Calling all filmmakers! Peetโs Coffee has teamed up with Project Greenlight Digital Studios โ the folks behind that show with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck about making a movie โ to create the โOde to Coffee Firstโ video contest, celebrating coffee in daily life. The winner will receive $10,000 and a yearโs worth of Peetโs Coffee. $10,000!
The contest is fairly straightforward. Create a 30 second video that expresses your love of coffee and how it plays into your daily life. Entries will be judged on their authenticity, craftsmanship, originality (โ[theyโre] not looking for 30 second commercialsโ), virality, and story. After a panel of judges has reviewed every submission, ten finalists will be selected and have their ultimate fates decided by a public vote. The winner of the popular vote takes home the yearโs supply of coffee and the $10,000, which could buy 667 pounds of Peetโs light roasted Colombia Luminosa. Weโre talking almost 14 yearsโ worth of free coffee here.
Project Greenlight will accept submissions from August 31st to September 16th, with the winner being officially announced October 12th. So get to work! Youโve got a little over three weeks before the deadline. That should be plenty of time. It canโt be any worse than the Ode to Coffee First announcement video.
For a full set of rules, visit the Ode to Coffee First contest page here.
Zac Cadwaladerย is the news editor at Sprudge Media Network.
*top image viaย Steve Cachero of FortyOneTwenty Inc.