The VidOpp Video Contest Community

They are coming. The holidays are coming. Family is coming. Crowded stores are coming. Twenty extra pounds are coming. You love them. You dread them. Either way, you have to laugh at them or you will never make it to January. Find the humor in your holidays and help our jurors make it through theirs. What are the movies that helped you escape during holidays past?The Grinch, Scrooged, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Christmas Vacation. A Christmas Story. Is the next great holiday story inside you? Celebrate the season with Fimaka.com and we’ll unwrap your present together.

We look forward to viewing your films based on “Home for the Holidays”. You have from November 1^st, 2007 until Novemeber 30^th, 2007 to upload your films. Get set with your ideas, and go make some great films – may the best director win!Accepting uploads for the current contest “Home for the Holidays” now. You have to be a member to upload films.

Filmaka.com is committed in helping your ideas live on by taking them the distance. As an example, please see Alec Christie and Azi Rahman’s Funk it series. This character can go live on television or on film.  This online competition is open to submissions from all countries across the globe in any languageGet set with your ideas, and go make some great films – may the best director win!  We would like you to make a short film, between one to three minutes, based on this subject.  That’s what we’re looking for – unique films from individual filmmakers. This contest is not free to enter – to submit a video you must become a premium member for $15/year.This online competition is open to submissions from all countries across the globe in any language. Remember we want your creative voice to come through! Take a look at our Winning Clips of Competition #2 “Family Gathering” and View Clips from Competition #3 “Mistaken Identity”.

Filmmakers from all across the world submitted short films giving it their unique creative voice in all three contests. That’s what we’re looking for – unique films from individual filmmakers.

Premium Members. Each Premium Member shall have the following rights and privileges with respect to the Company for twelve months from the date of payment of the Annual Fee:
a. To view up to 750 Premium Shorts;
b. To view and vote on the Shorts to win each Periodic Contest and Annual Contest pursuant to Paragraph 5;
c. To submit one Short for one Periodic Contest; and
d. To submit an unlimited number of additional Shorts for each Periodic Contest for a submission fee of $10 per Short.

Voting Requirements. In order to cast a valid vote for any Periodic Contest, Basic Members and Premium Members who have never submitted a Short to any Periodic Contest are permitted to cast one vote equivalent to one rating for the best Short while Premium Members who have previously submitted at least one Short are permitted to (a) vote on five Shorts and (b) rank them from 1-5, with 5 being the best. Premium Members who have submitted a Short in a current Periodic contest must cast a valid vote for that Contest as follows (a) vote on five Shorts and (b) rank them from 1-5, with 5 being the best. You cannot vote for Shorts you have submitted and cast one valid vote for five films regardless of the number of shorts you have submitted.

Submission Requirements. In order to validly submit a Short for any Contest, it must meet all of the following conditions for Acceptance, as determined by the Company in its sole and absolute discretion:
a. The Short must be based on the theme designated by the Company for that Contest;
b. The Short must not contain any content that would be rated more restrictively than “R“;
c. You must submit your correct email address;
d. For Shorts submitted for the Periodic Contests, you must cast a valid vote for that Contest in accordance with Paragraph 5. You can cast one valid vote for five films regardless of the number of shorts you have submitted in the contest.
e. Shorts submitted as finalists for the Periodic Contests or for the Annual Contests must meet the Delivery Requirements; and
f. Premium Members that have submitted another Short for a Periodic Contest during the past twelve months must pay the appropriate fee under Paragraph 4(d).Periodic Contests. The Company shall hold each Periodic Contest if at least 30 Shorts are submitted for that contest. For each Periodic Contest, Premium Members may submit any number of Shorts pursuant to Paragraph 6 based on the theme announced by the Company. The Members will vote to elect ten semi-finalist Shorts for each Contest, and the Company may choose up to ten additional semi-finalists. The Company shall pay $500 for each semi-finalist Short to the Applicable Premium Members, who may then compete in a final round by submitting a new Short for that Periodic Contest for every Short they submitted that was a semi-finalist for that Periodic Contests. The Company shall pay each Applicable Premium Member $1,000 upon Acceptance of each such new Short. The Jury will choose a 1st place winner (prize: $3,000),a runner-up (prize: $2,000), and one special Jury prize winner(no cash prize) from the semi-finalists.

Annual Contest. At the end of each calendar year, the winners, the runners-up, and the special Jury prize winner of the Periodic Contests may compete in the Annual Contest by submitting one new Short for every Short they submitted that was a winner or runner-up or the special Jury prize winner for the Periodic Contests. The Company shall pay the Applicable Premium Member $500 upon Acceptance of each such new Short. The winner shall be given the opportunity to direct a feature film for the Company on terms and conditions determined by the Company, and Company shall pay the runner-up $5,000. Grant of Rights. By uploading a Short, you hereby grant to the Company the following rights (the “Rights”):
a. The right to permit such Short to be posted and viewed by third parties on the Company’s website. This right will be exclusive for twelve months from the date of submission to the Company, and the Premium Member will not permit the Short to be shown anywhere else during that time.
b. For Premium Shorts, the copyright to the Shorts and all underlying material thereto, including, without limitation, all rights protected under Section 106 of the Copyright Act and the exclusive, perpetual, worldwide right to exploit, sublicense, and assign the Short and all ancillary and derivative rights thereto in all media now known or hereafter devised in any and all languages (the “Exclusive Rights”).
c. A twelve-month option (commencing from the date of submission to the Company) to elect to acquire the Exclusive Rights to such Short in consideration for the compensation payable under Paragraph 11, to be exercised by email notice to the Applicable Premium Member. Upon exercise of such option, (i) the Exclusive Rights to such Short shall automatically be transferred to the Company and (ii) the Applicable Premium Member must comply with the Delivery Guidelines for such Short.

Compensation. As full consideration for the grant of the Exclusive Rights, the Company will pay the Applicable Premium Member a royalty equal to (a) 50% of “Gross Receipts” (defined below) from such Exclusive Rights minus (b) the sum of (i) all expenses paid by the Company relating to the acquisition, development, production, or distribution of such Exclusive Rights, (ii) interest at 6% on the amount of such expenses from the date incurred to the date of recoupment, and (iii) a distribution fee to the Company equal to 20% of Gross Receipts. “Gross Receipts” shall mean all nonrefundable cash revenues actually received by the Company attributable to the Exclusive Rights, except that (a) only 22% of all video/DVD/VOD or similar revenue received by the Company shall be included in Gross Receipts, and the manufacturing and shipping costs relating to such revenue shall not be deducted, and (b) all membership fees and Short submission fees shall be excluded. In the event that multiple Shorts are distributed as part of a compilation (e.g. we put 10 Shorts on a DVD and sell it to the public), the 22% royalty included in Gross Receipts shall be pro rated among the Applicable Premium Members submitting such Shorts. All payments shall be made sixty days after the end of each calendar quarter (accompanied by an accounting statement setting forth the calculation thereof), unless the total revenues due to you are less than $500, in which case payments shall be made on an annual basis.To enter this video contest please click here.