Canada. All its decisions are final.
5.11 Contest rules are available on the Web site of RCI viva at the following
address:
www.rcinet.ca/digitaldiversity.
Information:
digitaldiversity@RCInet.ca
514-597-4877 |
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