ByAward
2018

Annual professional
wedding video award

Stages

Entry submission
12 November — 12 December 2018 UTC 0
Judging
December 13, 2018 — January 13, 2019 UTC 0
Announcement of the winners
January 19, 2019

Participation

Only for users from Belarus.

Judges

Artur Prihodkin
Sergei Checha
Lukasz Kujawski
Артур Врагов
Dmitry Sedov
Kirill Savitsky
Dmitry Novik
Alexey Cupid
Vladimir Ermillov
Super-Judge
Artur Prihodkin
Krasnodar, Russia
Super-Judge
Sergei Checha
Florence, Italy
Super-Judge
Lukasz Kujawski
Warsaw, Poland
Judge
Артур Врагов
Minsk, Belarus
Judge
Dmitry Sedov
Solikamsk, Russia
Judge
Kirill Savitsky
Minsk, Belarus
Judge
Dmitry Novik
Minsk, Belarus
Judge
Alexey Cupid
Odessa, Ukraine
Judge
Vladimir Ermillov
Warsaw, Poland

Main categories

Best Videographer

9 participants
1st
place
Video
Winner
Minsk, Belarus
Best Videographer
2nd
place
Video
Minsk, Belarus
Мой Океан | My Ocean (eng subtitles)
3rd
place
Video
Vitebsk, Belarus
Саша и Маша
4th
place
Video
Minsk, Belarus
LOVE BEYOND BORDERS | TEASER
5th
place
Video
Minsk, Belarus
Wedding in Belarus

Best Video Editor

7 participants
1st
place
Video
Winner
Minsk, Belarus
Tanya&Pasha
2nd
place
Video
Minsk, Belarus
Best Video Editor
3rd
place
Video
Minsk, Belarus
LOVE BEYOND BORDERS | TEASER
4th
place
Video
Minsk, Belarus
ROYAL HALL // MISHA & LENA
5th
place
Video
Gomel, Belarus
Ruslan & Viktoria

Best Cameraman

8 participants
1st
place
Video
Winner
Minsk, Belarus
Wedding Cameraman Showreel
2nd
place
Video
Minsk, Belarus
Best Cameraman
3rd
place
Video
Minsk, Belarus
SHOWREEL 2018
4th
place
Video
Minsk, Belarus
LOVE BEYOND BORDERS | TEASER
5th
place
Video
Minsk, Belarus
video story

Award Party 2019

Summing up the results of the contests
and the solemn awarding of the winners

Wedding specialisations

Best Sound Producer

5 participants
1st
place
Video
Winner
Minsk, Belarus
Hear My
2nd
place
Video
Minsk, Belarus
Best Sound Producer
3rd
place
Video
Minsk, Belarus
Wedding sound
4th
place
Video
Minsk, Belarus
D & V Teaser
5th
place
Video
Minsk, Belarus
READY TO FLY | INSTA. VER.

Best SDE-maker

5 participants
1st
place
Video
Winner
Minsk, Belarus
Best SDE-maker
2nd
place
Video
Vitebsk, Belarus
Виталий и Альбина
3rd
place
Video
Minsk, Belarus
Andrey & Tatiana
4th
place
Video
Gomel, Belarus
Igor & Maria | SDE
5th
place
Video
Minsk, Belarus
Inna and Zhenya SDE

Best Colorist

7 participants
1st
place
Video
Winner
Minsk, Belarus
Best Colorist
2nd
place
Video
Minsk, Belarus
Color
3rd
place
Video
Minsk, Belarus
LOVE BEYOND BORDERS | INSTA. VER.
4th
place
Video
Minsk, Belarus
Anastasiya&Dmitry
5th
place
Video
Minsk, Belarus
Dmitry and Veronika

Best Pilot

3 participants
1st
place
Video
Winner
Minsk, Belarus
Best Pilot
2nd
place
Video
Minsk, Belarus
Wedding Pilot
3rd
place
Video
Minsk, Belarus
obsession / inst.

Wedding genres

Best Highlights

10 participants
1st
place
Video
Winner
Minsk, Belarus
Best Wedding Highlights
2nd
place
Video
Minsk, Belarus
MAN ON A MISSION // VALENTIN&OLGA SAMUI
3rd
place
Video
Minsk, Belarus
SUNRISE (english subtitles]
4th
place
Video
Vitebsk, Belarus
Саша и Маша
5th
place
Video
Minsk, Belarus
OksanaAndrei

Best Walk

3 participants
1st
place
Video
Winner
Minsk, Belarus
Best Walk
2nd
place
Video
Minsk, Belarus
BEST WALK S//A
3rd
place
Video
Minsk, Belarus
Obsession / inst. ver

Best Engagement

7 participants
1st
place
Video
Winner
Minsk, Belarus
True lovestory
2nd
place
Video
Minsk, Belarus
Gratitude (eng subtitles)
3rd
place
Video
Minsk, Belarus
Best Engagement
4th
place
Video
Minsk, Belarus
PreParty
5th
place
Video
Gomel, Belarus
Dmitry & Anna

Save The Date

1 participant
1st
place
Video
Winner
Minsk, Belarus
MIHAIL + ELENA

Additional categories

Best Young Professional

2 participants
1st
place
Video
Winner
Minsk, Belarus
Margo&Oleg
2nd
place
Video
Minsk, Belarus
WDAY

Best Debut of the Year

3 participants
1st
place
Video
Winner
Minsk, Belarus
THIS OATH
2nd
place
Video
Minsk, Belarus
LOVEMYFAMILY
3rd
place
Video
Minsk, Belarus
Obsession

Rules

Who can participate?

Registered videographer on the web-site WEVSY.COM, who is over 18 years old.
$20 for all categories. Free for Pro account members.
Only for users from Belarus.

What kind of videos should be submitted?

Only video fully complying with the description and specifications of the category is allowed to participate in the Contest.

Technical requirements

For participation in the Contest video preliminary is uploaded to video-hosting Youtube or Vimeo. In the uploading video form to the category the link indicated to a video at an appropriate video hosting. It is desirable to upload video of HD-quality. Screenshot should be uploaded to each video which gives an idea about video content. Screenshots with logo are banned.

Which videos are forbidden?

Video is not allowed to participate in the Competition if it contains inappropriate or unethical content included in the list of restrictions adopted in internet or not corresponding to the traditional standards of the wedding video. Every video can be deleted from Contest with accordance of decision of WEVSY.COM and this decision can not be discussed.

It is possible to add to one category several videos?

No.

Which prizes will the winners receive?

Winners of main categories will get special statuettes. All the winners will get diplomas of the Contest and distinctive marks in their profiles and Pro account for the year.

Does the winning influence on videographer's rating in the local Contest?

No.

Other important things you need to know

Participating in the Contest you agree with all mentioned rules. You also guarantee that you are the author of all videos which you upload and not any 3-rd person has nothing against it.

What is the procedure of judging?

There are 5 judges who are a responsible for each category and have access to rate video only in their category. After announcement of the beginning of voting each member of jury can watch video and vote using 10-point scale. Rates compliance to the category, the video quality, the wow-factor, the overall impression. Rating can be changed during voting period.

When judges finish the voting, super-judges start to vote. Super-judges look through all the categories but rate only 5 videos in each category which reached maximum points after main judging process.

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