Monday, December 9th at the ACM-NE Nor’Easter Award Festival

OVERVIEW:  As part of this year’s Nor’Easter awards, and in the spirit of this year’s election, we are pleased to announce this year’s special contest – a Parody Political Campaign Video Contest! We are looking for your best short videos featuring your most creative campaign. Convince us your cause or candidate should get our vote!

We welcome submissions of all types – serious, funny, and everything in between. Is someone you know running for an office we haven’t heard of? Are you starting a campaign to get everyone to purchase the next great thing? Would you nominate your pet for chief couch potato?

RULES:

  • We are not looking for regular Public Service Announcements. 
  • We are hoping to see creative campaign videos, with content rated no higher than “R”.
  • You may create a new video during the entry period (does not have to have been created last year).
  • Videos should be no more than 3-4 minutes.
  • Similar to last year, entries will be narrowed down to the top 3-5 finalists which will be judged by the audience in-person at this year’s Nor’Easter Award Ceremony to determine the final winner.
  • All submissions must be received via the FilmFreeway platform under the “SPECIAL: Parody Campaign Video Contest” category
  • DVDs cannot be accepted 
  • Submissions must be received no later than Wednesday, November 13, 2024.  We are unable to extend this deadline so please plan accordingly 🙂
  • Facilities may enter as many videos as they wish, with one entry fee charged per video.

JUDGING CRITERIA:  Videos will be judged on the following criteria:

      • Campaign Theme / How well did you convince us of your campaign?
      • Format and Production Style
      • Technical Quality – Video
      • Technical Quality – Audio
      • Overall Impression
  • All videos will be judged by a designated judging site in an initial round and narrowed down to the top 3-5 videos which will be our finalists.  
  • The finalists’ videos will be posted online for review in advance of the Nor’Easter award festival.
  • An online audience vote prior to the virutal Nor’Easter awards will determine the winner of the contest and verified by the Nor’Easter award committee. 
  • The decision of the award committee is final.

AWARDS / PRIZES:  The first place award winner will receive an award for their submission.  Additional finalists will receive a certificate for their submissions

COST:  The cost for each entry will be $30.00

ENTRY LINK:   Click HERE to submit via FilmFreeway

QUESTIONS? Please e-mail videofestival@acm-ne.org