Enter: THE KINDNESS Movie

The Video Contest is now open for submissions, with an extended deadline of August 31st, 2011.

First Place Prize – $1000, plus other prizes.

Grab any video camera you can find.  Make a short video or film related to kindness (10 minutes max).  Tell us your true story or interview a relative or friend about some kindness they have experienced.  Life-changing kindness, unexpected kindness, or just ordinary daily kindness.  Or go out and show us some kindness that you see in the world.   Be creative.  Write a poem.  Write a song. You can even make an animation.

All material must be original (you created it), not using any commercial or licensed material (including music).  The first place winner will receive a $1000 cash prize.  The second place winner will receive a pocket video Camera.

All video formats are accepted for submission.  For best quality, here’s what we would prefer:

There are two ways to submit your videos on kindness.

1) Submit by mail: preferably a Data DVD with an uncompressed file, or if not, a playable DVD or tape. MAKE SURE YOUR CONTACT INFO IS CLEARLY MARKED: Name, address, email and phone. Submissions without contact info will be disqualified.

• Send to: Kindness the Movie, PO Box 2270, Sausalito, CA 94966

Hey, to help us keep things legally tidy, please also download and print out this Release Form, read it, fill it in, sign it and send it along with your submission!

2) Submit online. High quality (preferably uncompressed) .mov or .avi file, up to 10 minutes or 1GB. Click here to submit online.

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