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Video Contest: Mayanot will be giving great prizes for short videos about your Taglit-birthright israel: MAYANOT experience. Whether you are a professional videographer or an amateur YouTuber make sure to bring your video camera with you on the trip!
 
Whether you are a professional videographer
or an amateur YouTuber make sure to bring
your video camera with you on the trip!
 
We are looking for creative videos that portray your Israel experience with Mayanot in a unique way.
This can be done through humor, music or animation, as a documentary or short story or as a commercial or trailer of the trips. The video can be about the entire trip or a specific aspect of the experience (educational, spiritual, social, cultural, specific city or attraction, mifgash, etc.).
 
 

The Basics

· 1 first prize - $500 Gift Certificate!

· 2 second prizes - $250 Gift Certificate!

· Video must be between 30 seconds and 3 minutes long;

· Videos will be judged by creativity, creativity and creativity! Judges will also take into account the number of times the video was viewed on YouTube.

· No nudity, expletives or inappropriate behavior may be in the video (should not contain footage that would not be shown in a commercial movie theater);

· Video must contain the words ‘Taglit-Birthright Israel: MAYANOT’ and ‘www.mayanotisrael.com’ in the title and/or in the audio;

· Videos must be submitted in one of the following ways:

a) Email link of your video to channa@mayanotisrael.com. Link must be accessible without a password log-in and viewable using standard video software. Video must be accessible for download by Mayanot.

b) On PC formatted CD ROM or DVD, in MPG or WMV formats, clearly labeled with title, director, writer and production company, if any, to MAYANOT, 450 West 33rd Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10001;

· Video must be accompanied by full name, email, phone, full mailing address and Mayanot bus number;

· A short written description of what makes your video unique is encouraged but not required;

· Videos must be submitted by February 5, 2008.
 

The Fine Print

· The person submitting the video must be the one who made it. Any films that have more than one claimant will be disqualified;

· Discs will not be returned;

· Permission must have been granted by anyone whose face appears in the video;

· Mayanot reserves the right to disqualify any video for inappropriate content and/or failure to follow the contest rules;

· By entering the video contest each entrant grants Mayanot a non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable license to copy, distribute, adapt, and display the film in Mayanot marketing materials, including publication and distribution of the film on Mayanot’s website;

· By submitting a video, you certify that the video is original, was created and filmed solely by you, does not violate any copyright laws, and does not libel, defame, disparage, slander or otherwise infringe on or violate the rights of any third parties. You also certify that you have obtained all necessary and appropriate approvals from all persons and entities participating in or otherwise involved with the creation and production of the film. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Mayanot Institute of Jewish Studies, Friends of Mayanot, its officers, directors and employees, Taglit-Birthright Israel, its officers, directors and employees, and affiliated organizations, and their respective officers, directors and employees, from any and all claims, demands, damages, costs, liabilities, and causes of action of whatsoever nature that are based upon or rise out of any materials breach by you, the entrant, of these contest rules or the representations made in this paragraph.

 
 
 
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