Info & Rules

You may live in Ravda or Sofia or anywhere in the world but this is not an excuse for you not to make an advertising film for Varna, Bulgaria. Be brave, gather friends, find a camera and you can become part of the city's history. Direct a video and be brave - a lot of productions fail but this will not be the case with yours. Film the people and the time that we live in, from the beautiful point of view. Make a composition of how you like the things to be. Or just be stylish in your experiments just like in the ads. Your video with overall duration between 60 and 90 seconds, you can share in our platform until September, 30th. And the best video will win 5000 leva!

The contest is organized by "HOTEL INTERNATIONAL" AD, as part of the event marking 50 years INTERNATIONAL. The video contest aims to give the participants opportunity to demonstrate their creativity and to present their point of view to the city of Varna (Bulgaria) and its surroundings and to promote the city as a tourist destination.

One participant has the right to participate with no more than one video. The video and the text (if such) must be created as much as possible for the contest and must not violate any other copyright or related rights. Focus on footage from town of Varna (Bulgaria) only.

Challenge yourself. Find the positive message you want to convey and express it in your short video. There are no limitations on the subject's approach - the movie can be featured, documentary, interview, cartoon, black and white, silent, and so on.

Each participant must upload its video to the contest page https://www.voubs.bg/contests/1-minuta-varna/887 as a video file with allowed formats: MPG, .MOV, .WMV, and .AVI. To the video the author should add information about himself containing full name, age, city, phone number and personal e-mail for contact. Videos must contain the official logo of the contest, which can be downloaded on this Link. The deadline for submitting the material is 24:00 on 30.09.2019. Videos sent after the deadline will not be allowed to the contest, without obligation of the Organizer to inform the participants for the disqualification.

Videos should be on the topic "1 minute Varna". And will be evaluated on the basis of the following criteria: Compliance with the terms of the contest; Originality and individuality of the video content. Innovation, author's position and idea, originality of content, autonomy, persuasiveness and the ability of the author to engage the viewer's attention. In forming the assessment, the video duration requirement is observed (from 60 up to 90 seconds). The musical background must be free or with purchased or settled rights. The license or release must be verified. Jury members of the Organizer reviews the submitted videos and selects the best.

The winner will be nominated at a jury meeting by vote and will be announced and posted on the contest page at: http://1varna.bg/

At e-mail: 1minutevarna@interhc.com you may ask questions related to the contest. For more information, please visit our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/1minuteVarna/

AWARDS FOR THE WINNER:

• 5000 lv provided by hotel INTERNATIONAL;
• Weekend for two people in hotel INTERNATIONAL;
• Voucher for 500 lv from Dynaphoss.
• Voucher for 500 lv from PhotoSynthesis.

AWARDS TO BE GIVEN BY GIVEAWAY TO THE PARTICIPANTS:

From  hotel INTERNATIONAL -   VIP card for SKYFALL for two for 2020
From  hotel INTERNATIONAL - another 50 anniversary awards
3 tickets for INNOWAVE SUMMIT
From MaxSport Shop - Voucher for 200
From Reaction Shop- Voucher for 200
From Varna Karting - 10 vouchers for a visit
From Club 'Adrenaline' Varna - 5 vouchers for bunji jumping
Red Bull - Jacket