Uploaded December 2016 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago

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Welcome back to the 7th annual GMV Awards for 2016! We're so excited to be back, and eagerly awaiting your entries! Show us what you can do. :)

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The Categories:

• Editor Of The Year: Nominate an Editor you admire for Editor of the year!
Enter Here: youtube.com/watch?v=EfbBWunlMUM

• Studio Of The Year: Do you run a studio? Or follow a truly inspiring one? Then put them forward for Studio of the year!
Enter Here: youtube.com/watch?v=NdXtSSwc7Oc

• Best Short Video: Can you impress in 60 seconds or less?
Enter Here: youtube.com/watch?v=QcZQGppwWYc

• Best Canon: Sometimes the true unadulterated beauty of a video game's story is all you need. The true skill lies in invoking those same feelings faithfully.
Enter Here: youtube.com/watch?v=hgSi5v2qWfU

• Best Collaboration: Two's company, and sometimes that's all that's needed for a wonderful collaborative GMV.
Enter Here: youtube.com/watch?v=zuDeCfgA3Bo

• Best Effects: The effects category is about as freestyle as you can get, have fun with it!
Enter Here: youtube.com/watch?v=DpwzYGL72Q4

• Best Emotion: Some videos connect with us in a way that is beyond words, flowing from heart to video in their creation and vice versa in their reception.
Enter Here: youtube.com/watch?v=emJryFy_ulM

Best Flow: When technical flow becomes second nature, the true flow of meaning can come through.
Enter Here: youtube.com/watch?v=UdiXuIzlMFQ

• Best Group Project: A GMV project on a larger scale, with more participants and more organization needed, is hard to pull off. But you guys do it consistently!
Enter Here: youtube.com/watch?v=5HxlRH2A3ss

• Best Masker: Probably the most difficult and advantageous tool at an editor's disposal.
Enter Here: youtube.com/watch?v=Nm21lkyBQ_k

• Best Raw: Sometimes less is more, the Raw category allows clips to be taken at face value, prioritizing flow and meaning above all.
Enter Here: youtube.com/watch?v=IpGM6Go5IX8

• Best Storyteller: A good story is one thing, but telling it effectively is another matter altogether.
Enter Here: youtube.com/watch?v=V-3m1qiBSxE

• Best Trailer: Trailers leave us wanting more, can you do the same?
Enter Here: youtube.com/watch?v=V6Tphxc1FzY

• Best Romance: Can you make us fall for your OTP as hard as you have? Can you show the depths and meanings of their relationships?
Enter Here: youtube.com/watch?v=OAWBZztXFzk

We are still on the hunt for more judges, so if you want to be even more involved than submitting your awesome videos! Please speak to any Head Judge and they can assist you with the applying to be a judge process!