Creativity Marathon

The Creativity Marathon is an opportunity for high school students from all around the world to come together to solve some of the world's greatest challenges through a filmmaking competition.

With the help of some filmmaking lessons from Full Sail, teams of three to five students, accompanied by an adult sponsor, you will have until March 29th, 2025 to produce a three-minute video showing a clear and creative solution to one or more of UNESCO's Sustainable Development Goals.

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2025 Timeline

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Registration Process

Registration Process
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Prizes & Awards Ceremony

Award winners will be announced LIVE during the Virtual Awards Ceremony on April 9th.
There will be 5 Honorable Mention nominations and one Winner nomination.


Honorable Mentions Winner
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Rules & Regulations

TERMS & CONDITIONS FOR BRAZIL

CLICK HERE to review the Terms & Conditions for Brazil.


SPONSOR REGISTRATION & DEADLINE

  • Each team participating in the contest must have a sponsor (teacher, counselor, coordinator or other member of the staff of the school the team is representing) and 3-5 high school students. Sponsors are able to participate on multiple teams, but students are limited to joining only one team.


REQUIREMENTS FOR A RECOGNITION OF PARTICIPATION

  • Students that watch the online on demand lessons and submit a project will be able to receive a Student Recognition of Participation (Certificate of Participation). This document will be available for the student on the official platform of the Creativity Marathon 2025 for download. To have access to the document each student must: (i) access the platform; (ii) watch each of the on-demand lessons available from March 19th - March 29th.
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Video Criteria

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Video Submissions

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Video Judging Rubric

Every year, the Creativity Marathon is proud to count on the expertise and dedication of over 50 esteemed judges from diverse creative industries. These professionals bring their unique perspectives and experience to evaluate the incredible projects submitted by participants.



These are the 2025 Creativity Marathon Judges:

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Entries will be judged by a panel of judges selected by Full Sail University, which may include Degree Program Instructors, High School Outreach leadership staff, Marketing leadership staff, and Industry Related members invited by team sponsors based on their work experience and/or expertise in sustainability, filmmaking, and/or script writing.

Entries will be judged on a one-hundred (100) point scale by the panel based on the following ten (10) criteria:

Project evaluation criteria

The judges will score each entry and will select the top six (6) entries based on the stated criteria. The entry receiving the highest score will be designated the potential winner. The next five (5) highest scoring entries will be designated as honorable mentions.

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Creativity Marathon 2024 Winners

Colégio Pentágono - PerdizesMarcio FernandesPedro Henrique MolinaMari TokeshiJanaína Martin--ProjectWinner
Escola Carolina PatrícioPedro CardialLuíza CamposElissa F. N. Ponte BurlamaquiMaria Luiza Gleisner DuartePedro Cassis WernerHugo DeboniProject2º. Place
Beacon SchoolMaria Eduarda MenezesJúlia MirandaMaria Paula TorgaIsabela Bidutte de CastroLívia da Costa de MirandaLuiza FornazaProject3º. Place

Sponsors

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Honorable Mentions of 2024

Rio International SchoolAmanda FeitosaMaria Luiza Bechara MonteiroDaniella BarbosaSophia AmorimMariana BarrosLuiza CartolanoProjeto
Colégio Marista ParanaenseGabriela Palhano ChavesAna Beatriz Flores QueirozAna Luísa SerranoBeatriz Lopes SchaferLivia Ampuero GehlenVanessa Beatriz BenatoProjeto
Colégio Santa CruzAlexandre NunesJoao FaeOlívia SeverianoLara DiasLuísa Correa-Projeto
Colégio Everest Internacional (Rio de Janeiro)Fernanda MacenaGuy KullmannGabriel Vargas NettoMaria Clara SilvaManuela NascimentoMariana TurcatelProjeto
Pan American Christian AcademyMelinda SwisherEduardo Gonçalves Silva filhoRafael MeikleJúlia Fernandes--Projeto

Sponsors

Questions? Contact us at colival@fullsail.edu