Conditions of entry:
The Golden City Gate is a film competition with a subsequent award ceremony in different categories. Eligible are cities, regions, city-marketing, hotels, event agencies, airlines, airports, cruises, shipping companies, departments of economic development, economic and tourist associations, TV institutions or persons to whom the rights of the submission of the film have been transmitted. By submitting a film the participant asserts that he is unrestricted entitled to dispose of the usage rights. The participant shall indemnify the presenter from any and all claims of third parties arising out of an infringement of third-party rights and a defence against such claims.


The film has to be forwarded to the following address at the latest by 20th February 2010:

Address: Huschert Film+Medien GmbH
Organisationsbüro - Das goldene Stadttor -
Ludwig-Richter-Weg 31
40724 Hilden
Germany


A participant is accredited to the competition if the application form is handed in completely and the attendance fee has been paid no later than 25th February 2010 to the following bank account:

Bank account:
Name of Bank: Sparkasse KölnBonn
Account owner: Huschert Film+Medien GmbH
Account Number: 71 572 952
Code number: 370 501 98
or
SWIFT-BIC: COLSDE33
IBAN: DE42 3705 0198 0071 5729 52


Attendance fee: For the first film registration € 450 plus 19% VAT
Every further film registration € 395 plus 19% VAT

The legal value added tax has to be paid by all participants.

After having received a contribution the application fee cannot be refunded. The number of contributions is not limited. As long as no constrictions have been enunciated by the participators the contributions may be shown at no charge publicly within the competition "The golden City Gate", other events and/or on the internet (www.landesfilmdienste.de, www.travelfilm.de) in the year of competition.
To this the participant confers the artless, worldwide and temporal unlimited easement upon the organiser.
Please submit the films in Video-DVD format. By request the presenter can convert the film into the Video-DVD format at extra cost.
The participant has to bear the forwarding charges and charges for reshipment. The presenter is not liable for damages or loss of the transmittal.
During the ITB 2010 all submitted films will be shown at the ITB-Cinema at the ITB fairground. The presenter reserves the right to show the film only in cut-outs.
The public award ceremony is taking place on 11th of March 2010 at 3.00 pm at the ITB-Cinema.
The presenter will award the Golden, Silver and Bronze City Gate. The best film of all categories will be awarded with the DIAMANT AWARD.
The presenter reserves the right to classify submitted films into another category if required and it improves the chance to get an award.
The award recipient will be informed after the jury meeting. The presence of the participants during the award ceremony in the ITB-Cinema is desired.
German law is effective. The CISG law is excluded. There is no right for participation.
The legal process is excluded.