Call for Application: Heritage Minutes – Short Video Contest. The theme of 1st edition is “Islamic Architecture” with the following sub-themes:

• Local Islamic civilizational and cultural sites
• Muslim architects
• Mosques
• Cities and heritage landmarks
• Islamic heritage landmarks as seen through the lenses of young artists
• Islamic sites shut or marginalized as a result of Islamophobia

Prizes

Certificates and Internship opportunities are available at Aljazeera Media Network and TRT World for certain winners. In addition to that, the following cash Prizes for available for 5 winners

• 1st place: $1000
• 2nd place: $ 750
• 3rd, 4th, 5th places: $500

Rules and Selection Criteria

Heritage Minutes – Short Video Contest has the following criteria

• Applicants must be between the age of 18-30.
• Submission must attach a short bio for the applicants.
• Applicants must publish content via YouTube and should have pre-existing published content within this scope.
• The video shall be in any of the OIC official languages (Arabic, English or French).
• English subtitles are compulsory.
• Applicants must be from OIC Member States or considered resident of Muslim Minority country. Submissions are not to be shared with/submitted to other competition/institutions until the final result are fully announced.
• Submissions should be made in line with the contest concept and role of Islamic heritage and its contribution to global culture and civilization.
• Submitted artwork should fit the main theme of the contest
• All Submissions should be authentic, original, creative and of quality.
• Regions and gender-balance are taken into consideration in the final selection.

Technical Features

• Duration: Maximum 3 minutes.
• Acceptable Video Formats: .MP4, .MPEG, .AVI or .MOV
• Video Resolution: 1920×1080 in horizontal
• Codecs: Do not use special codecs in order to provide as much portability across platforms as possible.
• Audio is optional, but lack of audio should have minimal impact on the comprehension of the video.
• Structure: The video must include at the beginning a video cover with the title, authors and affiliation and the credits at the end.
• The video should not have any commercial pitch and the authors of each video must have clear copyright of the audio and visual content.
• Each video submission should be accompanied with a one-page description in PDF file format, which includes: title, full name, a copy of first page of the applicant’s passport(s) and contact information (Email and mobile WhatsApp).

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