The Dota 2 community is once again invited to showcase its skills and creativity in The International Short Film Contest, which boasts over $40,000 in prize money.
The deadline for submitting your work for this year’s Dota 2 Short Film Contest is August 18, 2024, at 3:00 pm PDT. There is no limit on the number of submissions a single user can make, but all submissions must adhere to Valve’s full list of rules in order to be validated.
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Short Film Contest Prize Pool
- 1st place: $25,000
- 2nd place: $10,000
- 3rd place: $5,000
- 4th-10th place: $500
Dota 2 Short Film Contest entry rules
- Entries must be no longer than 90 seconds.
- Entries must pertain to Dota 2.
- Entries can use any form or combination of animation or live-action technique in their creation. Using Source Filmmaker is not a requirement.
- Each entry must be at least 1080p.
- Entries may use IP from any Valve game.
- If an entry uses any non-Valve IP, the entrants must be the copyright owner or have explicit, written permission from the owner. Under the Steam Subscriber Agreement, entrants are required to warrant to Valve that they have all necessary rights and permissions in order for the entry to be considered. Any submissions found to be infringing non-Valve IP will be disqualified. All contributors identified and participating in the entry, and entrants must be able to provide evidence of design process upon request. Note that for items from Valve game workshops, entries need to provide a link on the workshop page to the items used, but do not need explicit permission from the creator, since submission to the workshop automatically grants permission to use the item.
- Entries must be new creations made specifically for the Dota 2 Short Film Contest 2024.
- Entries must be free of advertisements.
- Contest entries must be submitted to the Steam Workshop under the‘Dota 2 – Short Film Contest 2024’game. DO NOT submit the videos under ‘Dota 2’.Entries must be submitted no later than 15:00:00 Pacific Daylight Savings Time on Sunday August 18th, 2024.The submission process must be completed, including uploading the video and filling out workshop submission dialogs, before the submission period ends.
- Entries must comply with the Steam Subscriber Agreement.
- Entries must be a completed and payable‘Dota 2 – Short Film Contest 2024’ Workshop submission with valid banking and tax information.
- Entries generated by script, macro or other automated means will be void. Valve is not responsible for misdirected, incomplete, lost, late, illegible, undelivered, inaccurate, or delayed entries, or for technical, hardware, or software failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed, incomplete, garbled, or delayed computer transmissions or other errors or problems that may limit or affect a personâs ability to participate in the Contest. In the event of sabotage, acts of God, terrorism, or threats thereof, computer virusor other events or causes beyond Valveâs control, which corrupt the integrity, administration, security or proper operation of the Contest, Valve reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, cancel or suspend the Contest. In such an event, Valve reserves the right to award prizes from among all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior modification, cancellation or suspension. False or deceptive entries or acts will render the entrant ineligible.
The official and complete list of rules can be found here.
The International 2023 Short Film Contest Winner
Once the deadline passes, the Dota 2 community can visit the workshop on Steam to vote for their favorites. The top 10 finalists will have their videos featured on the official The International 2024 live broadcast.
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