Think you ’re a GIF master ? GIPHY is take care to showcase the good in extremely scant moving-picture show with what it promise the world ’s first GIF - only film festival , according toIt ’s dainty That . The GIF database and search engine company is teaming up with Squarespace to set up a contest dedicated to finding the good GIF - makers in America — theGIPHY Film Fest .
To enter your work for consideration in the festival , you ’ll need an 18 - moment - or - less , looping film that tells a “ compelling , creative , entertaining , professional - grade story , ” accord to the contestdetails . U.S.-based GIF creative person can inscribe up to three mini - moving-picture show in each of five categories : Narrative , Stop - Motion , Animated , Experimental , and Wild Card / Other . The picture show can have music ( as long as you have the right to use it ) or be understood . All that count is that they ’re between one and 18 seconds farsighted .
The grand prize winner will pick up $ 10,000 , a five - year subscription to Squarespace ( to host that awe-inspiring GIF on your website ) , and the fortune to guest - curate an official Spotify playlist . All entry will be judge by a control panel of professionals from across several creative diligence , including film , animation , exemplification , and designing .
The GIPHY Film Fest is not the first uber - short film festival in existence . In 2013 and 2014 , back when Vine still be ( RIP ) , the Tribeca Film Festival hold acompetitioneach year to find the best six - second films — a time terminal point that will make 18 seconds sense practically feature length .
Enter GIPHY ’s contestherebefore the introduction windowpane closes on September 27 , 2018 . The winner will be announced on November 8 , during a limited New York City showing of each of the top films in each category .
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