A European video contest to promote entrepreneurship

2009 is the European Year of innovation and creativity. For those European not surfing from time to time on the jumble of European internet portals , it is a pretty hidden information. Though, a number of events organised during the year at the occasion are worth a glimpse. Undoubtly, the European Entrepreneurship Video Award initiative, organised ahead of the European SME Week, is part of the category.

Almost 250 internet video producers, rookies up to professionals, have uploaded their footages (maximum 3 min.) where they bore a message promoting either entrepreneurial spirit, innovative entrepreneurship or responsible entrepreneurship. The winners were announced in the award ceremony of May 6th, in Brussels.

The winner in the category Entrepreneurial spirit comes from Hungary. Ducsai SZABOLCS shows a race between two hamsters. The first is an employee, the second is the entrepreneur. No surprise, the latter demonstrates much more innovative skills and out of the box thinking than the “employee hamster”. At the end of the story, the entrepreneur gets it all: freedom and food.

I especially like the second best video selected by the jury, coming from Greece. Technicaly  simpler, the end message is targeted and strong.

The third award in the category goes to a Italian footage, advocating through a “dolls metaphore”, virtues of collaboration between entrepreneurs.

The other video a to be discovered on SME Week Channel. Or on Youtube ( tag: EEVA 09)