Deadline: 17 August 2015
Are you between the ages of 18 and 30? Do you have any inspiring actions?
If yes then think about a project or campaign you are involved in to combat climate change, an action which convinced your parents, school or college to take climate action, a lobbying of your elected members of parliament or your city leaders. Whatever is making a difference, turn it into a snappy concise video and participate in this competition!
Video entries are invited from youths aged between 18 to 30 years for the Global Youth Video Competition on Climate Change. The winning films will be promoted as part of World Food Day in October 2015 with added credits and logos of tve and its partners and funders; they may be screened on TV, used for publicity purposes or shown at other events. tve does not commit to using the films for any of the purposes listed.
The Prizes
Each winner will receive:
- Round trip to COP21/CMP11 in Paris, France from 30 November to 11 December 2015 (inclusive of accommodation and other expenses); and
- Position as a youth reporter for COP21/CMP11, responsible for assisting UNFCCC Newsroom team with videos, articles and social media posts.
Eligibility Criteria
- This competition is open to any person of any age, in any country between the ages of 18 and 30 on 15 November 2015. The purpose of the competition is for people worldwide to submit a three-minute film about a climate change action they are involved in.
- Videos can be made for creative inspirational stories about your action on climate change.
Submission Guidelines
- Entrants must be between 18 and 30 year old on 15 November 2015.
- Films must be a maximum of three minutes in duration, including credits and titles. Any film that is longer than this length will be disqualified.
- Films should be short reports about the activity or action in which you are involved.
- Films must be submitted to tve via file transfer in the format of flv, mov, mp4, wmv or zip along with a completed online entry form.
How to Enter
- Complete your entry using online form and upload your video. The videos may be recorded in any language, but English subtitles must be provided.
- Films which meet the criteria will be uploaded to tve’s You Tube channel tveinspiringchange and a shortlist of entries will be viewed by the judging panel.
- The winners will be announced on Carbon Neutral Day, 23 September 2015 in New York.
For more information, please visit Youth Video Contest 2015.
