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EAS FUTURES VIDEO COMPETITION

Guidelines for the Video Competition

(Part of the wider EAS Futures competition)

Achieving sustainability throughout East Asia’s coasts and oceans matters to all, but is particularly crucial for the region’s youth, who will not only benefit from sustainability, but ensure it is carried on into the future. Youth involvement in sustainability initiatives is crucial for their long-term implementation and success.

PEMSEA strongly believes in the need to involve youth in the future of our shared seas. As part of this. With the close cooperation and support of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, RO Korea, PEMSEA is hosting a series of regional competitions to generate, interest, awareness, and engagement.

The video competition aims to showcase the understanding the youth have of their oceans, and highlight the creativity and firmness with which they can share their knowledge, understanding, plans, and dreams.

The video competition aims to highlight best practices and local marine actions of youth, and/or highlight local issues or challenges. It should be a 3 to 5-minute video, created entirely from material filmed/created by youth.

Theme

Sustaining the oceans:

a) Ocean and coasts as a source of food and livelihood,

b) Ocean and coasts as habitat and ecosystems,

c) Protecting and conserving coastal and shore biodiversity,

d) Responsible and sustainable tourism,

e) Addressing marine and riverine pollution, and

f) Coastal adaptation to climate change.

Eligibility

  • Open to a) high school students, b) university students, and c) amateurs up to 30 years old.
  • Entry must be an original video filmed in one of the following countries: Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, DPR Korea, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Philippines, RO Korea, Singapore, Timor-Leste, Thailand, or Viet Nam

Video entry specifications

  • A single entry per individual or team.
  • All members of a team must fall within the same eligibility category. All participants must be credited.
  • Must be between 3 and 5 minutes.
  • Original work.
  • Should primarily consist of film taken within the past year.
  • Must be related to the theme of sustaining the oceans, with links to one or more of the sub-themes listed above.
  • Creativity is encouraged! There is no set structure. The film could be a mini-documentary, a series of interviews, or tell a story.
  • Videos must be accompanied with a maximum 300 word explaining the topic of the video, and where it was filmed.
  • May not have won any other contest, or be commercially published whether for news, advertising or otherwise.
  • The film should not feature any person, group, or organization without their consent. By submitting the video, participants guarantee that all necessary subject matter permissions are acquired.
  • All information should be sent in English, and the video should include English speaking and/or subtitles.

Criteria

  • Relevance to the theme
  • Strength of message
  • Composition and editing

Prizes

  • 1st prize     – USD 750
  • 2nd prize    – USD 350   
  • 3rd prize    – USD 200

Submission of Videos

  • Fill out the Official Entry Form.
  • Provide proof of age/education status.
  • Filename of the video must be in the format “SURNAME_VIDEOTITLE”
  • Email Entry Form, proofs, and video to media@pemsea.org and cc info@pemsea.orgOR
  • Email Entry Form, proofs, and video link (youtube, vimeo, dailymotion) to media@pemsea.org and cc info@pemsea.org
  • If uploaded, please include #EASFuturesVideoCompetition as well as all involved names in the video description.
  • Entries must be received on or before 1 September 2021, 23:59 Philippine Time (UTC+8)

License

By entering the Contest, entrant represents, acknowledges, and warrants that the submitted video is an original work created solely by the entrant, that the video does not infringe on the copyrights, trademarks, moral rights, rights of privacy/ publicity or intellectual property rights of any person or entity, and that no other party has any right, title, claim, or interest in the video.

By entering the Contest, all entrants grant an irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive license to Authorized Parties (PEMSEA and Sponsor), to reproduce, distribute, display and create derivative works of the entries (along with a name credit) in connection with the Contest and promotion of the Contest, in any media now or hereafter known, for no additional compensation, including, but not limited to: display at a potential exhibition of winners; publication of a book featuring screenshots from select entries in the Contest; and publication in reports or online highlighting entries or winners of the Contest.

Entrants consent to Authorized parties doing or omitting to do any act that would otherwise infringe the entrant’s “moral rights” in their entries. Display or publication of any entry on an Authorized Party’s website does not indicate the entrant will be selected as a winner. Authorized Parties will not be required to pay any additional consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with such use as authorized by the License.

Additionally, by entering, each entrant grants to Authorized Parties the unrestricted right to use all statements made in connection with the Contest, and pictures or likeliness of Contest entrants, or choose not to do so, at their sole discretion, except where prohibited by law. Authorized Parties will not be required to pay any additional consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with such use.

Limitation of Liability

By entering this Contest, all entrants agree to release, discharge, and hold harmless Sponsor and its partners, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising agencies, agents and their employees, officers, directors, and representatives from any claims, losses, and damages arising out of their participation in this Contest or any Contest-related activities and the acceptance and use, misuse, or possession of any prize awarded hereunder.

The sponsor assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, or delay in operation or transmission; communications line failure; theft or destruction of or unauthorized access to Contest entries or entry forms; or alteration of entries or entry forms. Sponsor is not responsible for any problems with or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, human errors of any kind, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to entrants’ or any other persons’ computers related to or resulting from participation, uploading or downloading of any materials to in this Contest.

Conditions

Entries are void if Sponsor determines the video to not be an original, if it contains any unoriginal and unlicenced footage, or if the entries are incomplete, inaccessible or blocked, corrupted, damaged, irregular, altered, counterfeit, produced in error or obtained through fraud or theft.

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