HBKU Home Video Competition | Hamad Bin Khalifa University

Student Affairs at Hamad Bin Khalifa University presents a video competition to encourage HBKU students to stay creative while maintaining self-quarantine and highlight their support of the Qatari and international community during these extraordinary circumstances. 

Participation: 

You can participate by filming a video capturing one or more of the below themes and sending it via WeTransfer  to student.engagement@hbku.edu.qa

Video Themes:

  1. How to protect yourself and spend your time beneficially during quarantine
  2. Household items to recycle or repurpose and how to live a sustainable life during this time
  3. How to take advantage of your surroundings to keep up your sports activities

Duration:

Students can submit their videos from Thursday, April 9, 2020 to Sunday, April 19, 2020

Competition Terms:

  • The competition is open to all current HBKU students.
  • Videos can be recorded using a smartphone or a professional camera.
  • Students can participate with more than one video; however, each video must include one theme.
  • The video should not exceed one minute.
  • The audio must be of good quality.
  • Videos must be submitted via the WeTransfer link with the (name, mobile, email, student ID, program, and college).
  • The last day for submitting videos is Sunday, April 19, 2020 

Prizes:

A total of QAR 15,000 in cash prizes will be awarded.
- The first-place winners of each of the three themes will be awarded QAR 3,000 each.
- The second-place winners of each of the three themes will be awarded QAR 2,000 each.

Competition Jury:

All videos will be presented to a jury from Student Affairs and the results will be announced on Monday, April 20, 2020 by email.

Evaluation Criteria:

  1. The idea
  2. Montage/Editing
  3. Coherence of ideas
  4. Coherence of video sequence (Transition)

Note: once you submit the video, you will receive a confirmation email from Student Engagement within two days.

For Inquiries:

student.engagement@hbku.edu.qa