U.S. Embassy Announces Democracy Video Contest

November 19, 2009

The U.S. Embassy invites filmmakers in Lebanon to participate in the Democracy Video Challenge.  This worldwide competition affords professionals, amateurs and ordinary citizens (18 years old and up) a chance to create a short video completing the phrase, “Democracy is…,” to post on YouTube. 

The winners will participate in screenings of their videos in Hollywood, New York, and Washington, D.C.

The Democracy Video Challenge was launched on September 15. The Challenge is an effort supported by a unique partnership comprised of democracy and youth organizations, the film and entertainment industry, academia, and the U.S. government.

The Challenge will honor seven winning videos: one each from Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia and the Pacific, Europe, the Near East and North Africa, South and Central Asia, and the Western Hemisphere, and one anonymous video. The winning videos will be selected by global online voting. The video platform is being provided by YouTube www.youtube.com/democracychallenge  and www.facebook.com/democracychallenge.

For complete details, visit the U.S. Embassy’s website, http://lebanon.usembassy.gov.

The deadline for submissions is January 31, 2010.

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