"#MyIncrediblevideo" Contest - Ministry of Tourism

My Incredible Video Contest is a celebration of your wonderful picture and its story!
National Geographic welcome you to join in experiencing and sharing the joys of living along with the story behind it. Over the next 12 weeks starting April 23rd 2019, they will course through a series of 4 themes, as they are unlocked each week. Themes will ask the participants to explore deep into Adventure & Wildlife, Architecture, Culture & Heritage and Festival/Fairs. By the end of the contest period, NG will have one winning Video from each theme and one winner out of them all. The winner will be featured in the Nat Geo Traveller Magazine and will get a Nat Geo exclusive Merchandise/annual NG India magazine subscription. Come live it!


Entry to the Contest is open to anyone who is:

a citizen of India.
a resident of India and
has attained the age of 18 and above.

Interested individuals can participate in the contest by visiting – www.MyIncrediblevideo.in. Participants are required to upload their Entry(ies) in hi-resolution format that fits any of the 4 (four) Categories as mentioned herein below:

Choose a theme and share your short videos along with a narrative which sums up your experience of filming the video or travelling to that destination.

• Adventure & Wildlife – An interesting take on the extensively varied fauna in India. A story of any adventure taken anywhere in the country. It can be any adventure sports destination, travels across the country, nature, wildlife etc.
• Architecture – Indian architecture has been blessed with different architectural masterpieces. A story exploring the rich architectural gems of the country.
• Culture & Heritage – An Indian culture trip. Identifying gems from the exceeding diversity in the culture, lifestyle, practices, festivals, celebrations & people in India.
• Festival/Fairs –India is home to a diverse range of unique cultures & traditions which are on glorious display during various festivals & fairs across the country every year. A film documenting one or more such festivals.

Each Entry submitted by an Entrant must:

• Fit one or more of the categories
• Be in hi-resolution format with regards to the Video(s);
• comply with the guidelines 

It is also required by the Entrant to submit the original image/ RAW Video for verification purposes.
It is mandatory to submit a write-up with each Video submitted for the Contest. It is advised that the write up contains the location and the details of when the Video was taken. It is also advised to keep the length of the write up between 100-250 words. Entries which do not have write-ups will be disqualified. It is mandatory to have a story title as well as location of the Video submitted.

Contest ends on: 10 May 2020

The Winners shall be announced before 31st December, 2020.

Prizes

All the 4 (four) Winners will receive the following prizes on winning the Contest;

a. Merchandise from NGC (selected at Organizers' sole discretion) or a one year free subscription of National Geographic Traveller India Magazine.

b. The Committee will also choose 1 (one) Grand Prize Winner out of the 4 (four) Winners of the Contest. The Grand Prize will consist of the following;

i. The Winning Entry of the Grand Prize Winner will be featured in the publication of a 2 (Two) pages article in the National Geographic Traveller magazine.

ii. 2 or 3 days accomodation at one of the states in India to the grand prize winner, to be determined and provided by MoT.