youthful creative
The international youth competition jugend creativ has been held annually since 1970 and is the largest youth competition in the world with an entry in the Guinness Book of Records . Around 1.3 million children and young people take part every year. Children from the 1st to the 13th grade can participate. Participation is possible in the disciplines of painting / image design (from 1st grade) and short film (from 5th grade). The best work is awarded first on a local, then on a regional, national and ultimately on an international level. The competition theme changes annually.
In Germany , jugend creativ is organized by many participating Volksbanks and Raiffeisenbanks . In Finland , France , Italy (South Tyrol), Luxembourg , Austria and Switzerland , where the competition also takes place, the local cooperative banks organize the competition.
The competition takes up important topics and events of the time, in which children and young people are particularly interested. It enables a creative examination of topics that change every year. With youth creativ, the Volksbanken and Raiffeisenbanken would like to offer a contribution to the personal development of young people and complement and support the schools in their educational mission. Children and adolescents should become young global citizens who, with curiosity and interest, help shape their society and thus their future. Jugend creativ is part of a broad social commitment by the Volksbanken and Raiffeisenbanken.
Conditions of participation
In the area of painting / image design , all pupils in grades 1 to 13 as well as young people up to 18 years of age who have already completed school can take part. Everyone is only allowed to paint one picture, group work is not permitted. The pictures are judged according to age group by neutral juries at local, state, federal and international level. The best pictures in each case will be passed on. All techniques of image composition are allowed, such as B. painting, drawing, graphic design, collages, montages, photography and digital image processing. The thesis must be submitted in A3 format (42 × 30 cm).
In the short film section , all pupils in grades 5 to 13 and young people up to 18 years of age who have already completed school can take part. The films are all judged together in a joint evaluation group at the state and federal level, and in some cases also at the local level. The best films in each case will be passed on. All film and video techniques as well as computer-generated clips are permitted. All types of film, from feature films to documentaries, clips, trailers, animated and experimental films or mixed forms are possible. The film should not be longer than five minutes, and at most ten minutes. A copy of the film must be submitted on DVD in a format that can be played on a commercially available DVD player or on VHS cassette.
The submitted contributions can usually not be returned. The winners will be notified. The judges' decision is final. Relatives of employees of a cooperative bank can also take part, but their work will be assessed separately.