December 21, 2005 through April 14, 2006. All entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time on April 14, 2006.
Yes, you may enter as many times as you like, but you must fill out a new form for each entry.
Yes, however, only one prize will be awarded per entry.
Yes. Please see the Contest Rules for more information.
Entries will be judged based on the following four criteria: 1) Concept (30%); 2) Production Quality (30%); 3) Script/Screenplay (20%); 4) Use of Firefox Logo, Name, or Tagline (10%); 5) Jingle or Soundtrack (10%).
We've assembled an amazing panel of judges from advertising to both the big and small screens. See the Judges page for information.
First, this is a great to get your work in front of a panel of expert judges from the film, television, and advertising world. As far as the package that will arrive on your doorstep, you could win a grand prize of either a $5,000 gift certificate to B&H, the premier photo and video source for professionals, a 9X Media multi-screen display, or an AlienWare media PC. You can read more about our prizes and prize sponsors at the Prizes and Sponsors page.
To enter the contest, go to the Ad Contest submission page. Complete and submit the online registration form and using the tools provided on the Entry Page, submit your 30-second video ad.
For initial consideration, you will need to upload a compressed, half-NTSC-resolution, full frame rate MPEG-4. When your entry is accepted, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions for mailing us the full-size media. Your final media should be uncompressed and full resolution -- minimum 720x480 DV or 720x486 NTSC, though HD formats are also accepted. In the event that we decide to broadcast the winning entries, the target broadcast format will be NTSC, so 29.97fps is preferred; however, 24/30fps is also acceptable.
All entrants who submit ads will receive email confirmation with instructions for mailing in the full sized media. If you don't receive an email confirmation after submitting your ad (remember, it may take several hours to upload and register your ad), please contact us at ad-submissions@mozilla.com.
Should you have any additional questions on the contest, please contact us at ad-support@mozilla.com.
Absolutely! We think that Firefox Flicks is a great opportunity for students to participate in a real world, high visibility campaign with expert judges from the film, television, and advertising industries.
Yes. For the purposes of this contest, you may use the Firefox name and logo. For more information, see the Mozilla Trademark Policy.
Not without permission from the owner of those materials.
Yes. You may submit ads in languages other than English. For non-English ads, you will need to submit a full and accurate script or subtitles.
To receive high resolution copies of the Firefox name and logo artwork, please send mail to ad-support@mozilla.com with your full name, your address, the intended use, and the size and resolution required.
If you're looking for additional materials, from music to video footage to artwork and graphics, we suggest you investigate public domain media. Creative Commons has a nice search service for locating public domain media. You can read more about the public domain at Wikipedia.
Please use the 4:3 aspect ration for your entries.
In the early days of the contest, we'll only post videos from contestants that agree to share their work early (and possibly do blog interviews, behind the scenes info, etc.)