You don't need a project. You need 90 seconds and something to say.
Two cash prizes for the video that makes people care about a green topic. No startup, no organisation, no track record.
Each account may enter one award only — choose the one that fits your work best.
- Applications close
- 10 September 2026
- Winners announced
- late October 2026
Two prizes, two ways to win
One winner is chosen by public vote, the other by the expert panel — so you can win on reach or on craft, and you don't need both. The two prizes are equal, and the two winners must be different entries.
Who it's for
Anyone. An entrepreneur, a member of an organisation, or any community member — there is no requirement to run a venture, an initiative, or an organisation of any kind.
Before you film
These are the rules your entry is screened against, so read them before you make anything.
- Shape
- Vertical — 1080 × 1920, 9:16, the shape a Reel is
- Length
- 90 seconds maximum
- Language
- Arabic voice-over, with English or French subtitles
- Originality
- Made by you, for this award
What to make it about
Your entry must address a green topic relevant to communities in the wider MENA region. Beyond that the choice is deliberately open. You might:
- Explain a green subject in a way that makes it clear and engaging
- Introduce a green idea, practice or technology people may not know about
- Share a good green practice from elsewhere that could work here
- Propose an idea or an approach worth trying
- Raise a green problem and show how it can be addressed
None of these is preferred over the others. A video that simply makes a green topic interesting and accessible is as valid as one built around a problem and its solution.
Using AI
You may use AI tools. We care about the topic you choose and the quality of the content, not the tools you used. One line covers the limit: you may use AI to imagine and dramatise, including showing how a problem could worsen, provided a viewer can tell it is an imagined scenario and not real footage of a real place today.
Fine
- AI visuals clearly framed as a possible future or an illustration — "if nothing changes by 2040"
- Illustrative or stylised imagery of a general scene
- Dramatised scenarios a viewer can recognise as scenarios
Not allowed
- AI visuals presented as documentary footage of how a real place looks today
- A fabricated image of a specific, named, identifiable place presented as real
- Anything a reasonable viewer would take as a real photograph or video of a real event
People, music and standards
- People in your video
- No identifiable person under 16. Someone aged 16 or 17 only with written permission from a parent or guardian. Any identifiable adult only with their written permission.
- Footage and music
- All footage, images, graphics and audio must be your own or used with written permission. One practical warning: a track from a social platform's music library is licensed for your personal post, and that licence usually does not extend to a company reusing your video. You can still enter — but original or free-licence audio means we can share your work everywhere rather than almost everywhere.
- Standards
- No hate speech, discrimination or content targeting any group. No party political or religious campaigning. No promoting a commercial product or brand.
How your application is judged
There is no shortlist and no pitch. Every compliant entry goes straight to the public vote — which is why every entrant has a reason to bring their own audience in. The most-voted entry wins Community Choice. Separately, a panel of green and creative content judges reviews every compliant entry and picks Judges' Choice.
Green topic and educational value
Is the topic well chosen and relevant to communities in the region, and does the viewer come away having learned something worthwhile?
Clarity of message
Is it easy to follow, and does the point land within 90 seconds?
Production quality
Visual appeal, editing, pacing, sound, polish.
Creative execution
Creativity and originality of the idea and the approach.
Bring an audience and win the Community Choice. Bring craft and win the Judges' Choice.
Key dates
- Applications close
- 10 September 2026
- Winners announced
- late October 2026
Apply in Arabic, English or French
Questions
Do I need an existing channel or a following?
No. The Judges' Choice prize is decided on the video alone. Community Choice rewards reach, but that is a separate route to winning, not a requirement to enter.
Can I use AI tools to make the video?
Yes, with one rule: don't present anything AI-generated as real footage of a real place today. Framing it as an illustration, a projection or a dramatised scenario is fine.
What language does the video have to be in?
The video itself needs Arabic voice-over, with English or French subtitles. The application form can be completed in Arabic, English or French.