Unreal Engine Real-Time Short Film Challenge will select the best animated short films, with each winner receiving $10,000 and the chance to break into the industry.
If you have knowledge in editing and creating cinematographic content, this is your opportunity. Epic Games and the Guadalajara International Film Festival organize an event called Unreal Engine Real-Time Short Film Challengewhere the top 10 will win a unique chance, among other prizes.
The slogan is simple: the participants must make an animated short film of 30 seconds to one minute where the use of the engine is required. Unreal Engine.
Event details – Requirements, registration, prizes and more
First, those who wish to participate must register through the link provided by the organization. In turn, there is a series of requests such as two files pdf in presentation mode one in Spanish and one in English; the specifications are clarified on the Festival website.
The requirements to be eligible are: to belong to any American country (includes North, Central and South America), as well as people from Portugal Y Spain. All contestants must be over the age of 18 years.
With respect to other requirements, it is imperative to use the Unreal Engine for the making of the shorts. Signing the user agreement is also part of it, as that way they make sure they use an official version.
When we talk about prizes, there will be 10 winners chosen and their products may be used as part of larger projects in the future. From the organization they affirm that the rights for the short films will belong to their creators, and not to the companies involved.
Added to this, those who are winners will obtain the possibility of traveling to Guadalajara with passage and stay included, access to face-to-face meetings with professionals from the environment, and a sum of 10,000 dollars.
The short films must be sent before the May 5 at 11 p.m. in Mexico (until 1 a.m. on Argentina). The initiative of Unreal Engine, Epic Games and the Guadalajara International Film Festival It is a great chance for those who dream of being part of the animated film industry.