The Video Competition is open to all young people, students and non-students alike, between the ages of 18 and 30, from all EU countries. If you are at least 18 and not older than 30 on 9 May 2010, and you live in the EU, you are eligible to participate.

Rules

All work must be submitted by individuals, group work is not allowed.
Each participant may only submit one video.
All submissions must be made online via the Video Competition website form.
Your video may not be longer than 2 minutes.
Submissions will be accepted until 18 April 2010.  - NEW DATE -
The language of the video must be English, German, French, Spanish or Italian. If not, the video must have subtitles in any of these 5 languages.
All submissions must be original. No previously published material will be accepted. 
All submissions will be blind reviewed. References to specific individuals, firms, or schools, which might reveal the author's identity, are discouraged. It is not allowed to indicate your name anywhere on your work.
The Fundamental Rights Agency reserves the right to publish and/or to make available to the public any submitted work. The Fundamental Rights Agency reserves the right to modify the format and content of the submissions for publication purposes.
The decision of the winners is final and is not subject to an appeal.
Active (between the time of the video submission and the award ceremony on 9th May 2010), paid staff (term or open-ended) of the Fundamental Rights Agency are not eligible to participate.

How to submit a video?

To submit your video, you will need to complete the following steps:
1. Upload your video on a video website.
2. Fill in a form on the Video Competition website.

Who will evaluate my submission?

The Video Competition is designed and implemented by the Fundamental Rights Agency. The submissions will be judged by the staff of the Fundamental Rights Agency. The jury will announce the winners on 23 April 2010.  - NEW DATE -

What should I include in the video?

You are free to shoot your video as you choose, as long as it relates to one or both topic questions. Voice or written commentary is not obligatory, if you think that your video is self-explanatory, but we would recommend that you include one or the other.

What equipment should I use for the video?

You may consider using a hand-held video camera, a digital camera or a mobile phone. Please use the equipment that you already have or can easily borrow. We advise against purchasing equipment especially for the competition.