TikTok has revealed that it’s hosting its 3rd yearly #TikTokShortFilmcompetitors this year, as part of its wider collaboration with the Cannes Film Festival, offering TikTok developers with a chance to display their brief movies, “and be found by over 1 billion individuals around the globe”.
As discussed by TikTok:
“From February 21st to March 15th, 2024, we welcome developers to participate in the competitors by sending their initial 1min+ videos in TikTok’s signature vertical format utilizing the hashtags #TikTokShortFilm and #TikTokShortFilmCompetitionWinners throughout 3 classifications: Grand Gagnant, Best Script and Best Directing, will be picked by a highly-acclaimed panel of judges and will be welcomed by TikTok to provide their work and get their rewards, throughout the #TikTokShortFilm event that will happen in Cannes (France), at the time of 77th edition of the Festival de Cannes.”
Fascinating to keep in mind that the video needs to remain in vertical format, thinking about TikTok’s more current push to get more landscape videos in the app
The Grand Winner will get a prize money of 10,000 EUR (approx $US10,700), while winners of the very best Script and Best Directing classifications will get 5,000 EUR ($United States 5,350) each to support their jobs.
And for the very first time this year, United States developers will have the ability to participate, which will broaden the swimming pool of skill for the celebration, and supply more chances for aiming filmmakers.
TikTok states that numerous previous winners and individuals have actually gone on to start their movie market professions, with the brief format supplying an important display for emerging skill.
Over the previous year, more than 2 million videos have actually been produced worldwide with the hashtag #TikTokShortFilm, which saw a boost of nearly 180% in videos produced compared to 2022.
It’s likewise a great way for TikTok to get more innovative material into its app, by putting increased focus on direct exposure and chance for aiming movie developers.
It might be your possibility to take your initial steps into the world of movie theater, and to develop an audience with your work. And for brand names, it might likewise serve as a display of prospective developers who you might wish to partner with on future in-app promos.
You can find out more about TikTok’s Short Film competitors here