Deadline: 20 January, 2013
Open to: citizens of the European Union, 18 – 30 years old
Prizes: 1st prize: € 5,000, 2nd prize: € 3,000 and 3rd prize: € 2,000
What are your rights as an European citizen? Your needs? What are your expectations? What about democracy, freedom and exchange? How do you contribute and share? You can express yourself and get filming. The European Economic and Social Committee invites you to participate in the 2013 Video Challenge. This annual challenge encourages video creativity and the use of social networking, within youth across the 28 member states in Europe (including Croatia who will be joining the EU in 2013).
Entry into the challenge is free and participants can submit their video URL on the dedicated website between15/10/2012 and 20/01/2013. The public voting will take place between 25/01/2013 and 04/02/2013 ending at noon. Following this, the jury will decide on the top three finalists. The prizes for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners will be awarded at a ceremony held in Brussels on March 20th 2013.
Eligibility
To participate in the EESC video competition you must be:
- A citizen of the European Union (the 27 Member States and Croatia who will be joining the EU in July 2013)
- Aged 18-30
- An amateur production team (e.g. students)
- EU staff, Members and employees of EESC and their immediate family are not eligible to enter the contest.
Prizes
The winners will receive respectively:
- 1st prize: € 5,000
- 2nd prize: € 3,000
- 3rd prize: € 2,000
How to enter?
You can submit your video here
Video requirements:
- The video must be between 30 seconds to 1 minutes in length.
- The format should be available in Standard Definition (720×576 pixels preferably in 16.9) or High Definition (1280 x 720 px or above).
- The video should not have inappropriate contents, language or imagery (no violence, racist comments, pornographic or personal attacks on people or organizations etc.)
- Any EU language can be used in the video (if any) however sub-titles in English will then be necessary in order to guarantee wide understanding and equal opportunities.
- The video should not have been created more than 6 months prior to the start date of the competition.
- The production team should grant the consent of all persons appearing in the video (protection of privacy) and is solely responsible for consequences.
Videos must be first posted on an online video channel (e.g. Youtube, Dailymotion, Vimeo etc.) Submissions must include a text description, no more than 300 words in length, of the content highlighted in the video. You can submit your video until 20 January, 2013.
