shortfoodmovie.expo2015.org Expo Milano-Short Food Movie Competition 2015 : United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction

Name of the Organisation : United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
Name of the Competition : Expo Milano-Short Food Movie Competition 2015
Country : Global
Deadline: March 10th 2015

Official Website : http://shortfoodmovie.expo2015.org/en/

Expo Milano-Short Food Movie Competition :

Use a Smartphone, tablet or video camera to shoot a video, between 30 and 60 seconds long, on the theme of food and healthy nutrition, upload it on the Short Food Movie website and you will help build the global video-mosaic that will open Expo 2015.

Related : UN Metro Photo Challenge USA : www.statusin.org/5239.html

All the videos uploaded on the portal of Short Food Movie (see rules & regulations) will be visible on the website and will be voted by the users.

The Contest shall promote knowledge of the Event and its key theme “Feeding the planet. Energy for life” and any related topics:
** Improving the quality and safety of food;
** Ensuring a healthy, quality nutrition for all human beings;
** Preventing the key societal diseases of our time, related to nutrition;
** Innovating the whole food supply chain by means of corporate and technology research;
** Educating to a proper nutrition;
** Enhancing food traditions as cultural and ethnic values.

The Contest consists of a collection of videos, inspired by the theme and any related topics, as referred to in paragraph 2.1, to be achieved through a global Open Call, governed by the present Regulation (hereinafter: Regulation) and published on the Portal at shortfoodmovie.expo2015. org (hereinafter, “Portal”).

Any videos authored by individuals of age or minors, from all over the world, uploaded through the Portal between November 10, 2014 and no later than March 10, 2015, receiving a notice of acceptance in accordance with the procedures described in article 3 d) will become part of the great collective mosaic placed on the web portal as well as on the large video installation, placed at the entrance of Pavilion Zero of Expo Milan 2015.

The collective web mosaic will grow progressively, day after day, so as to build a “wall” of collective experiences. Every single video can be clicked and open in full screen: portal visitors will be able to develop their own storyline, choosing how to select and arrange videos.

The large video installation curated by David Rampello, at the entrance of Pavilion Zero of Expo Milan 2015 will show videos in a continuous loop and will remain on display throughout the Expo (May 1, 2015 – October 31, 2015).

Any videos uploaded and accepted in accordance to article 3 lett. d) below shall be entered into the Portal with their original sound version and shall be identified by the title specified by the author with the author’s first name, whereas videos used in the video installation may be muted (no sound).

By 10 March 2015, the 15 most voted videos in the Portal shall be examined by a jury of experts nominated by EXPO 2015 S.p.A in collaboration with the ATS. The jury, composed of 5 members, shall select 3 winning authors. Every winner will be assigned with a prize consisting of: hospitality package in Milan for one person (two hotel nights), on the occasion of EXPO Milan 2015, as follows:
** 1 roundtrip economy airfare to/from Milan
** 1 ticket for Expo Milano 2015
** 2 nights at a 4/5 star hotel, for 1 person (breakfast included)

Terms of participation:

** To take part in the Contest governed by the present Regulation, users shall, subject to cancellation of their participation in the Contest:
** register (hereinafter, “Registration”), by filling out an on line Entry Form (hereinafter, “Entry Form”), containing the following fields: “first name”, “last name”, “place of residence”, “email address”, “mobile phone number”, “title of video” (hereinafter, “Mandatory Fields”);
** give, by means of a specific “flag” function, their consent to the processing of personal data (for the administrative and operational management of the Contest), after fully reading the “Information” on processing of personal data document, available to users prior to complete their Registration in the internet page.
** accept, by means of a specific “flag” function, this Regulation and Assignment of any rights and materials.
** The above items a), b), c) are hereinafter defined as “Procedure”.

It is hereby specified that:
** The Entry Form can be accessed from the Portal;
** Participation in the Contest implies the mandatory release of consent to the processing of personal data, full acceptance of the Regulation and full acceptance of the assignment of any rights and materials;
** Failure to fill out any Mandatory Field shall prevent from completing the Registration and take part in the Contest;
** Addressee’s Data (hereinafter, “Data”) shall be processed pursuant to Legislative Decree 196/2003, for the sole purposes illustrated in the “Information” on processing of personal data document reviewed by each participant for their acceptance and consent
** The Procedure may be repeated several times throughout the Contest by the same individual in order to upload different videos.
** Each uploaded video shall be reviewed by a joint Selection Committee, according to the order of upload, at its sole judgment – prior to include it into the large collective web mosaic placed in the Portal and in the large video installation placed at the entrance of Pavilion Zero of Expo Milan 2015: compliance with criteria as under article 4 letter a), items i; iii; iv; as well as with criteria as under article 4 letter b), items i; ii and iii shall be checked as well. After such review, users will be notified by email of the acceptance or refusal of their respective videos.

Eligible videos:
a) Eligible videos shall:
** Have a length between 30’’ and 1’;
** Be realized with any professional or non professional device (smartphone, tablet, photocamera, videocamera);Explore the food/life axiom from any perspective and any “genre” (documentary, video art, narrative or cinematographic video);
** Be made so as to be appreciated also without any dialogue, sound track and, more generally, without any audio whatsoever.

b) Eligible videos shall not:
** Contain any pornographic material and/or abuse of human and animal rights;
** Infringe any rights of third parties like – by way of non exhaustive exemplification- copyright and/or right to financial exploitation, etc.
** Contain any brands and/or logos whatsoever.
** Therefore, every uploaded video must not be in conflict with the existing legislation or ethical standards and shall not infringe any rights of third parties. In such circumstances, ATS and/or EXPO S.p.A. reserve the right not to post an uploaded video that is clearly illicit and/or contrary to ethics and/or breaching the rights of others, both in the great collective web mosaic placed on the portal and in the large video installation. Furthermore, ATS and/or EXPO S.p.A. reserve the right to remove a video included in the great collective web mosaic in the portal and placed on the large video installation that is clearly illicit and/or contrary to ethics and/or which infringes the rights of others at any time.

The Prize:
The 15 most voted videos by the users between November 10th 2014 and March 10th 2015 will be evaluated by a jury of experts.

The jury will select the 3 best videos: the authors will win a trip to Milan and tickets for EXPO Milan 2015!