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National Youth Film Awards Is Giving Away $75K Worth Of Prizes To SG’s Next-Gen Filmmakers

National Youth Film Awards – win a trip to Hollywood

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Hollywood is a dream if you are an aspiring filmmaker, albeit a seemingly faraway one.

But your dreams might just become reality, because the National Youth Film Awards 2018 (NYFA) is giving out S$75,000 worth of award prizes, including a tour of Warner Bros. Studio in Hollywood!

Submissions are open from now till 18 May 2018 so it’s time to pick up your camera and let your love for storytelling through the screen flow.

Win a trip to Warner Bros. Studios in Hollywood

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One of the top prizes of NYFA is a trip to the Warner Bros. Studios, Hollywood – flights and accommodations included!

Home to the film sets and exhibits for Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, The Greatest Showman, and many many more, a trip around the Warner Bros. Studios takes you truly behind the scenes, where you will get to see what the director sees.

Nope, this is neither photoshop nor CGI!
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Movie buffs can uncover filming secrets here, such as how Peter Jackson made the characters in The Hobbit vary in sizes.

Kickstart your filmmaking career

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If you are looking for some shout-outs for your filmmaking abilities, look no further. Winning films have a chance to be showcased on HOOQ, Asia’s largest video-on-demand service with tens of millions of viewers.

On top of that, there are tonnes of other prizes to be won, including professional film courses worth S$15,000, an exclusive management contract with Beam Artistes and fast-track access to film grant applications with Honour Singapore; all of which would ready you for the competitive film industry.

Join the open call for National Youth Film Awards

Open call for NYFA submission

If you’ve ever felt like you needed an outlet to express your creativity, now’s the time to do it. Grab your filming crew, roll out your video editors and tell a story through a 20-minute or shorter Live Action, Animation or Documentary film.

Entries can be submitted under either of the following:

1. Media Student Category

Full-time students enrolled in a media-related course/module at any Institute of Higher Learning (e.g. University, Polytechnic and Institute of Technical Education) and residing in Singapore
Student under the age of 35 (before 31 December 2018)
Apply here!

2. Open Youth Category

Any youth between the age of 15 and 35 (before 31 December 2018), residing in Singapore
Apply here!

Nominees will be announced on the NYFA website on 6 July 2018 and the winners will be revealed on 28 July 2018 at an awards ceremony.

Submissions are accepted from now till 18 May 2018, so hurry and start working on your masterpiece today – who knows, you might end up following in the footsteps of the likes of Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg!