All submissions in the 2008 Fort Yachtie-Da Film Festival must be submitted by Captains and Crew who are registered with Crew Unlimited. (Entrants do not have to be actively seeking employment to participate.)

Submissions in the Fort Yachtie-Da Film Festival:

• Must be original and unpublished
• Must be a maximum of five (5) minutes in length
• Each contestant may submit a maximum of three (3) videos per category
• Videos must be submitted online via www.crewunlimited.com by midnight EST, 3rd November 2008
• Entries will not be acknowledged or returned
• Entries which are not submitted on suitably formatted media and which are not viewable as a result, by the submission cut-off Date, will not be accepted

Voting in the Fort Yachtie-Da Film Festival:

Responsibility of Entrants/ Warranties of Participation:
• All entrants must warrant that their submissions are original productions, and do not infringe on existing copyrighted material; nor may submissions purposely or accidentally utilize or exploit existing copyrighted, registered or trademarked property either real or intellectual.
• All submissions MUST NOT infringe on any third party rights; and if applicable the entrant shall obtain permission from anyone who helped direct or produce the film, including a representation from the person(s) that their contribution to the film does not violate third party rights. Any submission deemed unsuitable as a result of a failure by any entrant to comply with this rule may be deemed inadmissible for the sake of this contest.
• Entrants agree that any decision made with regards to any submission is final.

Fort Yachtie-Da Film Festival Held Harmless:
Please note that anyone directly identified or utilized in the making of each film must be at least 18 years of age. Participants or subjects under the age of 18 must have the written consent of a parent or legal guardian.

Entrants agree to hold harmless, defend and/or indemnify any officers, agents, employees, volunteers, sponsors, participants, facilities – or any other agent – from any Damages as a result of participation in the Festival; or any other loss or Damage whatsoever caused by the entrant or the entrant’s activities in connection with participation in the Fort Yachtie-Da Film Festival.

The Fort Yachtie-Da Film Festival does NOT encourage or endorse commission of crimes or illegal or Dangerous acts or endeavours by entrants in the festival. The festival also does not endorse or encourage the production of videos that may be intentionally, inherently or accidentally Damaging (in any form) to any person regardless of their affiliation to the festival. Any submission deemed to be inappropriate by content or construct will be eliminated from consideration.

Sponsors Rights and Responsibilities:
Sponsors shall have the right to edit and publish all entries as they deem suitable, and may publish and republish in whole or in part in all media now known or hereafter devised in perpetuity without compensation.

The Fort Yachtie-Da Film Festival assumes ownership of all submissions uploaded. Submission of any file further constitutes the entrant's consent or in the case of a minor, the parent's or legal guardian's consent, to irrevocably assign and transfer to festival sponsors any and all rights, title, and interests in Entry, including, without limitation, all copyrights, and to use entrants' names, hometowns, and likenesses and biographies without further compensation, for advertising or publicity purposes (except where prohibited by law).

By uploading any file to the contest participation page, it is understood that entrant agrees to abide all terms of the Fort Yachtie-Da Film Festival.