Kuwentong Kabayanihan Contest

Thursday, July 28, 2011 jeffrey 0 Comments

The Kabayanihan Foundation is dedicated to developing the lives of Filipinos through fundraising and volunteer efforts centered on education and community development. As a way of promoting patriotic citizenship, they came up with the Kuwentong Kabayanihan contest emphasizing the CSC's R.A.C.E. to serve - towards a Responsive, Accessible, Courteous and Effective Public Service. With the theme “Every Filipino is a hero. Every Filipino is part of the solution”, filmmakers are encouraged to join and express their acts of heroism through a 30-40 second video. No fee is required to join. Winners will take home P20,000, P10,000 and P7,000 respectively. There will also be special awards for other contestants.




Contest Requirements:
  • Open to amateur groups and individual filmmakers
  • There is no limit as to the number of entries per individual/group
Contest Mechanics:
  1. Visit kabayanihan website
  2. Theme: “Every Filipino is a hero. Every Filipino is part of the solution.” A video that will move ordinary Filipinos to act on the most pressing concerns in their immediate fields/circles/areas of influence. In addition, will stir every Filipino to do something concrete for the country.
  3. Entry Guidelines
    • The video must be original
    • Should be strictly 30-40 seconds long
    • There is no limit as to the style of the video. It may be an animation, documentary or commercial video, among others.
    • Entries may be submitted in English or Filipino. If you will use other Filipino dialects, it must be subtitled in either English or Tagalog
    • Video formats acceptable are .avi, .mpeg, .mp4, or any type that is compatible for upload in YouTube and Facebook
    • The title of the video must be “Kuwentong Kabayanihan Video – [insert personal title here]”
  4. Upload the video on YouTube and email the following information to info@kabayanihan.org
    • Message Subject: Kuwentong Kabayanihan Video Contest Entry Submission
    • Video Title
    • Brief description of the video/Main message of the video
    • Name of individual/group
    • Affiliation/Organization
    • Mailing address
    • E-mail address
    • Landline/mobile number
    • URL/link of your video in YouTube
  5. After the deadline of submission, finalists will be contacted to present a clean DVD copy of their video entries. The videos are required to be in .avi, .mpeg, .mp4 or other formats supported by both YouTube and Facebook uploads.
  6. DVD entries must be must be properly labeled with the video title, name(s) of the sender, email address(es), and contact details and shall be mailed to "Kabayanihan Foundation Unit 2B Dyna Cool Building, 136 Katipunan Avenue, St. Ignatius, 1110 Quezon City"
  7. No fee is required to join
  8. View complete contest mechanics
Contest Period: May 9 – October 15, 2011

Contest Prize:

Regular Awards
  • Champion - P20,000
  • 1st Runner-up - P10,000
  • 2nd Runner-up - P7,000
Special Awards
  • CSC Award - P10,000
  • 1st Runner-up - P8,000*
  • 2nd Runner-up - P5,000*
  • People's Choice Award - P5,000
Note: * If there are less than 10 qualified entries for the CSC Award Category, only one winner will be selected


Upside
  • Online submission
  • Get the chance to be recognized by your work
Downside
  • Takes a lot of effort to do the video
    For more information, log on to kabayanihan.wordpress.com or contact Audrey Trinidad or Osep Reyes at (02) 358-3333, 0917-832-7111, or through email at info@kabayanihan.org