AMC Networks International's SundanceTV (DStv 108) will be running a SundanceTV Shorts competition for a second year, with South African film makers who can now enter the competition.
The winner's film will be screened at the Sundance Film Festival in London in May and will a trip for two to London in the United Kingdom, with the film that will also be broadcast on SundanceTV later this year.
South Africa filmmakers, along with those in France and Spain are allowed to enter for the competition that will be judged by SundanceTV and the Sundance Institute.
The films will be judged on a number of criteria, including creativity, entertainment value, original storytelling and production values.
The South African jury members will be Mike Plante of the Sundance Institute; Harold Gronenthal from SundanceTV; Aletta Alberts, MultiChoice's executive head of content strategy and third-party channels; and the South African director and producer Sara Blecher.
"The SundanceTV Shorts competition embodies the true spirit of the channel itself," says Geraud Alazard, AMC Networks International senior vice president of marketing.
"Providing a platform for independent storytelling, it shines a spotlight on new and emerging talent. We're very excited to collaborate with the Sundance Institute again this year and we're incredibly grateful for the support of our exclusive South African partner, DStv."
Mike Plante, senior programmer for the Sundance Film Festival, says "Each year the SundanceTV Shorts Competition finds great new short films from each country and helps us achieve our goals, to discover new talents and help share their films with audiences around the globe".
Filmmakers can enter the Sundance Shorts competition between 5 March to 16 April at www.sundancetvshorts.com with producers or directors who must provide proof of residency. Shortfilms must not be longer than 15 minutes and must be delivered with English subtitles if English is not the spoken language.
