Music Video Fest 2025 is an innovative, first-of-its-kind interactive music video festival hosted by Nucast and NEWM on the Cardano blockchain.

Creators will submit their music video entries, and 20 finalists will be selected for official entry into the festival. Attendees can purchase tickets, and when the watch period opens, they will be able to stream each music video using the Nucast platform and vote for their favorite. Each ticket held gives you one on-chain vote. The music video with the highest number of votes will be crowned the winner of the Festival!

Requirements:

- Videos need to be at least in a 1080p resolution.
- Videos must be less than 10 minutes long
- Created no earlier than 2020
- Must not contain any hateful content.
- No infringement of others' IP or any other rights

NOTE: - Submissions without the original file (mp4, MOV, etc.) will be disqualified.

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Meet the Partners:

NEWM is a community-owned music platform that replaces profit-driven intermediaries with direct artist-fan connections. We're building an all-in-one product suite for musicians to launch and distribute their music.

Nucast, a Cardano-based platform, empowers creators with more control over their content and enhances ownership options, disrupting the video and film industries.

Awards & Prizes


*All prizes are in USD and will be paid in $ADA

Prize distribution will be as follows for the videos with the most votes:

1st: $2500

2nd: $1750

3rd: $1250

4th: $900

5th: $700

6th: $600

7th: $500

8th: $400

9th: $250

10th: $150

On top of that, there will be a $1,000 prize for a judge's pick!

Rules & Terms

Participants must hold all Intellectual Property Rights ("IPR") to the piece(s) submitted to the competition (old tracks are welcomed so long as they are original, and even third party materials to which you have the full rights). By submitting the piece(s) and by being selected as a winner you agree to NEWM and Nucast's ("The Partners") prize structure and agree to The Partners' exclusive rights to use, modify, transfer and copy the piece(s) for promotional materials and marketing only. Further, you agree to indemnify NEWM fully for any claim, suit, cost or loss in relation to the use of the intellectual properties related to the piece(s) submitted in this competition.

Please note that NEWM shall not own and/or keep any other IPRs. All submissions' IPRs will remain with the creator(s) of the piece(s).

The responsibility of the legality is solely on the creator, and fully disclosing any possibly used third party materials, licences to such, and other proof of permission to use and is mandatory to qualify for submission.

The competition is announced on the date first mentioned above. The competition will be further promoted through social media. Your participation in the competition may be used freely in such further promotion by NEWM.

The winner(s) will be notified directly and the results shall be announced in social media channels.

By entering the competition you agree to participate in the Music video festival 2025 and agree to NEWM's Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions. Your music video will be shown and streamed on the nucast.io platform to a worldwide audience.

For terms and conditions please go to: nucast.io