Staff Blog / One week left to submit to the 2012 Vimeo Festival + Awards

How soon will stuff be shortlisted? Or is there somewhere you can see all the entires?

I did submit last month did you not get my entry? Who can I contact to ensure that you did.
xo
j

Can you resubmit videos that you put into the competition last year?

I can't get the video to submit. I'm trying to get your site to help me fix this. How do I contact someone at Vimeo?

we hope to take home the gold medal

is there a way to edited submissions' information? I like to know if I can change the name of the submission.

Where can I find an explanation of the categories? My video is of a poet reading his poetry in the foreground while action takes place behind him. It's a 15 minute single take.

pity it costs, can't afford it but do understand

can i get rich after the submission? ))

What constitutes fair use of third party music? i.e., "your use of such work is clearly "fair use" under United States copyright law."
cheers,
Dylan

Really? You guys went with PayPal?? I'm trying to submit but am having problems with PayPal? Why not have a 2nd form of payment? Same way we renew our account; through a debit or credit card.

can old guys win?

Wish it was extended until end of March, won't be done my film till then. Good Luck everyone.

Nice, I'm getting ready for next year. Can't wait
to see the shortlist!

We submitted into wrong category. Will we have to submit again into correct category? Or could you move this for us? From 'Narrative' To 'Captured'.
Please inform. Thanks!

No thanks!

thanks but no thanks..id rather spend $20 on my valentine

Nice =)

I wish i could submit my Whitney Houston Tribute >>> vimeo.com/36735086 ...but i feel like since it's not my "property" it'll get turned down. -__-

I submmitted a wrong category, is there anyway to correct? or should I submmitted again? Please inform. Thanks.

Link to last year's winners is broken or not working on the "new" vimeo.

Also, it's a shame there's no category for promotional videos. It's a total miss by you guys because it's the most useful form of video on the web these days.

I have a few great videos that aren't true music videos or documentaries or blatant advertising. They are works that are under 2 minutes long and promote artists. Make a category for this please!!!

paid my $5 entry fee through pay pal then I was never taken to the screen to submit my video.

Keep doing contests!

Guys, lets organize our own festival, where we place 1 dollar each at some non-profit organization. 100% of that money will go to first 20 best film directors in few categories, say 10. All of us will be allowed to be in Jury. The price will go based on our democratic decision. What do you think about that?

Hey, ¿when you´re going to start posting info in spanish? It would be great!

the festival is open to the public, yeah?

also, vimeo, while this may not be the general sentiment, i do commend you for a much lower entry fee compared to what's the standard at festivals that use withoutabox. PLUS, you guys are much more customer-friendly, hands down! kudos, vimeo team! =)

I was not able to submit the video to the contest. I already paid the $5 but it never allowed me to select one of my videos. please help.

I submitted my video last month,
vimeo.com/34378147
I have paid... and taken no further action.
did you get my entry? Who can I contact to ensure that you did?
thanks

Just like Jay, paid my $5 entry fee through pay pal then I was never taken to the screen to submit my video.

FIX?

At the top of this blog, click on submit in the second line of the post by the staff. It took me to where I can select my upload.

Or maybe follow this link?

vimeo.com/awards/submit

Basic accounts only have a monthly 500MB allowance, Is it possible to upload a video bigger than 500MB for entry into the awards?

*Tried your recommended compression, But quality is not good!

I'm want to enter the Narrative film section however my short film has not jet been premiered at any festival. As I am currently submitting it on the circuit, I am worried that if my film makes the finals and the full film is put on a "Public" link then I will this will void my short from any further film festival competition.

Will you give me confirmation to only use clips of the film for "Publicity" purposes? Or will you have to make the complete running time "public"?

I can't submit the video, do you guys have any video tutorial?
Already try heaps time by paypal pay the $20 entry fee, but there have no next step or even a sign cue.
Do i have to be a vimeo plus account holder first then enroll the festival???

Like LeinFan above the same happened to me I am paying via paypal and can't get to any place to upload an entry - don't understand how to work with this system - after paying the system reacts as if I have allready uploaded something and shows zero credits!

It seems great but unfortunatly, no credit card !

If I submit a french song in the music video category is it ok?

exciting! we just don't know what category our clip "lobsan's prayer" possibly could be ... it is a letter after all. all the best to all entries

I would like to submit my short but my only concern is that if it gets selected later on, it will be available to the public online, would that be a problem when I submit my short off to other festivals? Since there are some festivals which do not allow shorts to be viewed online before submission.

Please advise.

Thanks! :)

we have a short film that was screened at 2 small festivals last year. Would that make us ineligible for submission?

have paid for two films and cant see how i upload and submit them??? please help!!!

pumped to meet the deadline. going through sound edits now!!! Look out for 'Ariel Erisian' at the Vimeo Festival everybody!!!
(ariel-erisian.tv)

Hi. My friend and I co-wrote and shot a short film and we showed it at at the student film festival at Southern Oregon University in may of 2011. After that its been on Vimeo and a few places but never premiered online. The last part of the rules below are a bit confusing, does our short film not qualify because it premiered somewhere else? Thanks!
"It must have premiered (i.e., it was publicly displayed for the first time) online between July 31, 2010 and February 20, 2012 or has not premiered elsewhere at the time you submitted it"

Hi guys,
is it possible to submit a video containing a Sigur Ros music track? I read somewhere that they made all of their music royalty free but I can't actually find something official to confirm it.
Thanks!

Burning the midnight oil to finish my BA final project. It's due date is also Feb 20th, so hopefully I'll upload at the last second

What happens if you watch someone's entry and you decide the submitter entered his/her work in the wrong category? Would this be a reason to disqualify someone's work, or would you simply move it to the appropriate category? I'm asking because I am wondering if I made a mistake by entering my film into the experimental, since, some have suggested to me that I should have entered it into the narrative category.

I'm putting the final touches on my submission. My one question is that will submitted videos have to be private until the Festival itself is over or can we still keep it public on Vimeo/share with friends/embed in our blog, etc etc?

Hi! I am in the process of submitting my video. After making the payment I get stuck on the "submit" point. Although the video was uploaded and appeared on my vimeo account, I didn't get any confirmation and it seems that no video was submitted for the contest. Could you help me? I want to make sure that after paying It is there. Thanks.

I missed this. You need to improve your contact with members. I have PLUS and don't recall an email about it. Kind of irked that I've put out over $50 since signing up and didn't get notified of the contest.

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