BIT 2016 announces the BIT Shooting Star mini short film contest

The Professional Audiovisual Technology Show is calling for a mini short film contest to recognize and encourage the talent of new professionals joining the sector.

With the aim of recognizing and encouraging emerging talent in audiovisual communication among new professionals joining the sector, the next edition of the Professional Audiovisual Technology Show, BIT 2016, organized by IFEMA from May 24 to 26 at Feria de Madrid, calls for the first edition of the BIT Shooting Star Award.

This is a contest of original mini short films, with free registration, in which students or groups of students who are currently enrolled or who have recently completed their studies (classes of 2014 or 2015) linked to audiovisual communication, in a training center in Spain - Film School, University, Vocational Training Center - may participate.

Each participating person or group may present a single unpublished mini-short film of a maximum duration of 8 minutes, on the plot Push limits, the same theme that this year's BIT 2016 claim refers to, and which invites contestants to freely develop this idea in relation to any area that refers to improvement (sports, personal development, technology, roles, clichés, borders, impediments...).

The prize is worth 2,000 euros and all the selected mini-short films will receive, like the winner, a return in visibility thanks to the different communication actions carried out by the fair, in the media and social networks. A second prize is also established for the most popular nominated mini-short.

The contestant must register here y cumplimentar un sencillo formulario de inscripción y subir el video en HD (1920×1080) en formato .MOV o .MP4 y códec H264, con un bitrate de entre 8 y 15 Mbs. El plazo de inscripción finaliza el 15 de mayo de 2016.

Un jurado nombrado por la organización elegirá los mini-cortos nominados para el Premio BIT Shooting Star, de entre los que se seleccionará al ganador final, en base a criterios de factura y creatividad. Los resultados de las nominaciones y ganador se harán públicos a través de las RRSS de la feria BIT antes del 24 de mayo de 2016, y el acto de entrega del Premio tendrá lugar en el marco de celebración del Salón del 24 al 26 de mayo de 2016.