Patrimonito Storyboard Competition 2010 / 2011

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Storyboard Competition

The Storyboard Competition provides young people with an opportunity to use their creative and problem-solving skills to raise awareness about World Heritage sites.
Secondary school pupils and youth club members are invited to create storyboards on the specific themes for this year's competition. The best submissions will be selected by an international jury and professionally produced into animated films for global distribution to schools and at World Heritage Youth events.

Patrimonito Storyboard Competition - 2008

Patrimonito Storyboard Competition - 2007

Click here for the Guidelines of the Competition

Click here to download the registration form and frames

Click here to download the reference material on the themes

Competition themes

Each participant should pick one theme related to one World Heritage site  of his or her choice. The four proposed themes are:

a) World Heritage and the role of Communities (people living in and around World Heritage sites)
b) World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism (visiting responsibly)
c) World Heritage and Sustainable Development (how to balance preserving heritage for future generations with meeting human needs)
d) World Heritage and Biodiversity (sites that are crucial to sustaining life, nature or species, including those endangered)

Themes can be combined, but the predominant theme must be indicated.
Background information on World Heritage sites is available at http://whc.unesco.org/en/resources/ht
links on the specific themes will be available at http://whc.unesco.org/en/wheducation

 Winners and Awards

There will be twelve winners (three winners per theme), and each of them will receive a UNESCO certificate and a UNESCO medal.

The winning storyboards will be professionally transformed into animated film episodes of the Patrimonito's World Heritage Adventure series.
The name of each young author of the winning storyboards will be credited in the film which will be distributed worldwide by UNESCO and its partners.

The release of the next episode is scheduled for 2011.

 Who can participat e?

Young people from all over the world are invited to submit a storyboard.
Contestants must be 12 to 18 years old. This is an ideal activity for individual students and community youth club members who can submit one storyboard entry each. There is no limit in the number of storyboard entries submitted by a school or youth club.
Information about how to create a storyboard as well as a worksheet sample can be downloaded here.

 Submitting storyboards

The original copy of the storyboard should be sent to the office of the National Commission for UNESCO of your country.

The storyboard must be received by the National Commission at the latest by: 15 December 2010 .

National Commission will send the finalist storyboards, 5 storyboards maximum per theme, to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre at the latest by: 15 February 2011.

See the link below for the list of National Commissions and their addresses: http://www.unesco.org/ncp/index.phplc=E&region=1&module=national_commissions&showall=1
Prior to submitting an entry:
Remember to put every required personal details at the front of each frame sheet.
Remember to make a copy of the original completed storyboard.

 Selection criteria

The following criteria will be used during the selection process

A. General Presentation Points

1. Creativity, clarity and overall presentation of the design /20
2. Presence and active role of Patrimonito /20

B. Contents reflecting

3. Knowledge about the values of the site and the link to the theme chosen /20
4. Overview of situation and challenges faced by the site /20
5. Relevance and quality (realism, effectiveness, viability) of the proposed solution or message /20
Total /100

 Selection process

Up to five storyboards per theme will be selected by the National Commission of your country.

Finalists at the national level will receive a UNESCO Certificate. All of the national finalists will have a chance to enter the international round, where the storyboards will be judged by an independent jury of heritage and education experts.

Three storyboards per theme will be selected by the jury at the UNESCO Headquarters, on April 7th and 8th .

In the spring of 2011 UNESCO will announce the international winners.

Contact:
Carméla Quin
Focal Point for the World Heritage Education Programme
UNESCO World Heritage Centre
7, Place de Fontenoy
75352 Paris 07 SP, France
Tel.: +33 (0)1 45 68 18 71
Fax: +33 (0)1 45 68 55 70
E-mail: PatrimonitoCompetition@unesco.org
Website: http://whc.unesco.org/en/patrimonito/

Partners:
National Commissions for UNESCO
UNESCO Field Offices
UNESCO Associated Schools Network
World Heritage site management authorities