The Music+Sound Awards are in their sixth year of recognising and celebrating, globally, the indispensable role that both music and sound design play in short films and the rest of the media.
We invite anyone who has been involved in the making of a short film between 1st April 2016 and 31st March 2017, where the music or sound design is vital to the story, to submit their work here via FilmFreeway.
We present two awards for music and sound in short films:
- Best Original Composition in a Short Film
- Best Sound Design in a Short Film
The physical Award can be seen in our cover image. Winners and finalists gain exposure to our network of over 21,000 contacts, including broadcasters, advertising agencies, film studios and advertising, TV and film production companies from around the world.
COMPETITION RULES
Entries submitted must have been made between April 1st 2016 and March 31st 2017.
Entries must not contain entrant name or branding or any other company associated with the work.
In the event that the jury feel there is not a clear winner for any given category, an award will not be issued and entry fees will not be refunded.
There will be no refunds for withdrawals by entrants after the official entries deadline.
Entries will not be considered complete until the media has been uploaded online, the corresponding materials have been and full payment has been made.
We reserve the right to move entries to more appropriate categories if we feel the work has been entered incorrectly.
Where necessary for categories that are over subscribed, the board and chair people will judge an initial round in preparation for final judging, with the same rules as the judging process – they must abstain from any work they were directly or indirectly involved with.
All entrants will observe the rules of the competition. Completion of entries and sending of payment indicates full acceptance by each entrant of the rules.
You warrant that, upon entering work into the competition, the organisers shall not breach any applicable laws or infringe the rights of any third party, including but not limited to third party intellectual property rights, anywhere in the world. Specifically, that all rights for music has been cleared for use in context of the work for PR /awards activity.
Each entrant confirms to the organisers that they have the legal right to enter the Awards on the terms of these rules. Each entrant indemnifies the organisers against all liability to any other person, firm or company and all loss arising from a breach by the entrant of any of these rules.
The decisions of the organisers in all matters relating to the Awards shall be final and binding.
The rules of the competition shall be governed by and construed according to English law and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
TERMS + CONDITIONS
Privacy Policy:
Music and Sound Awards Ltd is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
We may collect the following information:
- Name
- Contact information including email address
- Demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
What we do with the information we gather:
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons: Internal record keeping. We may use the information to improve our products and services. We may periodically send promotional emails about special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided. From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, or mail. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.
Security:
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online and will not share it with any third party.
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Controlling your personal information:
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so.
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please email hello@masawards.com. If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please email hello@masawards.com as soon as possible. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
We do not store your credit or debit card information.
Refunds, Returns + Delivery:
We regret that we are unable to refund money for entries to the Music and Sound Awards for any reason and reserve the right to disqualify and / or close categories without notification.