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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is inviting filmmakers, students and other Internet users to take part in a new international competition called “Hunger Bytes” in which contestants are asked to make the best short “viral video” that raises awareness about the subject of global hunger.

The five most compelling video clips of between 30 and 60 seconds in length that are submitted to WFP will be highlighted on YouTube, and the video that enjoys the most views by World Food Day on 16 October next year will be deemed the winner and then given the chance to visit and film one of the agency’s relief operations.

 To give filmmakers an idea of what they can do, WFP has also produced its own 30-second video in which participants at a competitive eating contest are shown in slow motion wolfing down hot dog after hot dog before a message reminds viewers that “850 million go to bed hungry every night… Share.”

Prize will be a guided visit for 2 to WFP project ..trust us-it will be someplace interesting!

Prize includes: 3 days visit to a to-be-determined WFP relief operation for the winner and a companion (18 years and older). WFP will provide transportation, public information staff and daily per diem for accomodation and meals.

Video(s) should be 30 or 60 seconds long … but who’s counting?

To submit your video, send a link, compressed .wmv or quicktime file less than 4MB to: hunger.bytes@wfp.org

For full details on this video contest click here.

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