DepicT! Short Film Competition and an Opportunity to Win 1500 Euro
Applicant criteria
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity description
DepicT! invites everyone from all around the globe and of any age group to submit their super-short films to Watershed's super-short filmmaking competition as part of Encounters Short Film & Animation Festival. There’s no restriction on the film’s theme, budget or genre. The only rule is that your film must be 90 seconds or less in duration.
Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival is the UK’s longest running competitive short film and animation festival. It presents one of the world’s best-known showcases and meeting points for emerging talent, and seeks to promote the importance of short film as a means to develop the next generation of filmmakers and animators. If your film exceeds the 90 seconds limit, you can still enter a film to Encounters Short Film & Animation Festival.
You can submit up to 10 films under the condition that all 10 films are completed since September 2017. Shortlisted films get film exposure and promotion through depict.org, at Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival and through associated partners, tickets to the popular Depict Showcase and the prestigious Encounters Awards Ceremony and Half price Shooting People membership.
Shortlisted films compete over 5 prizes:
[1] Main DepicT! 2018 Award: 1500 euros cash + Lifetime membership to Shooting People.
[2] DepicT! Royal Photographic Society Cinematography Award: 1000 euros cash.
[3] DepicT! 2018 British Special Mention Award: only awarded to british filmmakers.
[4] DepicT! Random Acts Special Mention Award: A mentoring session with Channel 4 Random Acts commissioning editor Catherine Bray.
[5] Shooting People Audience Award: Lifetime membership to Shooting People.
About DepicT!:
DepicT! is Watershed’s international short film competition that, since its creation by Brief Encounters in 1998, has been challenging filmmakers to create 90 second ultra-short masterpieces. The focus is on uncovering emerging international filmmaking talent, which shows originality, imagination and the ability to engage in just a minute and a half.