OTAFEST 2024 AMV Contest

[Vlad G Pohnert]

Otafest’s AMV Contest is back for another year and open to everyone who wants to submit an AMV video into competition.
You do not need to be present at the event to enter, but attendance is always encouraged when possible.

This yeasr the contest will be co-runned by myself and my long tiem assistant Rory (Quill) so we hope to see more amazing entires

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Friday, April 5, 2024

SUBMISSION RULES & ENTRY FORM


Quick Rules Summary:
• The duration limits for each submission are as follows:
>> AMV Entries: 75 seconds minimum, 6 minutes maximum.
>> Trailers, Commercials or Intros: 30 seconds minimum, 3 minutes & 30 seconds maximum.
• No more than 2 entries per person/group.
• No subtitles, watermarks, logos, credits, references to other contests or text that is unnecessary to the concept.
• Must not have premiered before July 1, 2023
• The majority of your entry’s video content must consist of anime-styled or manga-styled content.
• Audio for all AMV entries (except Trailer/Commercial/Intro) must be majority music. No excessive dialogue.
• Must be age 14+ appropriate.
• AMV-Hell style entries will not be accepted.
• Must satisfy our technical requirements.
• No music and/or dialogue generated by voice-cloning technologies (deepfake audio).
• Entries created using Machine Learning technologies (AI) and not the creation of the entrant will be disqualified.[/list]

AWARDS
Special Awards
- Up to a total of 8 special awards will be given out.
Judges’ Top Awards
- 1st Place (Best in Show) and Runner-up
Audience Favorite
- 1st Place and Runner-up

Awards and prizes will be given out at the event, however If you are unable to attend the festival and you win something, you will be notified after the event by email. Your mailing address will then be requested so that any awards and prizes may be sent to you.

Good Luck and we look forward to more amazing videos!

Vlad G Pohnert & Rory Mahood
Otafest 2024 AMV Coordinators

[twist58]

I recently sent in 2 vids to your contest.

I'm just curious now over your rules if it meets the standards on one particular video of mine. For you see, one of them has a level of violence that lasts about 30 seconds and I included a filter on there that gives it a shadowy effect, so the violence is still shown, but not in intense, graphic detail as it was shown originally.

[SynaesthesiaVideos]

submitted two vids!

[Mango]

Sent a video in

[animefan1]

Sent one vid in

[TritioAFB]

All right

[Vlad G Pohnert]

So far some awesome entries, keep them coming, deadline is this Friday!

Vlad

[Vlad G Pohnert]

Getting lots of great entires, could use a few more comedy, trailer and commerical AMVs

Vlad