Show us what there is to love about Virginia

Almost 50 years ago, the iconic tourism slogan “Virginia is for Lovers” was born. An attempt at several versions was made, each pointing to different facets of the Commonwealth: lovers of history, beaches, and mountains. There’s so much to love about Virginia, it simply became “Virginia is for Lovers.” Now add to that music, film, craft beer, oysters, film. The list goes on.

Virginia Tourism and the Virginia Film Office put out a call to all filmmakers to rise to the same challenge that existed in 1969. Can you capture the glory which is Virginia?

Show us what there is to love about Virginia by creating a 30- to 90-second video on 1080p HD and submitting it by July 17, 2017, at 9 p.m. EDT.

This short film contest is inspired by the Virginia Screenwriting Competition.

The call for entries opens at the Virginia Film Festival November 3, 2016, and closes July 17, 2017, at 9 pm EDT. After the close of submissions, your audience can log into Audience Awards to vote for your video every day. The top 10 audience voted and the top 10 preliminary jury selected will move to the final round. In the final round, 1 audience voted and 7 selected by jurors from the Virginia Film Office will win cash prizes totaling $15,000. Need a bit of inspiration? https://blog.virginia.org/2017/03/vacation-ideas-virginia-lovers/

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SUBMISSIONS DUE BY

Submissions Closed

VOTING OPENS

Jul 18, 2017 at 10:00am EDT (America/New_York)

VOTING CLOSES

Jul 25, 2017 at 10:00pm EDT (America/New_York)

FINAL ROUND VOTING OPENS

Jul 26, 2017 at 12:00pm EDT (America/New_York)

FINAL ROUND VOTING CLOSES

Jul 28, 2017 at 12:02pm EDT (America/New_York)

FINAL ROUND PRIZE DESCRIPTION

FINAL ROUND PRIZES: 1st Place Jury Award:$5,000 | 2nd Place Jury: $2,500 | 3rd Place Jury: $1,500 | Audience Award: $2,000 | 4 Honorable Mentions: $1,000 each

FINAL TEAM AWARDS

1st Place Jury Award: $5,000

2nd Place Jury Award: $2,500

3rd Place Jury Award: $1,500

4 Honorable Mention Award: $1,000

FINAL AudPop

1st Place Audience Award: $2,000