Creative ChallengeONE MINUTE IN...
- NEW YORK
- SAN FRANCISCO
- LOS ANGELES
- AND MORE
Oct 9, 0:00 (EDT) - Oct 25, 23:59 (EDT)
Capture U.S. cities through your eyes in one minute.
It can be a city, a neighborhood, a sound, a piece of history, or a personal impression.
Turn landmarks, communities, people, music, film, technology, and everyday life into a compact and vivid one-minute story.
Recommended Directions
City Portrait
Focus on a place in a U.S. city. It could be a landmark, a neighborhood, a shop, a street, or a place that holds special meaning for you.
Through architecture, atmosphere, people, sounds, and details, reveal the unique character of this place and why it represents the city to you.
AI Original Short
Create an original fictional short film set in a U.S. city.
The city should not simply serve as a background, but become part of the story, shaping the characters’ choices, emotions, rhythm, and fate.
History Short
Tell the story of a historical moment, landmark, neighborhood, or cultural transformation in a U.S. city.
Combine factual research, narration, archival materials, and other elements to help the audience understand and feel how the city has changed over time.
Abstract Film
Transform your personal impression of a U.S. city into an abstract film.
Use metaphor, rhythm, sound, color, and surreal imagery to express emotions such as freedom, ambition, loneliness, and other emotions. Through a distinct personal perspective and a strong artistic style, express your personal vision of life in the United States.
Timeline
Challenge Opens
Oct 9, 0:00 (EDT)
Submission Deadline
Oct 25, 23:59 (EDT)
Winners Announced
November 6
Judging Criteria
Judges will look for
- An original idea that responds clearly to the theme One Minute in... and offers a distinctive personal perspective.
- Strong visual choices, including composition, color, framing, movement, and overall image quality.
- A clear sense of progression, whether through narrative, rhythm, contrast, transformation, or emotional development.
- A meaningful portrayal of American city culture through places, people, sounds, history, daily life, or atmosphere.
- Polished editing, sound design, timing, and overall production quality.
Scoring Weights
- Creative Concept: 25%
- Visual Quality: 20%
- Storytelling: 20%
- City Culture & Atmosphere: 20%
- Technical Execution: 15%
Terms
- Grand Prize winners are not eligible for the Featured Selection Award.
- Winners will be announced after the challenge concludes and final review is completed.
- Credit rewards will be distributed within 2 weeks after the challenge ends.
- Credit rewards are valid for 2 months from the date of issuance.
- All entries must be original and must not infringe upon any third party's intellectual property rights, portrait rights, or other lawful rights and interests.
- Any legal disputes arising from entries shall be the sole responsibility of the participant.
- Entries must not contain illegal, explicit, violent, discriminatory, hateful, or otherwise prohibited content that violates platform community standards.
- Pollo AI reserves the right to disqualify any entry that violates the rules or platform policies, or involves fraudulent submissions, plagiarism, or misuse of another person's work.
- By participating in this challenge, creators grant Pollo AI, with creator attribution where applicable, permission to use entries for campaign promotion, featured showcases, website showcases, social media distribution, product case studies, and other non-commercial promotional purposes without additional compensation.
- Pollo AI reserves the right to make final decisions regarding eligibility, rule interpretation, and disqualification.