Notice
- All submissions must be originally created by the participant and not have been previously awarded in any other contest.
- The copyright for the submission will be given to the host organizations of the Seoul Metropolitan Government and Lighting Museum as well as right of use in the award selection.
- Awarded submissions will be used as a resource for various activities such as environmental, media advertisement, public relations and educational purposes.
- Every submission must be free of any legal issues such as portrait rights, intellectual property rights and copyright infringements.
- In case of the legal issue initiated by a 3rd party for a submission after the awards, the participant will have full legal responsibility for the issue and shall not involve the host organizations.
- Any music and sound source used in videography must not have violated legal issues such as copyright infringements. All sources must be cited at the end of the video with titles.
- For a group videography submission, a submitting participant will be awarded as a representative of the group.
The prize will be also given to the representing participant and the distribution of the prize shall be decided within the group.
Host organizations are not responsible for the prize distribution or any other related issues.
- Both individuals and group submission are acceptable. For the group submission, name of the group members should be listed. Maximum number of group members is five people.
- In case of winning by a group for the UCC category, exhibiting person for the work will be awarded and received the prize as a representative.
The matter of prize money distribution will belong to the group, and host organizations do not intervene in that matters.
- Participants are responsible for any legal fees or taxes related to the winning prize of the contest.
- Winners should participate in the awards ceremony. (International participants will be discussed separately.)
- For a videography group award, the team and team members' names will be listed on the certificate.
Important Dates
- Submission Dates : May 13, 2024 ~ July 12, 2024 / Deadline 6:00 pm(Seoul, South Korea), (Late submissions will not be considered.)
- Award announcement date : September 27, 2024 / Light Pollution Contest Official Website.
- Awards Ceremony : October 10, 2024, Seoul City Schedule, South Korea
Art Work Requirements
[Digital Photography]
- Photos above 3400x2400pixels. JPEG files (.jpg), uploaded to 10MB
- Limit of 5 points per person.
- Film cameras can be submitted by converting to JPEG (.jpg) files
- Team entries are not allowed for the photography category.
[UCC(Videography) · Shorts]
- Upload MPEG (.mp4) files of 2 minutes or less, with a resolution of at least 1280X720 pixels and a file size of 500MB or less.
- One individual or one team (up to 5 members maximum) is limited to 2 points.
- UCC(Videography) : Video content such as motion graphics, dramas, documentaries, promotional videos, animations, etc.
- Shorts : Short-form videos of 1 minute or less
※ Name, contact number, address, title and description of the work, location of the setting, camera info, music info should be mentioned.
※ The submitted works must have been filmed after January 1, 2023.
※ Every submission must be free of any legal issues such as portrait rights, intellectual property rights and copyright infringement.
※ Original file submission may be required only for award-winning works.
E-mail inquiry only for the contest
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lightingmuseum@feelux.com (a person in charge of the Lighting Museum)
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karrod2@seoul.go.kr (a person in charge of the Seoul City Hall)
