Use the largest collection of audiovisual archive material on the EU and win 10.000 Euro. This is the main idea of a video competition entitled Picturing Europe. The deadline for entering is March 15, 2010.
Picturing Europe is launched by The Audiovisual Service of The European Commission together with "Content 360" - MIPTV's annual cross-media competition. The Commission is inviting audiovisual professionals as well as individuals to compete in the production of a video clip of maximum 3 minutes, presenting the producer's own vision of Europe.
The clip should be composed of a minimum of 50% of archive material. This material can be downloaded from the Commission's audiovisual library, which is the largest collection of audiovisual archive material on the EU. The number of digitised items accessible on its website amounts to 1 300 videos, 30 000 photos and 11 000 historical audio files.
Applicants should convey a positive vision of Europe with an artistic, documentary, humoristic or fictional angle, picturing personal or public situations, current or historical, of European life in their immediate environment: family, enterprise, community, association, city, village; local events – music, fashion, leisure, games that could represent an original vision of Europe.
The clip should express a personal vision of Europe and be able to captivate a young and wide audience via internet and/or mobile devices through its original, creative or aesthetical approach. The clip should not be longer than 3 minutes and be produced in a format suitable at least for being uploaded on a webpage and also suitable to be disseminated via mobile devices and shared on social networks.
The European Commission is expecting video clips having the potential to create a real impact on an audience aged 15-35 of all genders and socio-economic backgrounds.
The winner will receive a sum of 10.000 euro and be announced at MIPTV in Cannes in April.
You can get the competition rules, download archive material and upload your competition clip at this Picturing Europe web site