Otafest 2009 - AMV Contest!

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Otafest 2009 - AMV Contest!

Postby jen-chan » Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:10 pm

Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen!

I'm the Special Events Coordinator for Otafest, the annual con held in Calgary, AB, Canada. Otafest 2009 will be held on May 15-17, 2009 at the University of Calgary!

This year marks Otafest's 11th year and will be our 6th contest! Last year, we broke the 4000 attendee mark thanks in part to one helluva AMV contest, and we are looking to best that again this year! Currently, we are looking for any AMVs made after May 2008.

Rules have recently been posted and can be found at:

http://www.otafest.com/2009/amvcontest.php

Please read the rules before entering the contest!

Entry into the contest is very simple! Please send an email to: Jenny Chan: special-events@otafest.com

Please provide the following information in the email:

1) Your name or your studio’s name

2) The AMV’s information
a. The name of your video(s)
b. The name of the series from which you are drawing your visual material
c. The name of the song you are using, as well as the original artist

3) Please state whether or not your entry has been submitted to other contest

4) A link to where your video can be downloaded. If you plan on mailing in your copy, a mailing address will then be provided to you in the reply email.

5) Please state whether you plan to attend Otafest.

6) Please state that you are the original creator of this AMV.

Entry deadline is April 24th. Please have your email sent by April 24th.

Once again, Otafest is very proud to announce that Vlad's will be assisting in the showing of our contest (THANK YOU VLAD!!) and all entries will be re-encoded to mpeg2 and played off of Vlad's equipment for superior playback!

As such, mpeg2 is the preferred format, although all entries will be reencoded to this format!

Last year's winners were:

Honorable Mention:

BEST LOCAL VIDEO!
Totoro's Picnic by YoKo

MOST CUTE!
Still Love by Moonlight Soldier

BEST ACTION VIDEO!
Step inside the Animatrix by ArashinomeAMV

STYLISH DREAM!
Radiance by Radical Yue

JE NE SAIS QUOI FEEL
Blend by Vellure

THANKS; NOW I NEED NEW PANTS AWARD!
YTMND AMV: Commander in Fad by Drew Brisco

EPIC!
Path of Destiny by Danielle Childs

GUILTY PLEASURE AWARD!
Not Another Fanservice AMV by Chris Studer

MOST ROMANTIC AWARD!
Love's In Your Eyes by Dragon/Roy

BITTERSWEET CHOCOLATE AWARD!
Utena's Broken Heart - Revisited by Dave Warner

Winners:

THIRD PLACE & MOST FUN!
Sugar, Spice, and Ahh! by JudgeHolden

SECOND PLACE & OUTSTANDING SONG TO SCENE!
Be a Man by Kerry Potts

FIRST PLACE & BEST IN SHOW!
Attack of the Otaku by Chiikaboom

FAN FAVOURITE AMV!
Attack of the Otaku by Chiikaboom


Thank you very much for supporting our festival in the past, and I really hope to be able to showcase your work this year!

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to write!

Cheers,

Jenny Chan
Otafest 2009 - Special Events Co-Coordinator
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http://www.otafest.com
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Re: Otafest 2009 - AMV Contest!

Postby CastielTheFallen » Mon Feb 02, 2009 9:10 pm

Sweet. I'll definitely be participating again this year ^_^
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Re: Otafest 2009 - AMV Contest!

Postby Autraya » Mon Feb 02, 2009 10:29 pm

i need to make something new :sweat:
new banzors in the making :p
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Re: Otafest 2009 - AMV Contest!

Postby Vlad G Pohnert » Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:05 am

Indeed! I'll be at the content making sure everything plays great on the big screen!

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Re: Otafest 2009 - AMV Contest!

Postby Kazemon15 » Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:30 pm

Hmm...interesting. Maybe I'll join with a new AMV I'm currently making.
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Re: Otafest 2009 - AMV Contest!

Postby Moonlight Soldier » Sun Feb 08, 2009 8:29 pm

I'll be entering again :O Twas much fun last year \o/
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Re: Otafest 2009 - AMV Contest!

Postby jen-chan » Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:40 pm

Fabulous! I look forward to seeing how everyone tops their entries from last year! Dunno if that'll be possible, *laugh*, 'cause last year's entries were good!

And, as always, many thanks for making our contest look good, Vlad!

Cheers,

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Re: Otafest 2009 - AMV Contest!

Postby Niwa » Sun Feb 15, 2009 4:00 pm

I might enter this time :o
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Re: Otafest 2009 - AMV Contest!

Postby Kitsuner » Sun Feb 15, 2009 6:02 pm

Niwa-kun wrote:I might enter this time :o

That isn't your video though! Besides, 2006 is way before May 2008.
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Re: Otafest 2009 - AMV Contest!

Postby ExSphere » Sat Feb 28, 2009 1:32 pm

=D shweet
Finally a reason to use all my new dvd's n,n
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Re: Otafest 2009 - AMV Contest!

Postby jen-chan » Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:01 pm

Fabulous! I look forward to your entries, Niwa-kun! ExSphere! Just remember to read the rules about what sort of entries we're accepting (as noted per MrDoctorDoctorGimmeDaNews)! ^_~

Only about a month and a half left, guys!

Cheers,

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Re: Otafest 2009 - AMV Contest!

Postby FarmXD » Sat Mar 07, 2009 7:11 pm

AWESOME!!
This year ill make something better than the last contest!!!
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Re: Otafest 2009 - AMV Contest!

Postby JudgeHolden » Sun Mar 08, 2009 4:43 am

I still have time to try to make something .... :book:
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Re: Otafest 2009 - AMV Contest!

Postby jade_eyed_angel » Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:07 pm

hmm
/sends u video
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Re: Otafest 2009 - AMV Contest!

Postby Ryvannis » Tue Mar 10, 2009 7:14 pm

I sent my entries in. Is it possible to send another entry before the deadline?
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