PLURAL+

About

PLURAL + is a youth-produced video festival which encourages young people to explore migration, diversity and social inclusion, and to share their creative vision with the world.

PLURAL + is a joint initiative between the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and the International Organization for Migration, with a network of over 50 partner organizations, who support the creative efforts of young people and distribute their videos worldwide.

Since 2009 over 700 entries from 90 countries have participated. Winning videos have been screened in dozens of festivals, cinemas and broadcast on television networks throughout the world. With your help, we hope to widen the impact of PLURAL+ even further.

Program

Categories:

• 9 to 12 years old,
• 13 to 17 years old,
• 18 to 25 years old.

Awards

The PLURAL+ JURY AWARD prizes will be awarded in three (3) age-based categories:

• 9 to 12 years old,
• 13 to 17 years old,
• 18 to 25 years old.

The PLURAL+ Jury Awards will be awarded to one entrant per category and will be selected by an independent international jury. The 3 winners of the PLURAL+ JURY AWARD will each receive US$1,000.

Additional awards will be given by collaborating partner agencies.

Rules

• Entrants to PLURAL+ must be of maximum 25 years of age at the time of the production of the video submitted to PLURAL+.
• Multiple youth may work together to make one video, as long as all members of the group are maximum 25 years of age at the time of the production of the video submitted to PLURAL+.
• Only minimal roles of any adults (over the age of 25) involved in the making of the video (e.g. educators, teachers, instructors, etc.) is acceptable (group coordination, technical support, renting equipment, etc.). It is understood that particularly for the age group of up to 12 years, educators could have a more substantial role in the production of the video.
• If multiple youth work together on one video then the video will be judged in the age category of the entrant who has a primary role in the creation of the video.
• All videos must be 5 minutes maximum of running time, including title and end credits;
• Videos must pertain to the topics of migration, diversity, social inclusion, and related topics.
• Videos do not have to have been made specifically for the PLURAL+ Video Festival, but videos must have been completed after December 2020;
• Videos may be of whatever type, style or genre that the entrant wishes – animated, documentary, drama, music video, comedy etc.
• Subtitles language: English

Documents and Other Requisite Items

• Fill out entry form,
• Preferably all videos should be submitted on DVDs, or through a file hosting website of choice (MediaFire, YouSendit,…).

Premiere Requirements

No premiere requirement