Call for Videos

Call for Films

To participate in the film section of the Arbaeen World Award, you can send your fiction, short and documentary films on the topics of the great Arbaeen Hosseini procession, the lasting effects of the pilgrimage of Aba Abd Allah al-Hussein (as) and scenes of affection and expressing devotion to that Hazrat to the secretariat. It should be noted that the submitted works can be prepared with a mobile phone camera or video camera. More details are presented in the following lines:

Regulations of the Film Section:

Participation in the competition and submission of works is open to the public.
There is no limit to the number of submissions.
It is allowed to participate in all three parts of the travelogue, photo or video at the same time, provided that the relevant regulations are followed.
The maximum time for short films in the fiction and documentary section is 30 minutes.
It is necessary for the films of the competition section for reviewing independently, after announcing the identity card of the work and the details of its owner through one of the communication portals, to be recorded on a DVD and sent by mail to the address of the permanent secretariat of the Arbaeen World Award.
It is necessary to include the name of the movie, the name of the director and the time of the movie on the DVD. In addition, the DVD must contain, in addition to the film, three photos from the movie scenes and one photo of the director.
The secretariat does not accept any responsibility for possible damage caused by sending works.
Films whose documents are submitted incompletely or whose film is defective will not be included in the competition.
It is necessary to send the original film to the secretariat after announcing the names of the accepted ones. Otherwise, the video will be removed from the contest section
Original videos must be prepared and sent in one of DVCAM, HD, HDV and FULL HD formats.
The secretariat of the Arbaeen World Award and the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization have permission to use the submitted works for the production of propaganda and television works of the competition.
Participating in the contest means accepting the rules of the contest.
The owners of the works who have a legal or real producer, if their works are accepted in the competition, they are required to submit a letter of permission to participate in the competition which has been approved by the producer. The letter of intent must be sent to the permanent secretariat of the Arbaeen World Award as soon as possible through one of the communication channels, otherwise the relevant works will be excluded from the competition section.
Taking the final decision on any point that is not provided for in the present regulations, as well as the interpretation of the ambiguities arising from its provisions, is within the authority of the contest secretary, and the participants and judges deny themselves any rights in this regard.