Press Releases 2008
DEMOCRACY VIDEO CHALLENGE
Your chance to tell the world what democracy means to you
September 24, 2008
NEW DELHI -- The United States Department of State is organizing a video competition that will give participants a chance to tell the world what democracy means to them. The prize for the "Democracy Video Challenge" competition will be an all-expense paid trip to Washington, New York and Hollywood in September 2009.
All that the participants will have to do is to create a video short not longer than three minutes that completes the phrase "Democracy is …."
Details of the competition are as follows:
THE CHALLENGE: Create a video short that completes the phrase "Democracy is …"
THE PRIZE: An all-expense paid trip to Washington, New York and Hollywood, screening of the winning videos, exposure to the U.S. film and television industry, filmmakers and meetings with democracy advocates from government, the media and civil society.
THE TIMELINE:
Submission deadline is January 31, 2009.
Challenge semifinalists will be selected February-March 2009.
An independent jury will narrow down the semifinalists to 21 finalists April 1-May 15, 2009.
The general public will vote online for the winning videos May 15-June 15, 2009.
Seven winners -- one each from the Western Hemisphere, Europe, Middle East-North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, South & Central Asia, East Asia-Pacific and one anonymous winner -- will be announced in mid-June 2009.
In October 2009, the six publicly identified winners, one from each of the six geographic regions, will travel to the United States to claim their prize.
THE DETAILS:
You must be 18 or older to enter.
Videos can be any style: fiction or documentary, animated or live action.
Videos must be no longer than three minutes.
Videos must be in English or have English subtitles.
Contestants may enter anonymously, but anonymous winners cannot collect the grand prize.
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