ASEAN invites young filmmakers to commemorate 50 years of ASEAN

26-May-2017

Source:  ASEAN Secretariat News

ASEAN invites young filmmakers to commemorate 50 years of ASEAN

JAKARTA, 26 May 2017 – The ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Youth (SOMY) is pleased to announce the 3rd Annual ASEAN Youth Video contest focused on the theme of “What does 50 Years of ASEAN Mean to Youth?”

As ASEAN is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, we invite youth citizens of ASEAN to submit a 60-second video on why they think ASEAN is important and what their aspirations and hopes are for the next fifty years of ASEAN.

One member from each selected 10 finalist videos will have an opportunity to travel to Singapore to attend a four-day workshop to learn about video production techniques and refine and produce their final videos for submission. The top three videos will win cash prizes!

Eligible contestants must be 18-30 years of age on 1 July 2017 and ASEAN citizens residing in their home country.

Videos should be submitted to  https://www.facebook.com/ASEANYouthVideoContest2017/ before 1 July  2017.

Detailed information and the application package is available here:
http://asean.org/storage/2017/05/3rd-ASEAN-Youth-Video-Contest.zip

This contest is supported by the U.S. Government through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S Mission to ASEAN and the ASEAN Foundation.

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