DSTV Short Film Competition

Dear Filmmaker

You are invited to enter your beautifully crafted film in the DStv Film Talent Celebration short film competition. This competition will be focusing on the ability of South African filmmakers to tell wonderful authentic stories through very short films.
The competition will be challenging specifically those filmmakers who overcame the limits of time and continued to display their craft as talented story tellers. The length of the films has to be between three and ten minutes. This is a nationwide short film competition for South African filmmakers which is open to any genre of film as long as you believe that your film is a high impact offering.
The competition not only celebrates talent but the winners will receive cash prizes which they can add to their funds to tell more beautiful South African stories.
The categories and prizes are as follows:
Best Production: R50k (Overall)
Best Director: R40k
Best Editor: R40k
Best Sound: R40k
Best Cinematography: R40k
Best Newcomer: R20k

The competition will be judged by highly respected industry professionals. To make it easier for you to participate in this competition we have provided two options for you to send your entry. The only accepted format is DVD and all submissions must include a completed entry form. Films must reach MultiChoice on or before 29 February 2012.

Entry delivery options POSTAL:
ATTENTION: Lehlohonolo Nkhabe DStv Film Talent Competition CSI Department MultiChoice Corporate Office P O Box 1502 Randburg 2125
OR ATTENTION: Tamsin Ranger DStv Film Talent Competition Cape Town Office P O Box 2228 Cape Town 8000
DELIVERY: ATTENTION: Lehlohonolo Nkhabe DStv Film Talent Competition Corporate Building Reception Area MultiChoice 251 Oak Avenue 2194
OR ATTENTION: Tamsin Ranger DStv Film Talent Competition Cape Town Office 1st Floor 27 Caledon Street Cape Town 8001
For further information email film@multichoice.co.za or phone Hloni Nkhabe on +27+112893068.

Contact by email is preferred. This competition will culminate in a special event during which the winners will be announced and the top short films screened. It will be an occasion for networking, appreciating talent and generally reflecting on our achievements as an industry. We will also take this opportunity to recognise the up-and-coming filmmakers from DStv’s Film Skills Development programme.