Jalopnik Film Festival General Submission

Were inviting you to submit your films! Well take any car film between 30 seconds and 120
minutes, whether narrative or documentary, animated or live-action, and review it with our
esteemed panel of independent judges. If you shot it and you think its great we want to see it,
too.
We will accept submissions of films produced or originally screened following September 19,
2013 (the date of the first Jalopnik Film Festival).

First Name *
Last Name *
Street Address *
City *
State *
Zip *
Phone Number*
Email *
Date of Birth*
Submission Title *
Running Time*
Director*


Categories for Submission *: Please select one
Narrative: ____
Documentary: ____
Animation: ____
Foreign Language (subtitled in English): ____

How Are You Submitting Your Film*: Please select one. If submitting via email, please include
an html link to view the film.
By email: ____; html link to view film: _______________________________________
By mail: ____
If you are submitting your film via an html link via email or a DVD via mail to Gawker offices
(see submission guidelines), send this completed and signed form with your submission.

If you would prefer to submit online, please see online submission form here:
http://jalopnikfilmfestival.seamlessdocs.com/f/general


Jalopnik Film Festival General Submission

GAWKER MEDIA LLC: JALOPNIK FILM FESTIVAL RULES,
REQUIREMENTS AND RELEASE

1. Parties: Gawker shall include Gawker Media LLC (Gawker) and its parents,
subsidiaries, affiliated entities, directors, officers, employees, agents, contractors, and insurers
(including, but not limited to the website Jalopnik.com (individually, Jalopnik). Participant
shall mean the individual, or corporate entity that is submitting a film (Film) to Gawker for
consideration for possible inclusion in the Jalopnik Film Festival (the JFF), currently
anticipated to occur in November 2014 in New York, New York (with such details subject to
change at Gawkers sole discretion).
2. The Festival: The JFF will gather films (each a Film and collectively, the
Films) from amateur and possibly also professional filmmakers from around the world. Only
films featuring a car in a meaningful way will be considered for the JFF. The films will be
evaluated by a panel of judges, including judges from Jalopnik.com, Gawker.com, members of
the film community and possibly also members of the automobile enthusiast or racing
community.
3. Submissions: Participant shall submit their entry (the Submitted Film, and
collectively, the Submitted Films) to the JFF in accordance with the methods and requirements
set forth in this Agreement, via this online submission form which shall include an html link to a
Vimeo or YouTube video or video hosted on entrants own website, or alternatively (a) emailed
to Gawker at films@jalopnik.com (with the subject line to read, Jalopnik Film Festival) along
with a signed copy of this Agreement, or (b), mailed to the Gawker offices at Jalopnik Film
Festival, c/o Jalopnik, Gawker Media LLC, 210 Elizabeth Street, 3
rd
Floor, New York, New
York, 10012, along with a signed copy of this Agreement. Submitted Films should: (a) have a
running time of between thirty (30) seconds and one hundred twenty (120) minutes; (b) be in one
of the following formats: a link to a Vimeo or YouTube video or entrants own website (as
described above), a physical DVD mailed to the Gawker offices (as described above), or in
electronic format and submitted via email (as described above). Submissions submitted via option
(a) or (b) above that are missing the signed copy of this Agreement shall be considered
incomplete and invalid, and will not be reviewed or considered. Submissions received via mail
will not be returned to the Participant. The films must be marked for submission into one of the
following categories (Submission Categories):

Narrative
Documentary
Animation
Foreign Language (subtitled in English)

The Submission Categories shall be for the purpose of organizing the submission Films
only. After reviewing all submissions, the judges shall create review categories (Review
Categories), organize all Films into the Review Categories, and select multiple Films from each
Review Category to be screened at the JFF and shown via Gawkers websites.
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Submitted Films should not contain any material that: (a) involves children (anyone
under the age of eighteen (18)) in a sexually suggestive, violent or pornographic manner); (b) is
illegal or promotes illegal activities; (c) contains or promotes information that Participant knows
or has reason to know is false or misleading; (d) defamatory or libelous, (e) invade the privacy of
or creates a security risk to any person; or (f) violates or infringes upon the common law rights, or
the copyright, or the literary, dramatic, music, or motion picture rights, or the trademark or trade
name, of any person, and/or violates the private, civil or property rights, or the right of privacy, of
any person or entity. Employees of Gawker and /or Volvo Cars of North America, LLC are not
eligible to participate in the submission of Films for the JFF.
4. Selection for JFF: If Participants Submitted Film is chosen for inclusion in the
JFF, Participant will be notified by email or telephone and will receive two (2) invitations to the
JFF. If Participants Submitted Film is selected to be featured in the JFF, Participant must make
available to Gawker, a 16:9 aspect ratio, 1920 x 1080 resolution version of the Submitted Film on
DVD via methods to be specified by Gawker. Once Participants Submitted Film has been
selected, it cannot be withdrawn from the JFF for any reason.
5. Grant of Rights to Gawker: Participant hereby grants to Gawker the irrevocable
and freely sublicensable rights to exhibit Participants Submitted Film at the JFF, without
any obligation or accountability to Participant whatsoever, and, at Participants
discretion, the royalty-free right to display Participants Submitted Film via an embedded
link on Jalopnik.com and/or Gawkers other websites, including, without limitation, for
advertising and publicity purposes.

6. Representations and Warranties: Participant represents and warrants that: (a)
Participant is at least eighteen (18) years old; (b) that the submission is an original work, created
solely by Participant (or if the Submission is a group effort, Participant represents and warrants
that they are the holder of the copyright to the Submission); (c) Participant has the rights
necessary to exhibit the Submitted Film at the JFF and on the Jalopnik.com or other Gawker
websites; (d) the Submitted Film does not and will not, infringe upon the common law rights, or
the copyright, or the literary, dramatic, music, or motion picture rights, or the trademark or trade
name, of any person, and does not and will not violate the private, civil or property rights, or the
right of privacy, of any person or entity; and (e) under no circumstances will any fees, residuals,
compensation or any other payment of any kind whatsoever ever be payable by Gawker as a
result of its transmission or use (or its authorizing the transmission or use) of the Submitted Film
hereunder, including, without limitation, payment to any producer, director, actor, writer, or any
other person who performed services in or in connection with the Submitted Film.
7. Name and Likeness: Participant grants to Gawker the right to take motion and
still pictures of Participant and to record Participants voice in connection with Participants
participation in the JFF, and to obtain other information about Participant, including, but not
limited to, Participants name (collectively, The Name/Likeness Materials), and to use the
Name/Likeness Materials in any media now known and/or hereafter devised, worldwide, in
connection with publicizing, promoting, exhibiting, or otherwise exploiting the JFF.
8. Indemnification: (a) At all times, Participant shall indemnify and hold harmless
Gawker, its parents, subsidiaries and affiliated entities, directors, officers, employees, agents,
contractors, and insurers, as well as the sponsors of the JFF, and their respective advertising
agencies, from and against any and all claims, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses, including
Jalopnik Film Festival General Submission

reasonable counsel fees, arising out of or based upon (i) the transmission or use of the Submitted
Film in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; and/or (ii) any breach by Participant of any
representation, warranty, or agreement made by Participant herein.
9. Release: In consideration for being permitted to participate in the JFF, and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged), Participant hereby forever waive, release, covenant not to sue, and discharge, to
the maximum extent permitted by law, Gawker from any and all claims, that Participant may
have arising out of participation in the JFF, including, but not limited to those resulting in from
transmission of Participants Submitted Film at the JFF, and also the display and/or use of
Participants Submitted Film on Jalopnik.com or other Gawker websites.
10. Governing Law and Arbitration: This Agreement shall be construed, interpreted
and enforced in accordance with and shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York
applicable to agreements entered into and wholly to be performed therein, with both parties
hereby submitting to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern
District of New York and of any New York State court sitting in New York City. Any
controversy between the parties regarding any of the terms, provisions or conditions of this
Agreement or otherwise arising out of or relating to this Agreement, shall be settled by arbitration
in accordance with the current commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration
Association, and judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator(s), including legal fees and
costs of the prevailing party, may be rendered by any court having jurisdiction thereof. The
location of the arbitration shall be in New York, New York.

By signing this submission form, you warrant that you own the copyright to your submission and
you agree to the terms above.

SIGNED AND AGREED TO as of the date indicated below.

Participant:
_____________________________________________
Print your name

SIGNED: ______________________________

DATED: _______________________________