Short & Sharp Call for Entries ("Contest") Terms & Conditions



1. Short & Sharp is organised by Samsung Electronics Singapore Pte Ltd. of 30 Pasir Panjang Road Mapletree Business City #17-31/32 Singapore 117440 ("Samsung"). The Contest is open to participants who are residents of Singapore. No payment of money is required to take part in this Contest.

2. Employees and agents of Samsung, their respective families, households or anyone professionally connected with this Contest (in Samsung’s opinion), are not eligible to take part in the Contest as a participant.

3. By participating in this Contest, each participant agrees to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. All rules and regulations and instructions issued by Samsung from time to time will be deemed incorporated in these Terms and Conditions.

4. Samsung reserves the right, at its sole and absolute discretion at any time without assigning any reason, to amend these Terms and Conditions, including without limitation changing the Contest mechanics, Contest Period and/or substituting the prize(s) with other item(s). No person shall be entitled to, and Samsung shall not be liable for, any payment or compensation (whether in cash, credit or kind) whatsoever arising from the foregoing.

5. The Contest will commence with a Call For Entries on 27 February 2021, 0000 hours Singapore Time, and close on 26 March 2021, 2359 hours Singapore Time (“Contest Period”).

Entries will only qualify for the Contest if submitted within the Contest Period. Entries submitted outside of the Contest Period, or submitted through any means other than specified herein, will not be eligible for the Contest. Any complaints on missing and/or delayed submissions will not be entertained.

6. Samsung makes no guarantee of the availability of its or any other web services and will not be held responsible for any interruption, delay or failure of service that may interfere with the ability to participate in the Contest.

7. The Contest mechanics are as follows:


  1. Each participant must shoot a 1-minute short film on any mobile phone and submit their entry on the Contest website https://www.samsung.com/sg/short-and-sharp during the Contest Period.
  2. Each duly submitted video as specified herein shall be referred to as an “Entry”.
  3. Each participant may submit multiple entries for the entire Contest.
  4. 15 finalists will be selected by the panel of Festival Founders and Samsung at the end of the Contest Period based on the entries submitted in the manner set out above, at their sole discretion.
  5. Each finalist will participate in a three-week challenge and a Final Project (“Challenge”). During the Challenge period, each finalist must attend masterclasses and submit a total of four assignments. All assignments during the Challenge period will be judged by the panel of Festival Founders and Samsung, at its sole discretion. Details of the Challenge will be stated in a separate set of terms and conditions not set out in this document.

8. Each participant represents and warrants that (i) his/her Entry is original and has not been previously published; (ii) his/her Entry fully complies with the submission guidelines, including but not limited to, being shot on a mobile phone, (iii) he/she possesses the exclusive rights to his/her Entry submitted hereunder and has the full and unrestricted right to transfer the same to Samsung free and clear of any claims or encumbrances; (iv) the Entry shall not infringe the intellectual property, privacy, publicity or other rights or interest of any third party or result in any other liability; (v) his/her Entry does not contain anything that may be deemed by Samsung to be false, misleading, pornographic, libellous, defamatory, obscene, indecent, sexually explicit, hateful, political, racist, religious, blasphemous, harassing, threatening, or otherwise illegal, offensive or objectionable; and (vi) his/her Entry shall not solicit funds or include programmes that contain viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs or any other programmes designed to impair the operation and functionality of the Contest website or websites linked to the Contest website. Samsung reserves the right to moderate the entries and remove any non-compliant entry, and to report any violations to the authorities if deemed necessary.

9. Samsung reserves the right to disqualify any participant suspected of fraud, or whose entry and/or results Samsung believes have been manipulated in any way, or who otherwise interferes with the Contest or does not adhere to these Terms and Conditions.

10. The finalist(s) will be notified via electronic mail, and will be required to provide information such as their Full Name as per NRIC, in order to verify their eligibility. Verified finalists will then be provided with instructions on participating in the Challenge and prize collection respectively. Samsung reserves the right to disqualify any finalist.

11. Samsung collects participants’ personal information in order to conduct the Contest, and may, for this purpose, use, process and/or disclose (including to third parties overseas) such personal information in accordance with these Terms and Conditions and the Samsung Privacy Policy (www.samsung.com/sg/info/privacy.html). Each participant consents to such collection, use, processing and disclosure of his/her personal information, and represents and warrants that all information provided is true and accurate in all respects. Validity of an Entry is conditional on the participant providing this information.

12. By participating in the Contest, each participant is communicating with Samsung electronically. By doing so, each participant agrees to receive communications from Samsung electronically.

Samsung will communicate by electronic mail to the electronic mail address provided by the participant and/or posting notices on the Contest website. Each participant consents to receiving electronically all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that Samsung provides in relation to the Contest.

13. Each participant agrees that he/she may be required by Samsung to take part in marketing, promotional and/or publicity exercises with respect to the Contest, and may be requested by Samsung to grant to Samsung such consents and waivers in respect of Samsung’s use and/or disclosure of his/her name, voice, photograph, likeness or other personal identifiable information in any media (including such personal identifiable information contained in any promotional photographs and/or audio/video recordings taken in respect of the Contest), for the promotion and publicity of this Contest, the Samsung brand and/or Samsung products. Each participant agrees that he/she is free to decline to participate or to provide such consents and waivers; however, in such an event then the participant may be disqualified from participating in the Contest.

For the avoidance of doubt, each participant agrees that Samsung shall be at liberty to publish, promote, copy, reproduce, transmit, display, edit, adapt, modify, create derivative works of and/or otherwise distribute or use his/her Entry (or any part thereof, including to add any Samsung branding, logo, name, mark, and/or product image): (i) in connection with (including for the promotion and publicity of) this Contest, the Samsung brand and/or Samsung products; (ii) in any manner, format or media whether now known or hereinafter created (including without limitation on online platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Instagram) and in any part of the world; (iii) at Samsung's sole direction; and (iv) royalty-free and without any obligation of attribution or further consent. Each participant hereby irrevocably grants to Samsung all consents and waivers necessary in connection with the above, without further compensation to the participant and where not prohibited by written law.

14. Each participant shall not, without the prior written approval of Samsung, disclose (including without limitation on online platforms and social media) any confidential information provided to him/her or which he/she has access to as a result of his/her participation in the Contest, or publish the film in part or whole, or speak or give any interviews or comments to the press or any other media relating to the Contest without Samsung’s prior written consent.

15. If this Contest is interfered with in any way or is not capable of being conducted as reasonably anticipated, or for any other reason deemed necessary by Samsung, Samsung reserves the right in its sole discretion at any time and without assigning any reason, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to suspend, terminate or cancel the Contest, as appropriate. No person shall be entitled to, and Samsung shall not be liable for, any payment or compensation (whether in cash, credit or kind) whatsoever arising from the foregoing.

16. To the maximum extent permitted by law, each participant agrees to indemnify and hold Samsung harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including legal costs on an indemnity basis) arising from the alleged or actual infringement of any third party copyright, patent, trademark or other intellectual property rights, or other rights, any breach by the participant of these Terms and Conditions and/or otherwise arising out of or in connection with the participant’s participation in the Contest.

17. Except where expressly provided herein, each participant shall bear his/her own costs and expenses incurred and/or arising from his/her participation in the Contest, and no reimbursement may be sought from Samsung.

18. In the event of any dispute arising from the Contest or relating to the interpretation of these Terms and Conditions, the decision of Samsung shall be final and binding on all parties. No correspondence, appeal or further claims will be entertained.

19. These Terms and Conditions shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Singapore, and each participant irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Singapore.