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We teased you, you dreamed of it, we worked on it, you asked for it and here it is : Japan Expo AMV contest 2022 coordinated by AMV-France. Present in the convention each year, the association aims for its contest to be THE most memorable event of the year. To achieve it, we expect for a ton of videos thanks to experienced editors and ambitious outsiders entering in the contest !

If the Japan Expo 2022 convention is canceled or moved due to CoVid-19, the competition will still be maintained!

◄ Regulation in brief :
- Your AMV must be sent before June 25th, 2022, 11.59pm (GMT +2 Paris).
- Only videos never displayed online heretofore may enter. Video must be premiered at the contest and cannot participate in any other online or offline AMV contest until the end of Japan Expo 2022.
- Winner will receive an UNIQUE trophy from AMV France. Top 3 and Viewers’ Choice will each get figures as a prize. (Prizes can be cumulative).
- Considering the broadcasting takes place in convention, the use of pornographic or extreme violence clips can lead to an immediate disqualification of the AMV, the decision will be left to the jury's appreciation. Plagiarism of other AMVs is also a motive for disqualification.
- Video sources must be extracted from Japanese animation or at least be related to Japan. Video sources from video games and MADs will equally be accepted.

◄ Registration :
Registrations can only be made through this formular, until June 25th, 2022.

◄ Technical requirements :
- This year, you must show clearly the title of the contest: Japan Expo 2022. For this purpose, we provide a logo, and it is MANDATORY to use it.
Logo black background
Logo white background

You have the right to modify it the way you want (colors, 3D effect, pattern overlay...) in order to implement it to your AMV. However, it must remain legible during 3s.

- Video’s duration cannot be less than 1min30.
- MEPs are allowed.
- Your video must not exceed 300Mo in weight or a maximal bitrate of 20mb/s unless it has a good reason to. Contact the organisers to get an authorisation.
- Video cannot contain subtitles, watermarks or logos which have no conceptual justification.
- It cannot contain broken aspect ratio, interlace or visible black bars during the whole video.
- Allowed containers are: MP4, MKV, AVI.

◄ Prizes :
The winner will receive an UNIQUE trophy from AMV France. Second and third will receive awesome figures, chosen for their quality but also, as much as possible, adapted to each winner! If you cumulate a top 3 and the Viewers’ Choice, you will win two figures!
If the receiver is not present the day of the convention, prizes will be mailed through the post.

◄ How to send your AMV :
The upload of AMVs will be carried through FTP. The host, ID and password will be sent by mail to the address given for the registration.
A tutorial is available by clicking here.
If you encounter any problem during the upload of your AMV, contact us with this address: contest@amv-france.com

◄ Organization of the contest :
- The contest is hosted by the association AMV France.
- The judgment of AMVs is carried out in two phases:
The preselections, which determine three categories: not-retained, “coups de cœur” (= favorites) and finalists.
The ranking of finalists by a jury composed of three renowned editors.
- Both finalists and “coups de cœur” will be revealed by pack, without distinction, a dozen of days before the start of the convention (14th July 2022).
- Not retained AMVs will neither be ranked, nor screened during the convention. The “coups de cœurs” will take part in a live tournament at the booth in convention. Spectators will vote with their voice and applauds and will thus make their favourite “coup de cœur” progress towards victory.
- Finalists will be screened on giant screen on Saturday 16th (not ranked) and on Sunday 17th July 2022 (ranked).
- A Viewers’ Choice will also be selected among the finalists. Votes will be collected on Saturday.
- Complete results will be available on the AMV France website, soon after the convention (17th July 2022).

Reminder: the ranked videos in our contests are available for download on the website, at latest 2 weeks after the results. No exceptions.

◄ Contact :
For any other question or issue, please, contact us: concours@amv-france.com.



Article 1 : Contest description
Japan Expo International AMV Contest 2022 is an amateur music video contest.
The music videos must have been created from music and anime (Japanese cartoons) sources. This contest is free and for non commercial-use.

Article 2 : Deadline
The contest ends on June 25th, 2022 at 11:59pm UTC+2 (local summer time). The videos must have been uploaded by this date.

Article 3 : Contest organizers
This contest is organized by AMV FRANCE, the French Anime Music Videos Association (www.amv-france.com), for the Japan Expo convention.

Article 4 : Submissions terms
4.1 This contest is free and opened to all, except for jury members.
4.2 The videos must be exclusive to the contest (it cannot be entered in any contest before Japan Expo) and cannot be shown in another convention or on the Internet before AMV France association gives the contest results. Only videos never displayed online heretofore may enter. Video must be premiered at the contest and cannot participate in any other online or offline AMV contest until the end of Japan Expo 2022.
4.3 A single participation per person or group is accepted and only one single video per participation.
4.4 Only anime or manga related videos will be accepted. Video games related videos will also be accepted.
You can mix those images with real sources if anime sources represents at least 60% of sources.
4.5 Commercial or promotional videos will not be accepted (due to public broadcasting)
4.6 In order to participate to this contest you must totally agree with the following rules.

Article 5 : Submission process
Each participant (person or group) must fill the electronic inscription sheet available here.

Article 6 : Technical requirements
6.1 The following formats are accepted :

• Containers : AVI, MP4, MKV, MPEG, MPEG2, WMV


• Video Codecs : H264, H265, XviD, DivX (5, 6 et 7), MPEG, MPEG2, WMV9


• Audio Codecs : MP3, AAC, WMA, FLAC, Vorbis


• Framerate : Up to 60 frames per seconds

6.2 The video size must NOT exceed 300 MB in weight or a maximal bitrate of 20mb/s unless it has a good reason to. Contact the organisers to get an authorisation.
6.3 You must show clearly the title of the contest: Japan Expo 2022. On this purpose, we provide you with a logo: it is mandatory to use it. You have the right to modify it the way you want (colors, 3D effect, pattern overlay...) in order to implement it to your AMV. However, it must remain legible during 3s.
Logo black background
Logo white background

Article 7 : How to send your video
Your video must be uploaded our FTP (access will be sent by email).
A tutorial is available by clicking here.
If you encounter any problem during the upload of your AMV, contact us with this address: contest@amv-france.com.

Article 8 : Guarantees
8.1 Each participant (person or group) must guarantee his/her exclusive ownership of the video he/she submits. This guarantee must extend to the direct or indirect violation of any of the exclusive rights of a copyright owner.
8.2 Each participant accepts that his/her video:

• can be publicly displayed


• present on the sites of AMV France, Japan Expo and on the Youtube channel of AMV France within a maximum period of 2 weeks after the publication of the results (no exception)


• be used during several conventions in which AMV France will take part.

8.3 Any participant over 18 accepts to be photographed during the convention and is aware that said images can be used in any non-commercial communication from AMV France and Japan Expo.

Article 9 : Jury
Three members from AMV France and two guests, professional editors or renowned AMV makers, will constitute the jury.
Though, notice that this point can be changed if needed.

Article 10 : Ranking criteria
The jury will rank the videos, basing their judgment on editing quality, conversion, originality, aestheticism, and coherence.

Article 11 : Results
About thirty of the best videos will be ranked. The results will be announced during the 21th edition of Japan Expo. As always, various prizes can be won.

Article 12 : disqualification
12.1 The organizing committee reserves the right to disqualify any submission without having to justify, in any way, its decision.
12.2 You are prohibited from posting any unlawful, libelous, defamatory, inflammatory, threatening, pornographic, profane, scandalous, or other material that may give rise to civil or criminal liability or otherwise violate any applicable law.
12.3 By submitting a video to this contest, you agree on the Terms and Conditions sated on this page.

Article 13 : Modifications or Contest Cancellation
AMV France may at any time revise these Terms and Conditions by updating this posting. Your submission to this Contest is contingent upon your agreement to be bound by any such revisions and you should therefore periodically visit this page to review the current Terms and Conditions. AMV France can, within its rights and at any moment, cancel the Contest.

Article 14 : Data Policy
According to French law 78-10 from January 6th 1978, you have the right to access, modify or delete any data referring to you. We do not transfer any kind of data concerning contestants out of AMV France Association. If you have any question regarding our data policy, please feel free to contact AMV France Staff.

Article 15 : Rules interpretation
Any misinterpretation of the rules will be resolved by the Contest officials. Such decision is final. Protests regarding the judgment of the Contest will not be accepted.