Democracy Video Challenge 2010

The two-minute clip “Democracy is fulfilling dreams” has been officially accepted for competition in the Democracy Video Challenge 2010 and is up for Round 1.  It is also now live on the contest page, at http://www.youtube.com/democracychallenge. Here is what follows next (Source: the rules of the contest):

Round 1: Contest Sponsors will evaluate Video Submissions at the country level. Three videos from each country will be nominated to the semifinalist pool. Round 1 judging will be completed on or about March 31, 2010.

Round 2: An independent panel of judges comprised of film experts and democracy and youth organizations will evaluate the semifinalists. They will choose three finalists from each of the six world geographic regions as defined by the U.S. Department of State (Western Hemisphere, East Asia Pacific, Europe, Africa, Near East, South & Central Asia) and three anonymous finalists for a total of twenty-one finalists, which will be revealed on the Contest site (www.youtube.com/democracychallenge) on or about May 15, 2010.

Round 3: The twenty-one finalist Video Submissions will be posted on the Contest site in mid-May 2010, and the general public will have until 11:59:59 GMT, June15, 2010 to vote (one vote per person per day) for their favorite videos using YouTube’s rating system, based on the criteria set forth above. One grand prize winner from each of the six world geographic regions, as defined by the U.S. Department of State, and one anonymous winner will be selected on or around June 18, 2010.

The winner could be you!

Well, in case you missed my clip, here it is again :):

This is a wonderful project idea made by a consortium of organizations: the Center for International Private Enterprise, the International Youth Foundation, NBC Universal, the National Democratic Institute, the International Republican Institute, the Motion Picture Association of America, New York University, the Recording Industry Association of America, Tisch School of the Arts, TakingITGlobal, the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, and the U.S. Department of State. The official website of the project is http://www.videochallenge.america.gov/