2013 SAVEUR Video Festival – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

You can read full descriptions of the categories here.

We're looking for videos that are ten minutes or under in length for all fo the categories but ultra-short. The ultra-short category requires that the video be under one minute (and we are going to be firm about this!), but all other categories can be between one and ten minutes in length.

Yes! One overall grand prize winner will take home $3,000 and a consultation with SAVEUR editors. The top winners in the remaining 5 categories will receive $500 each. Saveur.com viewers will also be able to judge the content, so People's Choice videos with the popular vote in each category will receive $250.

We have lined up some great judges that span the worlds of food and film. Our judges will help us select the winner in each category, and include chef Mario Batali, Ruth Reichl of Top Chef Masters on Bravo, actor and writer Andrew McCarthy, Oscar-nominated director Lucy Walker, chef and video star Eddie Huang, Paper magazine editorial director Mickey Boardman, Paley Center curator Ron Simon, and many others.

One submission has just as much weight as a dozen. We will not give any kind of priority to videos that have been submitted more than once. In fact, we would strongly encourage you to only submit once (it saves you and us some time!).

Yes, you can submit your video to up to 3 different categories, and we will decide which category it ultimately ends up in.

After the submission period closes on January 31, we will watch every video submitted and whittle down each category to five finalist videos. We will select finalists based on criteria including (but not limited to) narrative coherence, aesthetic effect, clarity of message, overall success as a self-contained work, and adherence to the contest rules. Finalists within each category will be selected based on criteria relevant to the category—we'll be looking for different things in a how-to video than we will in a documentary. We'll announce the finalists on Tuesday, February 19.

Yes: The finalist with the most votes in each category will win the People's Choice prize of $250, so if your video becomes a finalist be sure to tell everyone you know to vote! Votes will not affect judges' considerations for the category winners or overall winner.