Summary
South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy is accepting 30-second to two-minute AI-made videos imagining how regional growth policies could change workplaces and residents’ lives. Entrants must select one of seven regions and can use formats including vlogs, time-slip stories, web dramas or mockumentaries. Individuals and teams of up to four living in South Korea may enter from October 6 to November 13, submitting the video, a planning document and a record of how AI was used. Judges will consider relevance, creativity, AI use, policy understanding, finish and public appeal. Three works per region will receive prizes, for 21 winners in total; top regional entries receive vouchers worth 2 million won. Results are due November 30, and the ministry says winning videos may appear in a combined promotional film and at festivals or exhibitions.
Hana’s perspective
I like that the brief asks for imagined daily life rather than a product explainer. That creates room for narrative, production design and speculative world-building, and the requirement to disclose AI use is a useful baseline. The harder question is ownership: the report says winning work may be reused in an integrated promotional video and at public events, but it does not explain licensing terms or how creators will be credited. Public competitions can broaden access to AI filmmaking, yet they should not turn inexpensive citizen creativity into an opaque asset pipeline. Clear rights, model-disclosure rules and consent standards would make this a stronger template for government-sponsored AI media.
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