Palace Cinemas - Predict the 2025 Oscar winners to win a year of free films

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To celebrate Oscar season, we're giving you the chance to WIN A YEAR OF FREE MOVIES for you and a friend by Predicting the 2025 Oscar winners with Palace!

The most accurate prediction will win the major prize with the winner announced following the official Oscars ceremony on March 3 - enter now!

It was a year of standout musicals, wtih the audacious genre-bending queer crime musical from renegade auteur Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez leading the pack with a record-breaking 13 nominations - the most by a non-English-language film in history. Jon M. Chu's dazzling, Wicked also hit a high note taking 10 nods, with the Timothée Chalamet-led Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown following close behind with eight.

Tied with Wicked for second most nominations overall (10) comes Brady Corbet and A24's towering tribute to the immigrant experience, The Brutalist. Edward Berger’s mastefully suspenseful dramatic thriller, Conclave, also resonated with the Academy drawing eight nominations, while Sean Baker's Cannes Palme d'Or-winning dark comedy, Anora nabbed six, Coralie Fargeat’s wild, satirical and gory, The Substance - featuring Demi Moore in a career-best performance - took five and following sell-out previews and a Golden Globe for its star Fernanda Torres, I'm Still Here claims three.

With so many outstanding contenders, this will be a pretty tough race to call... But we know our certified cinephiles will rise to the challenge. So, with a month until entries close, make sure to get your submissions in!

https://www.palacecinemas.com.au/

Entries Close on March 2, 2025.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

This Schedule together with the Terms and Conditions constitute the terms of entry for this Promotion. Please read the Terms and Conditions attached to this Schedule.
1. The Promotion is Predict the Oscars with Palace Cinemas
2. The Promoter is PALACE CINEMAS PTY LTD 84 158 240 549 of 122 Toorak Rd, South Yarra 3141
3. Eligible states are New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia and Australian Capital Territory
4. Entry restrictions:
a. Entrants must be 18 years of age or over / OR
b. Entry is open to all ages; however, any entrant under 18 years of age requires parent/guardian
consent prior to entering the Promotion.
5. Entry into the Promotion commences at 1:00pm AEST 24/01/25 (Commencement Date).
6. Entry into the Promotion closes at 6:00pm AEST 02/03/25 (Closing Date).
7. Entry Method:
a. Go to the Palace Cinemas Competitions Hub
b. Click on the Promotional link;
c. Complete all of the required data entry fields on the entry form (the Entry); and
d. Make predictions on the event.
8. Entry to the Promotion is limited to one (1) entry per entrant, over the entire Promotion Period. Entrants may only win one (1) prize during the entire Promotion Period.
9. The competition is advertised via:
a. Social/digital platforms
b. email; and
c. the Website.
10. Entry is via the Website.
11. Live Predictor: a. Visit the Competition website and complete all the required registration fields.
b. During the Promotion Period, participants will be able to participate in the predictor game, by making predictions on the 2025 Academy Award winners.
c. Points in this competition will be calculated by assessing the number of correct guesses made, and the points value assigned to each correct guess throughout the entirety of the competition.
d. Various prizing is available dependent upon the user’s performance and final standings in the
Live Predictor Competition.
e. The participant who achieves the highest number of points in the Live Predictor Game will be
awarded the Major Prize.
f. If any winner chooses not to take their prize, or is unable to, or does not take or claim a prize by
the time specified by the Promoter, or is unavailable, they forfeit the prize and the Promoter is
not obliged to substitute the prize.
12. The Promotion is a game of skill. In the event of a draw, all valid entries will be entered into random
computerised draw, which will take place via the ‘quiz’ functionality on the Website.
13. The winner will be the entrant who achieves the highest number of points in the Live Predictor
Game in accordance with this Schedule and Terms and Conditions. The winners will be notified in writing within 2 business days of the draw and published online within 7 business days of the prize draw.
14. ThePrizeconsistsofthefollowing:
(i) Palace Cinemas VIP Card with 1 year validity
15. Approx. $2,000 incl GST
16. Unclaimed Prize Date: If a prize is unclaimed by the Unclaimed Prize Date, the next best entry as judged
by the panel of judged will be awarded the prize. The judging will occur by PALACE CINEMAS PTY LTD, 122 Toorak Rd South Yarra 3141 at 31/03/2025 AEST. The unclaimed prize winner/s if any, will be notified in writing within 2 business days of the Unclaimed Prize redraw. The winners will be published within 7 business days of the Unclaimed Prize Date.
1. These Terms and Conditions must be read together with the Schedule for this Promotion. The Schedule defines certain terminology used in these Terms and Conditions.
2. Entry to the Promotion constitutes acceptance of these Terms and Conditions. By entering the Promotion, entrants accept and acknowledge full responsibility for their decision to participate in the Promotion and to take the Prize if they are the winner.
3. To the extent of any inconsistency between the Schedule and these Terms and Conditions, the Schedule prevails.
4. All entry instructions and prize information published by the Promoter form part of these Terms and Conditions.
PROMOTION
5. The Promotion is conducted by the Promoter.
6. This Promotion will be advertised as outlined in the Methods of Advertisement.
ELIGIBLE ENTRANTS
7. Entry is open only to residents of the Eligible States and Territories who comply with the Entry Restrictions (if any). Directors, officers, management, employees and other staff (and the immediate families of directors, officers, management, employees and other staff) of the Promoter or of its related bodies corporate, or of the Relevant Parties are ineligible to enter.
8. In the event entrants under the age of 18 are permitted to enter they must have permission from a parent or guardian to enter the Promotion and have obtained their consent to these terms and conditions.
9. Any person who is discovered to have used or attempted to use any more than one name in order to enter any Promotion run by the Promoter except in the case of a legal change of name in this Promotion is ineligible to enter this Promotion.
10. All entries to the Promotion may be subject to verification by the Promoter. An entrant must, within seven (7) days of being asked and at the Promoter’s cost, allow the Promoter to inspect and copy any documents that the Promoter may request establishing eligibility to enter the Promotion, including but not limited to receipts, evidence of age, residence and identity.
11. The Promoter may decide in its sole discretion which documents are considered suitable for establishing eligibility to enter or win. In the event that the winner cannot provide suitable proof of eligibility, they will forfeit the Prize in whole and no substitute or compensation will be offered.
ENTRY
12. Entry to the Promotion commences on the Commencement Date and closes on the Closing Date (the Promotion Period).
13. To enter the promotion, entrants must follow the Entry Method during the Promotion Period.
14. An entrant’s entry must not be:
a) late;
b) delayed;
c) incomplete;
d) incomprehensible;
e) unlawful or capable of violating any law or giving rise to a civil action;
f) obscene;
g) defamatory or libellous;
h) threatening or harassing;
i) or contain nudity;
j) hateful;
k) offensive against a person or group of persons on the grounds of age, colour, gender, national or ethnic origin, disability, race, religion or sexual preference;
l) incite or be capable of encouraging conduct that would be considered a criminal offence;
m) in violation of the social media guidelines, rules or terms of service of the relevant social media site or platform used to enter the Promotion.
15. An entrant may submit up to the Maximum Number of Entries. Multiple entries (where permitted) must be submitted separately and must independently comply with these Terms and Conditions.
16. The entrant warrants that their entry including the response and any photos, images or videos (“Entry Material”) is: their own original work; it is not copied in any manner from any other work; and does not infringe the copyright, moral rights, trademark rights or any other rights of any third party.
17. Entrants retain all ownership in their Entry Material. However, by submitting their Entry Material, entrants hereby grant the Promoter an irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sub-licensable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of and display the Entry Material for the purposes of conducting and promoting this Promotion, awarding the Prize and advertising and marketing the Promoter or the Promotion on all media now known or later devised, in perpetuity.
18. By entering the Promotion, entrants consent to any use of their Entry material by the Promoter which may otherwise infringe an entrant’s moral rights in the Entry Material, including (without limitation):
a) Exercising any of the rights in the Entry Material without identifying the entrant; and
b) Using the Entry Material in any way that the Promoter sees fit, even if it results in derogatory treatment of the Entry Material (as defined in the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth)).
19. Each entrant warrants that:
a) they have the full power and capacity to grant the rights, warranties and consents set out in these Terms and Conditions;
b) the Entry Material is not, and its use by the Promoter (or the Relevant Parties) will not be, in breach of any third party intellectual property rights;
c) they will fully indemnify the Promoter against any loss or damage suffered by the Promoter: i. in the event that any of the warranties given by the entrant are false;
ii. as a result of any breach of these Terms and Conditions by the entrant; and
d) they have consent from each person appearing in the Entry Material (or if a person appearing in the Entry Material is under the age of 18, from that person’s parent or guardian).
20. Entrants must ensure that their entries are received by the Promoter during the Promotion Period. All entries are deemed to be received at the time of receipt by the Promoter, not the time of transmission by the entrant. The Promoter takes no responsibility for late, lost, illegible, corrupted or misdirected entries or for any delays or failures in any telecommunications services or equipment. The Promoter is not liable for any consequences of user error including (without limitation) costs incurred.
21. If Entry is permitted via website or app is free. However, any costs associated with accessing a website or app in order to make their entry, are the responsibility of the person seeking access and are dependent on the service provider used.
22. Entrants must make their website or app entries manually. The Promoter may reject an entry if it reasonably forms the opinion that the entry has been made using automated entry means or by use of a computer entry service.
23. Should an entrant’s contact details change at any time between the date on which they enter the Promotion and the Unclaimed Prize Date, that entrant must notify the Promoter of their correct contact details immediately.
24. Any entry that is made on behalf of an entrant by a third party, or otherwise by proxy, will be invalid.
25. The Promoter may, at its absolute discretion, declare any or all entries made by an entrant to be invalid if the entrant:
a) fails to establish their entitlement to win the Promotion to the Promoter’s satisfaction; or
b) fails to produce items as required by these Terms and Conditions or produces items that appear to be illegible, stolen, forged, reconstructed, altered, incomplete or tampered with in any way; or
c) appears, to the Promoter, to have tampered with, or benefited from tampering with, the entry process; or
d) has submitted an entry that is not in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.
26. By entering the Promotion, the winner and their guest agree that:
a) if requested by the Promoter, the winner and their guest will:
i. provide comments about the Promotion and/or a photograph or audio-visual clip of themselves; and

ii. participate in all promotional and publicity activity in connection with the Promotion;
b) the Promoter may use their name, image, location, comments, photographs, Entry Material or clips (“Materials”) for publicity and promotional purposes in any form of media, without reference or compensation to the winner and their guest/s or any other person;
c) the Promoter may use, reproduce, edit and communicate to the public the Materials at any time in any form of media;
d) the Promoter may license, authorise or otherwise transfer the rights in the Materials to others (including the and Related Parties) to do the same; and
e) the winner and their guest/s unconditionally and irrevocably consent to any act or omission that would otherwise infringe any of their moral rights in the Materials and waive all moral rights in the Materials.
27. Use or any publication of entries during or after the Promotion Period (in any form of media) does not mean that an entrant has been selected as a winner in the Promotion, and that entrant may not be awarded a Prize.
WINNERS & JUDGING
28. There will be the Number of Winner/s determined from all entries received during the Promotion Period. Each winner will receive a Prize.
29. Each winner will be determined on the Determination Date by the Promoter at 122 Toorak Road South Yarra 3141. Each valid entry will be individually judged (by representatives of the Promoter) based on the Judging Criteria.
30. The Promoter’s decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into.
31. The winner will be notified by phone/email within 7 days of the Determination Date.
32. All reasonable attempts will be made to contact the winner. If the Prize is not claimed by the winner by the Unclaimed Prize Date, it will be awarded to another entrant by the Promoter on the Unclaimed Prize Date. The winner of the unclaimed Prize will be notified by phone/email within two (2) days of the Unclaimed Prize Date.
PRIZE
33. The Prize for this Promotion and the Total Prize Value is specified in the Schedule.
34. All Prize values are correct as at the Commencement Date and are reflective of the recommended retail price and are in Australian dollars. The Promoter takes no responsibility for any variations in the Prize values.
35. If a winner of a Prize is under the age of 18 years (where entry by persons under 18 is permitted):
a) they must be accompanied on the Prize by a parent or legal guardian; or
b) the Promoter may, at its discretion, award the Prize to the winner’s parent or guardian (who is aged over 18 years).
36. Any guest/s that accompany a winner on any element of the Prize must be over the age of 18, unless expressly stated otherwise.
37. The Prize must be taken as offered and cannot be varied. If the Prize (or any part of the Prize) is unavailable for any reason, the Promoter will, in its absolute discretion, substitute alternative goods or services of no lesser retail value and/or specification (subject to the approval of the authorities that have issued permits for the conduct of the Promotion). The Promoter accepts no other liability or responsibility for any loss incurred by the winner or any other party if the Prize (or any part of the Prize, if applicable) is unavailable for any reason.
38. The Prize cannot be refunded or exchanged and, except as expressly permitted by these Terms and Conditions, cannot be taken as a monetary payment.
39. Unless expressly stated all other costs and expenses associated with taking the Prize become the responsibility of the winner.
40. The Prize must be claimed by the winner by the Unclaimed Prize Date. All aspects of each Prize must be taken together as a package. In the event that for any reason whatsoever the winner does not take the Prize or an element of the Prize at the time stipulated by the Promoter, the Prize or that element of the Prize will be forfeited by the winner.
41. The Prize may be transferred at the Promoter’s sole discretion. In the event that the Promoter exercises its discretion to allow the winner to transfer the Prize, the transfer will be on the condition that the transferee accepts all terms and conditions set out in these Terms and Conditions and the Promoter may require such acceptance in writing at its absolute discretion.