Uploaded September 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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• // R E A D | T H E | D E S C R I P T I O N \\ •

Thank you for the wonderful response we had to our request for judges! We have narrowed down our choices for Head and Co-Head Judges based on who we think has the necessary experience, enthusiasm and specialism in each category. There were some very hard decisions to make, as some categories were very popular among those hoping to become Head Judges, but we feel we've made the right choices, and trust that they will do a wonderful job.

This year, the categories are overseen by three admins: JessieH498, Ink3264 and sunheart123. This is for organisational purposes. Power over the category still resides with the Head and Co-Head judge, we are simply here to make sure that everything is going smoothly with the competition. Each admin is overseeing categories that best fit their experience of editing.

Admin: JessieH498 -- overseeing the very popular categories that usually get the largest numbers of entries as well as the prestigious Editor and Studio of the Year awards.

• Editor Of The Year
Head Judge: JessieH498
Co-Head Judge: sunheart123

• Studio Of The Year
Head Judge: Lacrymosai
Co-Head Judge: - cstar7777

• Best Short Video
Head Judge: Tophergasm
Co-Head Judge: JessieH498

• Best Emotion
Head Judge: xBrokeDownx
Co-Head Judge: Spazzlings

• Best Canon
Head Judge: SunnyTheGraverobber
Co-Head Judge: LostInZanarkand

• Best Comedy
Head Judge: artlessangel
Co-Head Judge: XxImaginaryHeartsxX

Admin: sunheart123 - Overseeing categories that allow for more creative and original usage of gmv footage, such as the creation of stories, crossovers and use of effects/masking.

• Best Flow
Head Judge: sunheart123
Co-Head Judge: LinkedxMemories

• Best Masker
Head Judge: kawtem
Co-Head Judge: EmoLobster

• Best Crack
Head Judge: cstar7777
Co-Head Judge: xBrokeDownx

• Best Crossover
Head Judge: Spazzlings
Co-Head Judge: blooddragon668

• Best Effects
Head Judge: blooddragon668
Co-Head Judge: TheLightLeavesThee

• Best Storyteller
Head Judge: LostInZanarkand
Co-Head Judge: artlessangel

Admin: Ink3264 -- Overseeing the more technical categories and those that deal with entries created by multiple editors.

• Best Basic Software
Head Judge: AzenaKira
Co-Head Judge: strangeangel03

• Best Trailer
Head Judge: Ink3264
Co-Head Judge: XxImaginaryHeartsxX

• Best Raw
Head Judge: LinkedxMemories
Co-Head Judge: Stephicness

• Best Group Project
Head Judge: Stephicness
Co-Head Judge: Ink3264

• Best Collaboration
Head Judge: TheLightLeavesThee
Co-Head Judge: Lacrymosai

He hope that everyone is happy with what they have been allocated. As we mentioned above, some categories had many applicants, so we had to be very objective when making our choices. In any case, we are really looking forward to getting the awards up and running and working with our new Head and Co-Head Judges!

Applications for normal judges are still open, and we need as many as possible! You can apply to be a normal judge at any time before the end of the year. Unfortunately, we did not have enough Head/Co-Head positions available for everyone who applied for them, but those who did not get picked will simply be normal judges.

We hope you're all looking forward to the return of the awards! We definitely are!

Best Wishes,
The GMV Awards admin team. x

Video Info --
Song: Into the Red -- Rush Soundtrack (Hans Zimmer)
GMV Footage: Final Fantasy series, Kingdom Hearts series.