Entry Criteria | Judging Criteria | Technical Specifications
Conditions and Rules of Contest | How to submit your video
Entry criteria
All videos should be up to 2 minutes in length
All videos should be free of copyright material (including copyrighted background music)
Videos must be in the English language or subtitled in English
Videos must be the submitter’s original creation
By submitting the video for consideration, the submitter attests that the work has not been previously published
Entries must have obtained any necessary third-party releases
Submitters are responsible for ensuring that their videos are in compliance with the legal and copyright
laws of their country
The contest is open to any individual or groups, professional or amateur
All submissions must be associated with a registered CDM project. Check the
CDM interactive map to find a registered
one near you or search for a registered project using the CDM website’s project
project search facility
CDM project participants will be notified when a video of their project has been submitted, so
digital video creators are advised to get permission from the subject project to avoid disappointment.
Contact details are contained in the project design document, accessed through the CDM website’s
project search facility
Each submitter (individual digital video creator or group in the case of a group production) may
submit up to two videos
Each registered CDM project may be the subject of videos by no more than two individuals or groups,
for a total maximum of four videos
The UNFCCC/CDM “Changing Lives” Video Contest closes at midnight (GMT), Saturday, 15 October 2011
Judging Criteria
Selection and final judging will be based on the following criteria:
Creativity and originality
Composition (technical excellence and quality)
Artistic merit (wow factor)
Content and persuasiveness in telling the story of the CDM on the theme “Changing Lives”
Humour: Our judges appreciated humour so send us a video that will make them smile.
Submitted videos will undergo an initial screening by the contest organizers.
The top 10 videos will be scored by a panel of five judges, and the judges’ scores will be averaged to produce
a final score. In the event of a tie for highest score, the entry with the higher artistic merit (wow factor)
score will be deemed the winner.
The judges will be drawn from the fields of industry, civil society, and the arts. The names of the judges
will be posted after the closing of the contest. The panel’s decisions will be final and no correspondence
will be accepted.
Technical Specifications
Video submissions must be:
In one of the following file formats: .avi, .dv, .mov, .mp4, .mpeg, .mpg, .wmv, Quicktime, .mpeg2, .mpeg4, h.264, 3gp
Scaled to no less than 340x240 pixels
Compatible with the flash video format
The video file size must be no larger than 100MB
Submitters of short-listed entries might be asked to submit copies in broadcast
quality.
Conditions and Rules of Contest
By entering this contest, the video producers indicate that they have
read the rules and conditions of the contest and accept the terms listed below:
By submitting your video(s) you assure UNFCCC/CDM that you produced the video, that you are
the rightful owner of the video, and that you have obtained any necessary third-party releases.
The contest organizers reserve the right to request your copy of any personal release, location
release or artist release.
Submitters retain the rights to their videos, but grant to the UNFCCC the right to use the submitted videos.
Submitters grant UNFCCC/CDM a royalty-free, world-wide, perpetual, non-exclusive license to display, distribute,
reproduce, and create derivative works of their submitted videos, in whole or in part, in any media now existing
or subsequently developed, for UNFCCC/CDM non-profit public information purposes. UNFCCC/CDM will not be required
to pay any additional consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with such use.
UNFCCC/CDM reserves the right to contact submitters to confirm information in the submission form or
for any other purpose considered necessary.
UNFCCC/CDM reserves the right to disqualify applicants who are unable to validate the information
submitted on the submission form.
Winners are responsible for paying any applicable taxes they may owe on a prize.
UNFCCC/CDM reserves the right to cancel or modify these rules at its discretion. Decisions of UNFCCC/CDM will be final.
Submitters whose contact information has changed during the course of the contest should notify the Contest Focal Point.
 Video Contest Rules (78 KB)
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We invite you to grab a camcorder, put on your director’s cap and create
a compelling, exciting video that completes the phrase:
“People should know about this CDM project because…”
Have a look at last year´s remarkable video contest entries.
For even more, and for video titles and credits, please see this page
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