2025 "Eternal Sea Dreamcatcher" MAD Contest

2025 "Eternal Sea Dreamcatcher" Poster/Artist: Gui Ganggang

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Preface:

The "Eternal Sea Dreamcatcher" MAD Contest, originally named Dream Festival, is a MAD competition organized by 拾沿青.

To put it bluntly, the original intention was to fulfill the dream of becoming a judge, after all, who doesn’t have a bit of a quirky dream in their youth?

The third "Eternal Sea Dreamcatcher" is also the final edition, powered by the organizer, 拾沿青, out of love.

Eternal Sea Dreamcatcher: The cold moon is bright, snowflakes fall gently, and shining dreams emerge like stars. The timeless sea, have you found the boat that drifted by in those days?

Go be the wind, go create dreams. You are still you, the wind that cannot be defined.

This is the final edition. Cherish every moment. Everything has its time to come and go. May you always stay true to yourself, create the work of your dreams, continue to improve, have a bright future, and be as free as the wind.

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2023 Work Review:

2021-2023 Dream Festival Two-Session Work Mashup:

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Timeline:

Submission period: March 1st - May 31st (Submission is considered as registration).

Public release date of submissions: Around June 15th.

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Competition Rules:

1. No theme restrictions. Create whatever type of MAD you want.

2. Please submit your work in the group as much as possible. Do not engage in off-topic discussions. If you have any questions, you can @mention or privately message the group owner.

3. The competition will publicly announce the list of all participants, but the results of the works will not be disclosed. Each work will receive at least one comment. (We hope participants stay true to themselves and trust their own judgment.)

4. Works that are poorly edited, excessively vulgar, antisocial, anti-human, obvious imitations, or clearly unfinished will not be considered for selection.

5. This competition allows for duo collaborations and MEPs. Collaborative submissions have a higher chance of receiving exclusive "Eternal Sea Dreamcatcher" merchandise.

6. All judges and organizers will not participate in the competition.

7. During the competition, participants are not allowed to publicly submit their entries on any platform (including but not limited to Douyin, Kuaishou, Weibo, Bilibili, etc.).

8. Competition QQ group: 915709081. All relevant information about the competition will be published here.

   Password to join the group: 0908.

9. Chinese animation works are likely to have competition-exclusive merchandise drops.

10. This is the final edition of the competition. Please make sure not to cut corners and submit a piece you are truly satisfied with, so as not to disappoint the expectations of all the judges.

      If you have any objections to the above competition rules, you may choose not to participate in this competition.

     

Contest QQ group

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Judges:

WaiHang_（用心做MAD）

T--K（人之道，损不足而奉有余 )

JF·下弦（我也想一直做自己喜欢的东西）

哈露ちゃん（希望自己的MAD能感动所有看的人）

97Keys_（那我6月看看）

漂泊の途（或许还会做下去）

Chtholly丶Ayla（做自己喜欢的）

五条闲SA（厚积而薄发）

-拾沿青-（不会剪你爱看的，我只剪我喜欢的）

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Submission Requirements:

1. The minimum duration is no less than 1 minute, and the maximum duration should not exceed 8 minutes.

2. Looping is strictly prohibited in the competition.

3. The resolution of the submission should be 1080P; format: mp4; bitrate should be controlled within 12mbps (H264/AVC encoding); there are no restrictions on the frame rate.

4. The size of the submission should be controlled within 400MB (depending on the submission).

5. You can use any materials you wish, but the animation/comic clips must account for more than 80% of the total content.

6. Please include the logo of this competition in your work for at least 1-2 seconds. The logo can be found in the "亘海拾梦" competition group files.

7. During the competition, the organizer may make changes or additions to the competition rules based on unforeseen circumstances or emergencies and will announce them promptly. Please stay alert for notifications when necessary.

8. When submitting your work, please include your cover (PNG or JPG), a message you want to convey written in a TXT file, and add them along with the video submission into a RAR compressed folder. The compressed folder should be named as 【Eternal Sea Dreamcatcher】_【Your ID】_【Your Work Title】.

   If it's a collaborative submission, please name the compressed folder as (Collaborative)【Eternal Sea Dreamcatcher】_【ID1&ID2】_【Your Work Title】.

   If it's an MEP, please name the compressed folder as (MEP)【Eternal Sea Dreamcatcher】+【Team Name】+【Work Title】.

9. After completing the submission, send your work directly to 核桃长苔藓 at 1252051536@qq.com. You can also join the competition group, where there will be a submission confirmation to prove that your submission was successful.

10. This competition will use anonymous scoring, so apart from the competition logo, do not include the author's ID in the submission. All submissions can only be made public after the competition results are announced. If any submission is made public beforehand, the contestant's name will be retained, but the score will be invalid, and the ranking will be shifted to the next participant.

(The organizers have the right to interpret the rules of the competition.)

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Submission Format Guidelines:

The submissions should be sent to the email: 1252051536@qq.com.

Email Format:

Subject: [2025亘海拾梦MAD大赛] Your Nickname

Body:

Participation Type: Individual/Double Submission (Choose one)

Author Name: XXXXXXXXXXX (For collaborations, please list all author names or team name)

Work Title: XXXXXXXXX

Work Introduction:

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Contact Information: XXXXXXXXX (QQ or other contact information)

Note: Do not include the author's ID in the submission. The submission file should only have the work's title in the remarks. The author's name, work title, and work description should be written in a separate document and submitted together to the "Lu Guo Yi Zhi Mie" email.

        "Nut Tao Chang Tai Xian" will check whether participants have removed their IDs from the anonymous submission. Please make sure to respond in a timely manner.

        If there are any issues like failing the review during the subsequent public submissions, participants will be reminded to modify the content by adding a mosaic and continue uploading. This is the final edition, so I hope you all enjoy the process.

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Prize Money: (No division by track)

First place: 3000 RMB

Second place: 2000 RMB

Third place: 1000 RMB

Best Emotional Expression Award: 200 RMB

Best Visual Arrangement Award: 200 RMB

Best Newcomer Award: 66 RMB (6 winners)

PS:

Merchandise: Exclusive "Eternal Sea Dreamcatcher" posters, custom mugs, and more. The number of finalists is generally between 25-30, depending on the quality and quantity of the submitted works.

             The top ten will receive a merchandise gift box (the gift box will contain all the merchandise from the final edition).

Note: If submissions exceed 100, a group poster will be unlocked and shipping will be free (this is the last event, one must have dreams).

        No matter the outcome, may every MADER who loves creating continue to pursue and achieve their own dreams in the future.

Special Thanks: ----Poetry's Sponsorship

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