Terms & Conditions

Eligibility

All work must have gone online or on air between January 1st, 2016 and December 31st, 2016.

Solo Projects are directed, designed and animated primarily by a single person.
All Solo Project entries must include a full credits listing of all persons involved in the project.
Sound design, music and voiceover of an entry may be created by any number of people and will not count against an entry’s “Solo Project” status.
Assistance with project management and other production-related duties is acceptable.
If the project credits are found to be false or incomplete, the entry will be withdrawn without a refund.

If a judge questions the eligibility of an entry, we will ask you to provide evidence to demonstrate the work is eligible.
If it is determined that an entrant has violated the eligibility rules, the entry will be withdrawn without a refund.

The Motion Awards reserves the right to:

re-categorize work.
re-compress and/or resize submissions to meet requirements for the online judging system.
disqualify any entrant.

Submitting a project grants The Motion Awards and Motionographer the right to:

reproduce the project on The Motion Awards website, on Motionographer.com and/or on any social media channels owned by The Motion Awards or Motionographer.
use the project to promote The Motion Awards.
store a high-resolution copy of the project in perpetuity.

By submitting a project, the entrant warrants that:

it is the sole owner of the entire rights of the entry or has obtained all necessary consent from the owner of the entry.
the credits indicated on the completed entry form are correct.
the entry does not infringe another person’s or entity’s copyright, trademark, moral right, right of privacy or publicity, or other intellectual property right.