Aniventure AMV Contest 2023 - Ranking and Winners Announced

[NAKAMA.BG]

The Aniventure 2023 AMV contest is back and open! Are you ready to create the best action that will make the audience go wild? Or a drama to make the toughest man cry? A comedy to make everyone laugh or a wild video to leave us thoughtless? Whatever you choose, We want your AMVs!

The contest is held at Aniventure Comic Con 2023 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The event takes place in the Inter Expo Center on 8 and 9 of July! Aniventure Comic Con is the biggest annual Bulgarian anime convention and it was created way back in 2008. In 2019 we had 25,000 visitors, and hope this year, after a break due to Covid to hit a new record! To get a feel of our convention you could check out these videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdOO6RC21-A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWT4kzSWQak

Here is what you need to know about the contest

The Best Overall AMV and two runner ups will win a total cash prize of 500 euro ( 1st place - 250 euro, 2nd place - 150 euro, 3rd place - 100 euro ) !

Categories

Action
Drama
Comedy
Le Wild Category
Trailer

From these categories are selected the Best Overall clips!


Technical rules:


1. There must be at least three clips in each category by three different creators in order for the category to exist. If there aren't enough entries, the AMVs will be distributed in another suitable category.

2. Each contestant can participate with three AMVs altogether but not in the same category. No more than two AMVs from one contestant can be in one category. MEP AMVs are allowed to participate and one of the creators ( chosen as a person in charge ) must send the video noting specifically that there is more than one creator and write in the names of all participants. MEP participants can participate with their own separate videos as well.

3. It is strongly advised not to use footage from other existing AMVs. In case there is footage used from other AMVs this must be done with the consent of the original creator and noted in the registration form. Plagiarism is not tolerated and videos will be disqualified.

4. There are no limitations on the length of the AMVs for categories Action, Comedy, Trailer and Le Wild, but keep in mind that the judges will decide should they be allowed to be projected to the public on the day of the festival. For Drama the minimum length of the video should be no less than 2 minutes.

5. Each AMV must include at least 70% anime, manga or footage from Japanese video games .

6. The AMV must not contain inscriptions, watermarks or captions which are not related to Aniventure 2023 AMV contest or the creator himself. This includes subtitles, text or logos from TV channels, other contests and events.

7. Hentai materials ARE NOT allowed. Materials with high levels of violence or gore will be judged by the jury if they are suitable to be shown on screen.

8. The AMV must be created after January 2022.

9. Remakes are allowed on condition that the creator notes it in the registration form and also sends a link to the original video. The jury will watch both AMVs and decide if the AMV will be allowed on the big screen.

10. FORBIDDEN file formats are: FLV, OGM, SWF, 3GP, WMV, MKV, VOB, DV.

11. Audio stream quality – minimum 44.1kHz, minimum 192kbps.

12. Minimum picture size – 1280x720p max - 3840х2160p (16:9).

13. Frames per second – minimum 23.97fps, maximum 60 fps; the best is source based.

14. Maximum size of the file 500 MB.

Keep in mind that the jury appreciates the seriousness of the editors, and evaluates all submitted videos according to criteria that have been accepted as a standard in international competitions. Complying with the above rules is the minimum your video must have in order to be enrolled in the contest.



Rules for participation


I. By entering the contest with one or more AMV’s the contestant agrees to all the rules below.


II. Enrollment form is sent to amv@aniventure.net, by filling the following information:

Personal name and surname, nickname of the participant:
AMV/AMVs title
Animes used
Music used
Category/categories
Facebook profile ( link, not mandatory )
Link for the AMV*
Address and Contact details (so we may send you any awards you win)

* We do not accept links for AMV's from Youtube, Vimeo, Daily Motion etc.! Please send links for direct download i.e. from Google Drive, Dropbox and other upload sites that maintain the original format of the video.

III. The AMV, in the exact form that it is sent, can be used by the Organizer to be projected at other events organized, after Aniventure 2023, without asking permission of the creator. The Organizer is obligated not to change in any way the AMV and to display information on the nickname of the creator, unless specified otherwise in the registration form.

IV. After the festival has ended all AMVs entered in the contest will be uploaded to a torrent tracker for the viewers to download. If the creator does not want his AMV to be included he has to specifically inform us when sending his form to participate. All such requests must be made before the deadline for registering.

V. Together with the uploaded AMV’s will also be provided information such as the nickname of the creator, which song is used and which animes are used. Phones, emails, addresses and any personal information will not be disclosed to the public. All participants must note in the registration form if there is any other information they do not want announced. All such requests must be made before the deadline for registering.

VI. The time set for the showing of the videos to the public is an hour and a half. Because of this time limit the jury will make a preliminary selection of the best AMVs to be shown to the public. Those which do not qualify to be projected live, will be uploaded together with all other AMVs after the end of the contest.

VII. If the AMV does not comply with some of the rules the creator will be informed in the shortest period possible to make the necessary changes and to resend his AMV. This will have to be done before the deadline ends. Otherwise the AMV will not be allowed to participate.


Awards:

We urge the AMV creators to attend the festival and be present for the announcing of the winners and awards, but naturally for those who are out of the country and are unable to attend we will send the awards at our expense.

All AMVs must be submitted by the 23rd of June 2023 to amv@aniventure.net!

[NAKAMA.BG]

We are waiting for your clips! There is still time, even to make brand new ones! The deadline is 23rd of June.

[TritioAFB]

I suggest you guys to make a docs google form. Sending AMVs via email used to be the way in the past

[NAKAMA.BG]

Thank you for the feedback! As there is now little time left for the contest - we will work on this for next year!

But now it is time to remind everyone that the deadline for participation is coming near - 23rd of June!

Thanks to everyone who is sending in their videos! It will be a great contest yet again and we can't wait to see the audiences reaction to them when we screen them! More than 1000 visitors of the convention will be watching the AMVs on the main stage.

[NAKAMA.BG]

Now that the submission deadline is over we can say biiig Thank You to all the participants who submitted in the contest!
We have 76 videos waiting for the judges to watch, maybe the most that we had in comparison to all the editions of the contest!

Big Thanks to everyone and good luck! We will post the results here after the event!

[NAKAMA.BG]

And here is the ranking in the contest!

3rd Place Action: Knight Saber City by Synæsthesia Productions
2nd Place Action: Pack A Punch by Nashironeko
1st Place Action: All Boys Are The Same by hellboyX

3rd Place Drama: Radiant by E_01, Alderwick, Elixir (MEP)
2nd Place Drama: To Fail Under the Sun by CloudMountainJuror
1st Place Drama: Last Dance by Lelani
Honorable Mention: Adore by Boolean Bongo

3rd Place Comedy: Super Loid Bros by SpuddStaaa
2nd Place Comedy: Horny Dance by Horny Squad (Takeshi, VRSaskayzx, Violent Blue) (MEP)
1st Place Comedy: The Neckst Episode by Sayoria

3rd Place Le Wild: Nightmare On Oak Street by Sayoria
2nd Place Le Wild: Outride a Bobby by ZeonicFreak
1st Place Le Wild: Bocchi the Video Star by F-Zero TV
Honorable Mention: Encoder by Prostrate Constantly

3rd Place Trailer: Chainsaw Man Trailer 002 by Aya
2nd Place Trailer: The Sky Beast by SilkAMV
1st Place Trailer: Brain Worms by drewaconclusion

And the winners for Best Overall AMVs in the contest are:
3rd Place: Pack A Punch by Nashironeko
2nd Place: Bocchi the Video Star by F-Zero TV
1st Place: Last Dance by Lelani

Congratulations to the winners, and Big Thank You to all participants, you made pretty tough competition this year!

[drewaconclusion]

3rd Place Trailer: Chainsaw Man Trailer 002 by Aya
2nd Place Trailer: The Sky Beast by SilkAMV
1st Place Trailer: Brain Worms by drewaconclusion

Sweet! Congratulations to the other winners!

[HunNuke]

Do you have any information when will the prize be delivered approximately?

[Dreddwolf]

Hey, just touching base here, as I haven't received an email since the initial one back in July - Curious as to when the prizes for the winners of the "best overall" will be delivered?

[Zeonic Freak]

Yea I never got an email that I won Second for Le Wild category, or anything about me getting 150 euros.