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.phpPlease 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
special-events@otafest.com http://www.otafest.com