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[Vlad G Pohnert]

Sakura-Con 2018 AMV Contest

Sakura-Con’s AMV contest is an event for fans to showcase their creative talents in the form of music videos. The Contest is open to anyone, be they amateur or professional. Attendance is not required, but is strongly encouraged.

Finalists will be shown during the main competition while selected non-finalist entries will be presented during the pre-show just before the main competition, time permitting. All other accepted non-finalists will be played in the AMV Theatre during the weekend.

DEADLINE: Saturday, 11:59 PST, February 3, 2018

GO TO THE FOLLOWING LINK TO REGISTER TO PARTICIPATE: HERE

CONTEST OVERVIEW AND RULES: : HERE

QUICK RULES SUMMARY:
• Submission duration limits: The duration limits for each submission are as follows:
--> AMV Entries: 75 sec minimum, 6 min maximum.
--> Trailers: 1 min minimum, 3 min 30 sec maximum.
--> Commercials: No minimum, 1 min maximum.
--> Intros: 30 sec minimum, 1min 30 sec maximum.
• No more than three entries per person/group. Each must be for a different category.
• No subtitles, watermarks, logos, credits, references to other contests or text that is unnecessary to the concept.
• Must not have premiered before August 1st, 2017.
• 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 13+ appropriate.
• AMV-Hell style entries will not be accepted.
• Must satisfy our technical requirements.


Vlad, Jason & Troy
Sakura-Con 2018
AMV Contest Coordinators