OTAFEST 2023 AMV Contest

[Vlad G Pohnert]

The Contest went over and played to a maximum capacity crowd (700+) in Main Events. Here is a list of the winners and thanks to everyone who entered.

ALSO, as it was Otafest's 25th Anniversary, we had a special balloted extra contest where we played all 13 Audience Favourite WInners from the past contests to determine the Best Overall Audience Favourite, the winner is also listed

VLad G Pohnert
Otafest AMV Contest Coordinator

WINNERS:

Finger Licking Good Award
Southern Fried Telenovela' by drewaconclusion (A Recipe For Seduction Trailer to Food Wars)

I Remember My First Love Award
'Seemingly Simple' by hamstar138 (Simple as 1 2 3 by Jukebox the Ghost to Komi Can't Communicate)

Red Pill Award
Cyberpunk Resurrections' by Rider4Z (The Matrix Resurrections Trailer to Cyberpunk Edgerunners)

The Unintentional Current Political Events Award
Real Men On Ice!' by Silvercoat (Budweiser - Real Men of Genius - Mr. Professional Figure Skater Commercial to Yuri on Ice, Puraore! Pride of Orange)

The Too Cool For Old School Award
'KNIGHT SABER CITY' by Synæsthesia Productions (This City Made Us by The Protomen to Bubblegum Crisis)

Bikes ‘R Cool Award & Audience Runner Up
'Rider's Joy' by SilkAMV (Blooming by BAND-MAID to Various)

Judges' Runnerup
Legopunk Brickrunners' by SilkAMV (Cyberpunk Edgerunners Trailer to Lego Monkie Kid)

Making Yu-Gi-Oh Look Exciting Award & Judges' 1st Place (Best in Show)
'Glitch Game' by Trenzilla (Tonight by Yuksek to Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions)

Sorry But Your Award is in Another Contest Award & Audience Favourite
Super Loid Bros' by SpuddStaaa (Super Mario Bros Audio Library to Spy x Family)


25th Anniversary Best Audience Favourite Contest Winner
'Anime 101' by VivifxAMV (Levels & Good Feeling (Instrumental) by Avicii & FloRida to Various)

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LIST OF FINALISTS:

Bale Wayner
cagayakegirlz
DopplerDo
drewaconclusion
Gestalt
Gina Nelson
hamstar138
hilovids
James Blond
KeiichiFace (Tsunderbird Studios)
Lara Harb
Lelani
Michaela Sjöström
PiercedSky
Pyrothemusical
Rider4Z (2x)
Seasaltmemories
SilkAMV (2x)
Silvercoat
SliceofLife
SonsofKorhal9 (2x)
SpuddStaaa (2x)
Synæsthesia Productions (2x)
Trenzilla
TritioAFB
Xophilarus (PixelBlended Studios)
Zarxrax
ZeonicFreak

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Otafest’s AMV Contest is back for another year and open to everyone who wants to submit an AMV video into competition.
You do not need to be present at the event to enter, but attendance is always encouraged when possible.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Friday, March 31, 2023

SUBMISSION RULES & ENTRY FORM


Quick Rules Summary:
• The duration limits for each submission are as follows:
>> AMV Entries: 75 seconds minimum, 6 minutes maximum.
>> Trailers, Commercials or Intros: 30 seconds minimum, 3 minutes & 30 seconds maximum.
• No more than 2 entries per person/group.
• No subtitles, watermarks, logos, credits, references to other contests or text that is unnecessary to the concept.
• Must not have premiered before JUly 1, 2022
• 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 14+ appropriate.
• AMV-Hell style entries will not be accepted.
• Must satisfy our technical requirements.

AWARDS
Special Awards
- Up to a total of 8 special awards will be given out.
Judges’ Top Awards
- 1st Place (Best in Show) and Runner-up
Audience Favorite
- 1st Place and Runner-up

Awards and prizes will be given out at the event, however If you are unable to attend the festival and you win something, you will be notified after the event by email. Your mailing address will then be requested so that any awards and prizes may be sent to you.

Good Luck and we look forward to more amazing videos!

Vlad G Pohnert
Otafest 2023 AMV Coordinator

[BladEra123]

Sent one in for Action, please let me know if it's all good. Thank you!

[Rider4Z]

Sent you stuff~

[Vlad G Pohnert]

3 weeks to go before the deadline. Still looking for more entires

Vlad

[Zeonic Freak]

Sent off my two.

[Pyrothemusical]

Just submitted 2 entries for the AMV contest. If there are any issues with my submissions, please feel free to let me know!

[Vlad G Pohnert]

Less then a week to go and still looking for more entires

Vlad

[speedy180]

Forgot to enter cuz I was in Hawaii. Hope yall have a Good Contest tho.

[Vlad G Pohnert]

List of FInalists listed in first message

[Vlad G Pohnert]

List of winners in first message

Vlad