Travel Video Contest 2015 - All Videos
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My Second Chance at Life
I was an introvert and I had never been outside my country to travel the world. But everything changed after I learned from my experience when I was dying and lost my friend. I began to work and save my money to travel. I have been travelling around...
Place Yourself Where You Want To Be
What does it take to be happy? My life experiences made me realise the potential people have when they really want something. We have one life, and my goal is to do something that will make me happy I want to inspire people, through music. This is my story
The Missing Piece
Since I left France to study abroad, all I want is to discover different cultures to better understand our world. And I would like to visit people more than places. That's why my video illustrates through this puzzle my project to go on an adventure in Mexico! ...
The Last Piece
I plan to study abroad in Brazil in order to learn Protugese because my school no longer offers it. I want to learn the language in order to apply it to my desired career which is Internal health and Infectous disease control, which I plan to get my Masters in...
To Make the World Know
Studying abroad in the United States of America will teach me to challenge myself to be innovative. I would like to inform, seek truck, and want justice.
St. Catherine - Short Dcoumentary
It is a short documentary about the beautiful town of St.Catherine in south Sinai Egypt. Showing the truth about their people, Way of life, and their Surroundings.
A Step Closer to Dream
Travel means knowledge to me. I grew up in a mountainous village in Tibet, where we had no fundamental facilities such as electricity, schools, and hospitals. I was a yak herder on mountains that are 15,000 feet above sea level. At age of 9 a serious illness brought me to...
Overcoming My Phobias Though Travel
As a Chinese student from main land China, I chose to study in the capital city from home for college in 2013. In Beijing, I started to take my first job and by doing that I could travel on my own expenditure. In 2013 and 2014, I’ve traveled to most...
Using Visuals as a Form of Therapy
I am aiming to take a short course on photography portfolio-making in January 2016 at UAL, London. I am hoping to improve my knowledge and get to know other professionals. This will give me an opportunity to challenge myself, improve my current work and remain inspired. After this I'll return...
Áhoj! Try to spell it right!
This video represents an unstoppable spirit of one young girl from Macedonia that had decided to change her life, by taking a big risk to study a language she had never spoken before. Th goal of this 5 minute story is to motivate everyone to overcome their fears and follow...
A Lass Half Full
‘Lass’ is a Scottish term for girl, and in this video, I show my optimism for achieving great things as a woman travelling to America to study. While I provide evidence that my hometown of Scotland is a great place for innovation and creativity, it is also clear that Graduate...
Finding My Path
Even before starting my undergraduate studies, I already envisioned myself taking a Masters degree in International Relations. Without really thinking about where exactly I wanted to go with it, I just kind of knew that it was something I wanted to do. I’ve had to take a few detours, so...
Ode to Manhattan, Sonnet for London
I'll be going to London, England Spring 2016 to study Shakespeare at the Royal Academy of the Dramatic Arts through NYU. I'm one of the 16 students accepted to the program, where I'll be studying everything Shakespeare. This video is a love letter to New York City, to Shakespeare himself...
Help Change the World
My trip to Sydney, Australia is to study out there at Hillsong International Leadership College. A school that specializes in helping students like me, passionate in wanting to make a difference in peoples lives. I talk about who I am, my heart behind why I do what I do and...
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Malaysia, Truly Asia
I am a passionate Malaysian girl that studying in VCU at US. In this video, I am going to talk about what major did I choose and how VCU helps me to come into realization of what career I am going to pursue after I graduate. Besides, this summer...
Hug the World
Hello I am Omer and I from Turkey.I am a amateur photographer,cinematographer and director. Last year i went to spain for an exchange student. It was an amazing experience! I decided to start shoting a documentary about my exchange year and all exhange students in the world (Hug The World)....
5 Minutes: #AyudameAyudar
My video is an episode of the show "60 Minutes". In the show I am being interviewed about my plans for the future and how I would use the winnings from this contest to help me learn the skills and process to set up a medical mission trip in my...
L' Attente
I spent a semester in the USA. It has been a great experience but I had to face many challenges. This year I'll spend a semester in Mexico where I hope to improve my Spanish and to discover such an amazing culture. The video is about the beginning of a...
Au Gold
Au is a shorter version of my movie. In chemistry it is the symbol of Gold. Since I am a friendly person and I tend to help others, my friends call me that. Our own life is a trip, next year I would love to start a Masters. I...
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Using video as a tool to get a better perception of our message, and as encouragement for young lady everywhre to be the best version of themselves
Study Abroad
My video gives a brief introduction of my country and my future plans through studying abroad. it is a dream of mine to study outside my country. I believe we get to see the world with different eyes. We become more self aware, independent, improve language, learn new education styles...
Home
I am a person who loves to invite new, creative, and exciting challenges into my life. This is the first video I have ever made, and what a whirlwind of an adventure it has been. I have learned so much about myself, in addition to taking time to reflect about...
Tears of My Heart
I am looking forward to my Bachelor's of Music (composition) study trip in Sydney, Australia. I really want to expand my knowledge and skill in music education.
The Path Train
This story is based on my personal happening in the Path train, running from New Jersey to Manhattan. I made a small mistake in the train and I went through it in a funny way with other's generosity. Through this experience, I could learn cultural difference between Korea and the...
A Beautiful Day in Mardan
This video is about the views of my village after rain...i have a craze for Nature and i love it i always capture pics and videos when its beautiful Weather i Want to create documentry about nature but dueto the lack of resources and oppurtunity i cant complete my dream...
Morocco Through My Lens
I have had the unique privilege to be a part of a variety of service learning trips around the world pursuing education. My most recent trip was to Morocco, this video shows just a fraction of the service learning I experienced. I was able to experience a new culture and...
I Love London
I have been in London various times: a fascinating and pleasant city in every period of the year. Autumn, Winter, Summer, every season knows how to give some characteristic particular and feel yourself part of the city.
Beyond Travelling
I will be studying abroad spring 2016 semester in Santiago, Chile through USAC. I will be taking classes there in order to fulfill the rest of the credits for my International Spanish minor through Michigan Tech. In my video I describe my past travels and how they have influenced my...
Pursuing My Passion
I am participating in this video contest to fund my MBA, I had been accepted to Bond University in Robina, Australia; starting on May 2016. In my exhaustive search for financial aid; I learned that unless you were an academic merit student, there are not many options out there. That...
A Story of Inspiration, Imagination and Determination
Due to my life experience, If I can take any trip, It will be one where I can make a difference, in this case it will be El Salvador; Most people associate El Salvador with violence, but I'm able to see beyond that and what I'm able to see is...
Big (Apple) Dream
I was very motivated when I found out about this contest, since I'm doing my best to apply and enter a college in NYC, next fall 2016 and I need all the help I can get! I talk about my plans and why NCY. I share examples of what this...
Short Distance, Long Journey
Using a stop-motion video to express the trade-off between "going back to home country" after graduation and "continue to study". It makes me wonder and rebalance the meaning of traveling. Finally I got my answers.
The Year Through My Eyes
I got selected on the Kennedy Lugar Youth Exchange and Study program last year which allowed me to experience the American Culture at its closest and I also got the privilege to study in an American High School. I had always heard bad things about the United States living in...
Wrong Turn
This video is about how the wrong turn I made in my career affected my whole life path.
To Capture Beauty
I am studying in London, England in September 2016. I will be studying Fashion / Fine Art Photography. When visiting London I was captivated by how much creativity and drive was there. London inspires me to create more. I am determined to study, live, and breathe in London...
From "Bichino do Coco" to Jordan
My journey starts from my small village in Piauf State, Brazil. As a child my family and I used to eat something called "bichinho do coco", a worm from the cocoa nut. My story continues through the chronicles of my education, an internship working at the YMCA in Texas, a...
Writing My Way
With one book published and two more on the way, i wish to develop my writing skills academically. Due to external circumstances, I ended up enrolled in a civil engineering program, pushing my passion aside. But now I am focused on studying abroad so I can really invest in...
Somehwere in Malaysia
In this trip, I explored one of the regions in Malaysia called Afor Setar. It is within the state of Kedah. The video told about a boy who encouraged himself to go outside his country. After he arrived in Malaysia, he found many things in that country. And the adventure...
Baltic Trip - The Travel of my Life
The video describes the trip my friends and I did this summer, among the main cities of the Baltic Sea. We start from Riga (Latvia), to Tallinn (Estonia), St. Petersburg (Russia), Helsinki (Finland) and Stockholm (Sweden). The video is filmed with a Gopro Hero 3, and composed with Adobe Premier...
Achieving Extraordinary
I just Started my first year as a freshman in San Francisco. I will be studying in seven cities within the next four years. I will be studying in the following cities for each semester from second year consecutively; 2016-->Berlin, Buenos Aires 2017--> Seoul, Bangalore 2018--> Istanbul, London. This...
18 Monate in Deutschland
I will be studying and traveling in Germany for 18 months and have made this video to show case all the incredible opportunities I have already had and look forward to. I set the video to an iconic German song about living life to the fullest because that is what...
Going Places
Living in a third world country, I strive, as nineteen-year old undergraduate student, to continue honing and developing my skills in filmmaking. I use this passion to document all of my biggest journeys especially this year's, when I was selected as a participant to three funded International Student programs: the...
If You Can Dream It, You Can Do It
This video was made with 781 photos of polymer clay sculptures. I want to become an international student in the USA. It's the best place for someone like me - future musical theaer student. I want to explore new places and face new challenges. I'm so ready to...
A Story of Discovery, Determination and Passion
My friend that I met at Full Sail is going back to Thailand to visit her family during the Christmas holidays. She has been telling me about the amazing things in Bangkok and has shown me a lot about Thai cuisine. She wants to bring me to Thailand to show...
Migrants
During my last trip back to France. I asked my father Eduardo Garcia. and my Aunt Trinidad Thiebaud, to tell me the story of our family. Why, my grandpa decided to emigrate from Spain to France in 1959. Back in Brooklyn, listening to France Inter, the French national radio, I...
Italian Vibe
After I visited Italy, all of my thoughts have been dedicated to studying in film school there. The italian vibe and the new wave cinematography of Federico Fellini, Bernardo Bertolucci, and Roberto Benigni are really inspiring me so I hope to visit this magnificent country again as a student. During...
Chance to Grow
Traveling is more than just a physical experience. It is a chance for emotional, mental, and spiritual growth. I believe that once you begin to be "PRESENT" in all moments -- good or bad -- during your travels. Your highest benefit will be achieved from that. Every...
Generations' Heritage
You are probably asking what country I chose. I began my video presenting the birth of of the Jewish religion and of the Jewish people by the Covenant of God with Abraham at the Oak of Mamre approximately 2000 B.C.E. When I mentioned "Jacob and his sons" I refered to...
My Journey of a Thousand Miles
In just one year as an exchange student many things have changed and I met hundreds of new people that had a huge impact on my life. Now that I'm back to the U.S. as an International student, I'm planning on traveling after I graduate early from high school. I...
The Artist
I plan to travel to London, Ontario in Canada to study Interactive Media and Design. I then hope to transfer to Sheridan (top rated school for animation) to take their 3D animation course. My video shows some of my animation skills and other artworks of mine, while describing how art...
Living the World
This video is about my trip to America. This video tells about my dream, experience, feeling and learnings during my journey to America as my post-doctoral research program.
Argentina Study Abroad
A video of my 4 months living in Argentina with SOL Study abroad. I made this video for my school's media department and won first place. My time in Argentina was the best time of my life. I met my best friends, my boyfriend, and people I will never forget.
My World
Scenes are interconnected through artificial and pre/post designed visual bridges, there I personally committed to the spiritual language of cinema. Nomadic type of enquiry on meaningful visuals related to the absurdity of strikes, seminars, non violent struggles where it goes?, I BEEN Filming in Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and travelling unintentionally....
Exploring: Kolkata
Have had a trip of one alone with my backpack. Roaming the one of the oldest city on India Kolkata. Got taste of different people different culture,Night life,Ups ad down of people's life, subtle happiness,Vibe of life, Pride of abstract, and different types of foods.
Mexico Lindo
The video presents part of my work as a film producer and connects my previous experiences with my current research goals in the field of Latin American Cinema. The Study Abroad Program Mexico 2016 is a short but intensive program for graduate and under undergraduate the topic “Narrating students violence...
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever
I would like to give the information that young children our forgotten in our region. The peculiarities of the traditional upbringing of children in our region can be characterized by one word - isolation. Even a healthy born child in a family risks abandonment to their development and...
The Pursuit of Color Green
Life in my hometown shaped the curiosity and adventure spirits within me. My childhood was marked with frequent travels to the countryside, the hometown of my father and ancestors. That's why I was so used to seeing the color green from the trees, weeds and fields everywhere. But my life...
Sublime Events
Well my career path has been filming and this video contest brings the oppurtunity of a lifetime. My video is about showing the skills that i have adopted through the years up to the point that I am capable of designing of my shooting rigs which does cut expenses in...
Florence Study Abroad
I studied in Florence, Italy for my entire Junior year of college (2014 of August - 2015 of May). My video encompasses my trip and experience in just 3 minutes, providing compelling video, voice over, and music. My goal of the video is to inspire younger students to study abroad...
The Flowers of Success
My video says the reasons of my success in my life. I have brought my school stories over my video and all the good and bold works that my school, "Morefat", has done for me. I have included the reasons why I want to study abroad and what is the...
Counting My Blessings
One would easily agree with the old Chinese saying that: “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a first step”. I Kenyanya Chepline Ombasa born in Migori County from Kenya, feel privileged to share with you my true life experience in the University of Eastern Africa, Baraton. Whenever I...
Road to Campus Drive
Road to Campus Drive talks about the project created during my international study experience in the United States, at the University of California Irvine. I come from Tuscany, Italy, and when I got in the US I started writing my blog as a kind of logbook. But after a while...
Eat Lots of Cherries
This video, that is composed of clips I've been filming in my trips, is a brief summary of my life this past year. I'm Spanish and I started my studies in Sevilla University (Andalucía, Spain), from where I went to the University of Rouen, in France. It was there where...
Franco-American Adventures
I have been living in France for three years since graduation teaching English and pursuing my career as a professional dancer. I am planning to do a study abroad in reverse by returning to the U.S. as I was recently accepted to continue my professional training at the American Musical...
Summer
This is a video of my summer semester, my first year of studying abroad, and is a short film that portrays the people I have met during my study and the different international students cultural event, I have gathered in one place but have been to some many countries through...
My Acheivments Are Tools, Not Goals
Mother was an English Language teacher in Iraq. Before my mom past away in 2004 I promised her I will be a doctor or something in the society. But because I need money I worked and I didn't care about my study. Instead of studying medicine, I pursued my...
The London Life
The trip I will be taking is a summer Global Internship program in London through Temple University. It is 8 weeks in London of a full time internship where I will be immersed in the lifestyle and with the people of London. My video explains how I came to love...
Travelling For World Peace
In order to understand past, current, and future conflicts - as well as to be able to prevent them - we have to travel and get to know our world's diverse cultures and perspectives.
A French Fry
I come from the Burgundy school in Business in France and I live in Paris. During one year and half, I am going to be a MBA student at Oklahoma State University. It is quite challenging to be far from home during a long time like this. I am making...
London Aspirations
I am by no means a film major, but I knew I wanted to give this a shot and tell the world my story. I hope you can look past the bad editing to see the true message of my story! I hope you can see the potential I see...
Relevant Flow
Just something so random, I thought I'd do a relevance video. Basically, every picture you see has some type of relevance to the image coming up. Example in the video: there's a picture of rain, think of a rainbow, then rainbow colors & so on...
My Little Art Story
I am an Ukranian artist. I devote all my forces and time for creating new works in art. My dream is to study in the USA, especially Santa Monica College (fine arts department) because it will be the first step to my bigger dream to become a famous artist.
(Re)Building Nepal
I love my time with my family and international friends in Pokhara, Nepal. I am passionate about my country’s natural and cultural specialties. We are an impoverished nation and have to come out of this situation, along with the recent tragedy caused by 7.3 magnitude earthquake. Attracting all the Nepalese...
Yerim's Travel Video
Attending school in Indiana, i travel to other states to learn more about American culture. Mississippi, Ohio, and California are a few of the states I've traveled to. My favorite state to travel to is California. But I do know that I belong to the state of Indiana now.
If I Can, And of Course, You Can!
I am so grateful to be awarded a scholarship from the Northwest Community College Initiative sponsored by the Unites States Department of State. I am studying Business Management specializing in Project Management at Edmonds Community College. I enjoy studying in the United States of America. I join Edmonds Indonesia Club...
TED
This video is my first "TED" speech and I describe my experience as international student so far, giving as example all the films I've made during my residency abroad. I really want to encourage and inspire all the students to travel and let the art create them while they shape...
Alice
This is a trip to one of the basic schools in my village where I started my basic education. I used this area for my pilot study on a proposal I am writing on the topic "Thi Impact of Teacher's Interaction on Student's performance in Mathematics in the Junior High...
Once Upon a Time
This is my story, a girl who has struggled with problems in her country. Then, in Iran as refugee (almost without refugee rights). Under particular circumstance, my major was Agriculture Engineering - Water. Whereas my dream is being a Water Architect. I tried to do my...
Oral Presentation of Soil Samples
This video done by myself is talking about soil sampling and its analysis in the South African laboratories to check metal contents, minerals, and see whether we may add fertilizers to improve the industrial production on any selected seed we would like to use.
Glorious Day After Tomorrow
My Study Abroad, to improve my course of study and enhanced my possible mechanism of great opportunity, to improve my languages skill, bring extra knowledge which I will use as a presentation to my university task to become a better person in life, with good orientation (Glorious day after tomorrow)
I Left My Heart In Venezuela
This video tells about my country Venezuela and my future travel to the Angel Fall. Venezuelais known as a lot of oil and beautiful ladies. However, the situation in Venezuela is critical because the government is taking over so many companies. Also Venezuelan citizens are struggling to get food....
The Power of Animation
This video, shows why I came here to the United States why speak I and why I want to study here. Also I talk about want to give future children new movies. Finally of my inspiration and goals.
The Land of Beauty
The video shows the journey from Bucharest Romania to Kenya, to visit Mount Kenya. The mountain region is home to many wildlife, including the big five wild animals; the Elephant, Giraffe, Lion, Buffalo and Rhino. The main objective is to encourage people to visit this area and see live the...