My Favourite Hungarian Tradition photo and video competition for international students

Are you a Stipendium Hungaricum student studying in Hungary? Show what Hungary means to you!

The National Union of Students in Hungary (HÖOK) announces the “My favourite Hungarian tradition” photography and video competition as part of the Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship programme for higher education students involved in the Stipendium Hungaricum Mentor Programme (SHMH).

The competition is open to non-Hungarian citizen foreign higher education students studying in Hungary under the Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship Programme for higher education students involved in the Stipendium Hungaricum Mentor Programme.

Submission deadline: the 12^th of April, 11:59 p.m. (Sunday).

Application process:

1. Make photos or videos on this topic: „My favourite Hungarian tradition”!
2. Fill in the application form!
3. Upload your photo(s) or video to any platform where the judges can view the submissions (it doesn’t have to be public)!

What can you submit?

Photography category (max. 3 photos):

• A snapshot of your community life in Hungary
• A landscape shot taken in Hungary
• An image representing Hungarian history or traditions

Photographs entered the Competition must be a minimum of 3 MB, max. 15 MB in size (in JPG format) and related to the aims and subjects defined in the competition announcement.

Video category:

• Hungarian history and traditions
• Hungarian attractions
• Your community scene in Hungary
• Hungarian culture

The submission shall include no less than two videos, each of no more than 20 minutes in length, in a resolution of at least 1920 x 1080 at 50fps, related to the aims defined in the competition announcement.

The goal of the competition is to allow foreign students studying in Hungary under the Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship Programme to show what Hungary means to them through photographs and videos.

The submitted photographs and videos will be judged by a 5-member jury based on its own set of criteria.

The winners of the Competition will be notified by the Competition Organizer within 5 calendar days after the evaluation of the submissions via the email address provided upon entry.

Insofar as the winner fails to accept their prize at the time announced by the Competition Organizer, they shall forfeit their right to accept their prize 15 days after the time indicated for a new opportunity to receive the prize, and the Competition Organizer shall announce a new winner. In this case, the Entrant shall not assert any claims for payments to the Competition Organizer on any account whatsoever.

Upon entering their submission, the Entrant states that they have the appropriate legal basis pursuant to the GDPR for the processing and forwarding of the personal data of persons other than the Entrant appearing in the photograph or video.

Apply here: https://forms.gle/KcJXWtjgqyQT3Yos9

Submit your questions to the shmh@hook.hu email address!

Joint Terms and Conditions are here.

Let your creativity speak and share your Hungarian experience!