Call for Entries: 10th CinemaChina Chinese Video Making Competition

CINEMACHINA aims to use student-created short videos to promote knowledge and understanding of the Chinese language and culture to the Ateneo de Manila University and promote knowledge and understanding of the Philippines to Chinese-speaking audiences.

GROUNDS FOR QUALIFICATION:

The competition is open to Loyola Schools students enrolled in Mandarin Chinese classes offered during the 2nd semester of School Year 2021 -2022.

2. Entries must have a title.

3. Presenters must deliver the video entirely in Mandarin.

4. Videos must be 3 - 5 minutes only.

5. Entries must begin and end with the official CinemaChina 2022 title screen (to be provided).

6. Participants must produce a feature story using various media approaches like a documentary, interview, or re-enactment.

7. Entries must be short videos dubbed in Chinese by the students and accompanied by English and Chinese subtitles.

8. Entries must be in MP4 format and must be optimized for upload to YouTube and Facebook.

9. The student may consult experts for advice and feedback on their entries prior to submission. Once an entry has been submitted, it may not be edited further.

10. Entries containing profane and/or discriminatory elements will automatically be disqualified.

12. Entries must not contain blooper reels. 

 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

1. Any stock photo, music, footage, and/or animation to be used must be in the public domain. Otherwise, participants must own the copyrights or have written permission from the copyright holders.

2. The winning entries become the property of the Ricardo Leong Center for Chinese Studies and the Chinese Studies Program and may be distributed and used for their purposes.

 COMPETITION EVENT

1. Entries shall be uploaded to Youtube and Facebook under the official CinemaChina account and shall be available for public viewing. Winners will be announced on 30 May 2022 via email and Facebook.

AWARDS FOR EACH CATEGORY:

一等奖 Yī děng jiǎng - Grand Winners (G-CASH worth P1,000.00)

SPECIAL AWARDS FOR EACH CATEGORY:

大众奖 Dàzhòng jiǎng - People’s Choice Award - to be determined by the greatest number of YouTube and Facebook likes views, and shares and reached combined. (G-CASH worth P500.00)