Deadline: Sunday, August 2, 11:59 pm, 2009
To apply, pick up an application form at the AGA or visit www.artgalleryalberta.com

Videos will be reviewed and voted on by a jury of experts

REAL LIFE Video Contest Jury

• Deanna Kayne, Programming Coordinator, FAVA (Film and Video Arts Society – Alberta)
• Paul Matwychuk, Entertainment Editor, SEE Magazine, film critic, actor and playwright
• Marsh Murphy, Programmer / Director, Metro Cinema
• Bridget Ryan, Host of CITY TV’s BT TV

GRAND PRIZE

The Grand Prize Winner will be invited to Citytv for an interview with host Bridget Ryan and a screening of their winning video on Breakfast Television. Winners in each of the three categories will also be awarded an AGA gift basket and a trophy.

CONTEST GUIDELINES

• Make a video that responds to only one of these three categories: REAL LIFE, REAL BABY or REAL FAMILY (see theme descriptions above)
• Videos must be not more than 1-minute in length and under 1 GB in size
• Name your video in the following format: Category_Artist Name_Title (for example: Real Life_John Doe_Superlife, or Real Baby_Jane Doe_Give Me More, etc.)

HOW TO ENTER

1. SUBMIT a completed Registration Form to the AGA via fax, email, mail or in-person (see contacts and addresses below), and
2. POST your video to YouTube by:
   • UPLOAD to AGA’s YouTube Group
   • DROP-OFF or MAIL to the AGA: burn your video submission to a CD or DVD, deliver to us, and we’ll post it (see address below)
   *PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL VIDEOS TO THE AGA*
3. Videos and Registration Forms must be submitted by 11:59 pm on Sunday, August 2, 2009
4. Each video must be submitted to only one (1) of three (3) categories: REAL LIFE, REAL BABY or REAL FAMILY

*IMPORTANT: All videos will be posted to YouTube and must adhere to the YouTube Guidelines: http://www.youtube.com/t/community_guidelines

Submit your Registration Form to:

1-Minute of Real Life Video Contest
Art Gallery of Alberta
100-10230 Jasper Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta, T5J 4P6
Fax: 780.426.3105
Email: videocontest@artgalleryalberta.com

• Calls for Submission

  • 1-MINUTE of REAL LIFE: Submission Deadline
  • Call for Submissions: DedFest
  • Call for Submissions: Experimental Documentaries to STEM Cell
  • Call for Submissions: Reeling, a dance on screen film festival

• The AGA's 1 MINUTE of REAL LIFE Video Contest

  • 1-MINUTE of REAL LIFE: Make Your Video at the AGA
  • 1-MINUTE of REAL LIFE: Submission Deadline
  • 1-MINUTE of REAL LIFE Video Awards Ceremony