1. Introduction

The Year of the Dog is a heartwarming PG-13 film about two strays: a loner alcoholic struggling to maintain sobriety and a rescue dog, played by a real-life Husky rescue named Caleb, with an unusual athletic gift.

The film’s themes of the remarkable love of pets, addiction and recovery, and healing through connection are relatable to so many in our schools and communities. Ultimately, it’s an uplifting message about how much we can overcome if we can do it together, as a community, and as a team.

2. Guidelines

2.1. Make a video about a person, pet, place, or thing in your community that changed your life, helped, taught, or inspired you, and gave you a sense of community, OR show us what a new set of basketball uniforms would mean for your school.

2.2. Keep submissions under 3 minutes long.

2.3. Anyone over 13 may submit.

2.4. Follow/Like @theyearofthedogmovie on Facebook or Instagram.

2.5. Include the following language in the description section of your YouTube Submission: ‘Watch “The Year of the Dog” movie on Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B7F3VZZT

2.6. Upload your video to YouTube (public) with the heading: “THE YEAR OF THE DOG MOVIE CONNECTION CHALLENGE | INSERT SCHOOL NAME | 2023”

2.7. Email a link of your Youtube video to: rob@velocityathletics.com with the Subject line, “The Year of the Dog Connection Challenge”. In the body of your email include: First Name, Last Name, City, State, School Name.

2.8. Bonus: Include this 7-second sizzle somewhere in your video: https://vimeo.com/820393424?share=copy

2.9. Bonus: Reference your favorite part of the movie somewhere in the video.

2.10. All submissions must comply with all YouTube Community Guidelines.

3. Overview

3.1. By entering into The Year of the Dog Movie’s-sponsored contest (“Contest”), participant (“Participant”) agrees to abide by these Official Contest Rules and Legal Disclaimer and the decisions of The Year of the Dog Movie, such decisions which are final and binding in all respects.

3.2. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.

3.3. Participant shall make a video (under 3 minutes) about a person, pet, place, or thing in their community that changed their life, helped, taught, or inspired them, OR participant shall make a video showing or telling what a new set of basketball uniforms would mean for their school.

3.4. Participation in the contest is not sponsored by any social media platform, including, but not limited to YouTube, Instagram, FaceBook/Meta, etc.

4. Eligibility

4.1. Contest is open solely to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are 13 years of age or older at the time of entry. Employees, officers, directors, or agents of THE YEAR OF THE DOG MOVIE (“Promoter”) or any of Promoter’s partners, related companies, agencies, or agents, as well as the immediate family (defined as spouse, parents, siblings, children, and grandparents) and same household members of any such employee, officer, director, or agent, are not eligible to participate. All applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply. Void where prohibited or restricted by law.

5. How to Enter for a Chance to Win

5.1. SEE GUIDELINES

5.2. Promoter will not consider incorrect, fraudulent, incomplete, late, or otherwise non-conforming entries or entries that are intended to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any person or entity in any way. Entries generated by macro, script, or other automated means are void. Any entrant using fraudulent means to participate in a Contest will be disqualified and may be guilty of violating applicable criminal laws. Eligibility is at the exclusive discretion of Promoter, and Promoter shall be entitled to reject any entrant for any reason or no reason at all without having to provide an explanation. Promoter reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, suspend, or terminate the Contest for any reason and without prior notice to any Participant. In such instance, Promoter may, if and as appropriate, select a potential winner using reasonable means that are materially consistent with the Contest in question.

6. Provision of Materials and Information/Intellectual Property

6.1. By entering into the Contest, Participant represents and warrants as follows: (1) that it fully owns or has properly licensed whatever materials or information it submits hereunder in connection with the Contest and can make such submissions without violating any: applicable law, agreement with any third-party, and/or third-party right of any kind (including without limitation any intellectual property, data protection, privacy, or publicity right); (2) the content does not contain illegal, offensive, or otherwise inappropriate content; and (3) that any and all materials or information provided by it hereunder shall be true and correct in all respects. Content that fails to adhere to the above-mentioned representations and warranties shall immediately be disqualified. Furthermore, without limitation on anything set forth herein to the contrary, Promoter shall have the nonexclusive but irrevocable, transferable, and fully sublicensable right and license (but not the obligation) to use, exploit, modify, reproduce, display, and distribute any and all such materials or information in any manner it so elects to promote the Contest, its business, brand, products and/or services, throughout the world in perpetuity, and in any and all media, now or hereafter known.

6.2. By entering into the Contest, Participant further represents and warrants that Participant understands and agrees that (1) all third-party hosting sites for the videos, including, but not limited to, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Snapchat, etc., shall be free from all liability for any violations by Participant of any kind of the provisions of Section 6.1 above; and (2) in no way has this Contest or the Promoter promoted the event as being sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with any third- party hosting sites such as those listed in this Section 6.2.

7. Prizes; Selecting and Notifying Prize Potential winners

7.1. Three winners will each receive a free set of up to 15 custom basketball uniforms from Velocity Athletics, plus the chance to have their video appear on The Promoter’s social media page. All submitted videos may be posted on The Promoter’s social media pages at The Promoter’s discretion.

7.2. The odds of winning a Prize, and the retail value of any such Prize, varies from Contest to Contest. Promoter will contact all potential winners by email to confirm that they have won and are entitled to a Prize. Promoter is not responsible for digital communications that are undeliverable as a result of any filtering of any kind, insufficient space in a Participant’s account, or any other failure beyond its reasonable control. In the event of a dispute with respect to entries received from more than one user having the same e-mail address/account, the authorized subscriber of the account in question at the time of entry will be deemed the proper entrant. Additionally, all potential winners will be posted on Promoter’s social media. Each potential winner must show picture identification to claim his or her Prize. Any potential winner will forfeit his or her Prize if he or she: (1) fails to respond in a timely fashion to any of Promoter’s requests for information or signatures with respect the Contest or the Prize; (2) cannot be reached at the information provided by such individual; (3) rejects the Prize (or it is returned undeliverable through no fault of Promoter); or (4) is disqualified from the Contest for any reason. In the event of any forfeiture hereunder, an alternate potential winner will be selected. Prize potential winners are solely responsible for all applicable: (a) federal, state, and local taxes; and (b) out-of-pocket expenses, associated with Prize acceptance and use. Prizes will not be substituted by Promoter for cash or other merchandise pursuant to any Prize potential winner’s request. Promoter, however, reserves the right to substitute alternate Prizes of comparable or equal value in its sole discretion. Subject to applicable law, Prizes are offered “as is” without any express or implied warranty of any kind or nature.

7.3. Potential Prize winners have until December 31, 2023 to place the order for the Prize.

8. Publicity

8.1. Subject to applicable law, entrance in any Contest constitutes the Participant’s consent to Promoter and Promoter’s affiliates to use Participant’s submitted video, his or her name, voice, likeness, opinions, and biographical information for marketing, advertising, and publicity purposes in any media throughout the world at any time as a non-exclusive license, without the obligation to seek consent or to provide Participant with any payment or other form of consideration. Promoter may also add a bumper connected to the film to the beginning of any submitted video and otherwise edit in a good faith and non-disparaging way to support the promotion film. Participant agrees to execute any document reasonably required by Promoter to effectuate the terms hereof and failure to do so shall give rise to Promoter’s right to execute any and all such documents as Participant’s attorney-in-fact, which right shall be coupled with an interest and therefore, irrevocable.

9. Release

9.1. Subject to applicable law, by entering into a Contest and potentially receiving a Prize, each Participant and potential winner agrees to release, discharge, and hold harmless Promoter, along with Promoter’s employees, officers, directors, affiliates, partners, agents and assigns, from and against any claim, cause of action, demand, or proceeding (each, a “Claim”), and any resultant loss, injury (including death), cost, expense, fee, fine, penalty, or other loss or expense of any kind, including attorneys’ fees (each, a “Loss”), relating to or arising directly or indirectly out of his or her participation in the Contest (or related activity such as a press release), and/or Promoter’s right to exploit Participant’s name and/or likeness or fully exploit any other right granted to it hereunder, and/or from Participant’s receipt, use, or misuse of any Prize, no matter how such Claim or Loss arises (including without limitation, if arising out of any damage to a Participant’s computer system from downloading or using material from Promoter’s (or an affiliate of Promoter’s) website).

10. Limitation of Liability

10.1. IN NO EVENT WILL PROMOTER, AND/OR PROMOTER’S PARENT, SUBSIDIARY, LICENSEES, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, ASSIGNS, AFFILIATES, OR RELATED COMPANIES (COLLECTIVELY WITH PROMOTER, THE “PROMOTER PARTIES”), BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LOST PROFITS) ARISING OUT OF ANY PARTICIPANT’S PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTEST, THESE OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES, AND/OR ANY PARTICIPANT’S RECEIPT OF A PRIZE, NO MATTER UNDER WHAT THEORY ARISING, EVEN IF ANY PROMOTER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBLY OF SUCH DAMAGES. PROMOTER PARTIES’ ENTIRE LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO: ANY PARTICIPANT’S PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTEST, THESE OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES, AND/OR ANY PARTICIPANT’S RECEIPT OF A PRIZE SHALL BE LIMITED TO $750. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE AFOREMENTIONED LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS OF LIABILITY AND AS SUCH, THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.

11. Use of Collected Materials and Information.

11.1. Promoter may be collecting, storing, and exploiting personal data about Participant to administer the Contest and exercise its rights hereunder, including without limitation, those relating to marketing and publicity. By entering into the Promoter’s Contest, Participant agrees to Promoter’s collection and use of his or her personal information. Promoter will not disclose any Participant’s personal information to any non-affiliated third party. For more information on Promoter’s handling of personal information, see Promoter’s Privacy Policy, a copy of which can be found at the following link: [LINK TO PRIVACY POLICY].

12. Dispute Resolution

12.1. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree as follows: (1) that all disputes, causes of action, and claims connected to or arising in any way hereunder between the parties shall be resolved solely on an individual basis (i.e., class actions suits are hereby waived by the parties), and exclusively by the state or federal courts situated in Gallatin or Park County, Montana; (2) that the laws of the state of Montana shall govern, without regard to its conflict of laws principles; and (3) that the parties hereto waive any right to a trial by jury.

13. Promoter

13.1. The Year of the Dog Movie (Year of the Dog LLC), 601 Nikes Drive, Suite 5, Bozeman, MT 59715