Calling All Creators Nationwide... Dongducheon City to Hold "Village Media Video Contest"

Dongducheon City in Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Park Hyungdeok) will hold the "2025 Dongducheon City Village Media Video Contest" to discover the hidden charms of the region and expand citizen-participatory promotional content.

Poster for the "2025 Dongducheon City Village Media Video Contest." Provided by Dongducheon City

This contest is open to everyone regardless of region or age, and participants are free to create videos that promote Dongducheon. Any video that captures the appeal of Dongducheon-such as local festivals, natural tourist attractions, hands-on experiences, historical and cultural resources, or popular restaurants-can be submitted without restrictions on format. Each entry must be within three minutes including end credits and should be submitted in a standard video file format such as mp4, avi, or mov.

The submission period is until 6:00 p.m. on December 12. Entrants must upload their video to their own social media account and then submit the required documents along with the post URL via email. Application forms and related documents can be downloaded from the Dongducheon City Hall and Dongducheon Media Center websites.

Dongducheon City will select outstanding works with a total prize pool of 13.5 million won. The grand prize winner will receive 3 million won, the top excellence award 1.5 million won, two excellence awards of 1 million won each, five encouragement awards of 700,000 won each, and ten popularity awards of 300,000 won each. In addition, a separate "Village Media Award" (500,000 won) has been established to support the Village Media Club at the Media Center.

An official from the Dongducheon Media Center said, "We hope this contest will be an opportunity to discover new charms of Dongducheon as seen by citizens and creators from across the country," and added, "We look forward to widely promoting Dongducheon's inspiration and value through creative video content."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.