Presented By: Form Studios & Virtual Production Insider

Objective

Step into the director’s chair and show the world what you can create with the power of virtual production. Whether it’s live action or animated, your challenge is to craft a short film — 60 seconds or less — using tools like green screen, previz, motion capture, virtual cameras, or any other virtual production tools you’ve got up your sleeve. Submissions will be judged based on overall creativity, storytelling, and technical skill, with each film expected to demonstrate a compelling and polished use of virtual production techniques.

Official rules

  1. Entrant must register using the signup form on the VFC website.
  2. Entrant must be subscribed to “Virtual Production Insider” on YouTube.
  3. Entries cannot exceed 60 seconds.
  4. Entrants must use virtual production to create their short film and will be required to provide proof via a screenshot, screen recording, or behind the scenes video.
  5. Entries must be less than 500mb in size and in MP4 or MOV format.
  6. No AI Video generation tools are allowed. (Runway, Sora, Veo 3, etc)
  7. No sexually explicit material.
  8. Entry framerate must be 24 or 23.976 fps.
  9. Maximum video resolution is 4096×2160.
  10. No copyrighted material is allowed. Entries should not feature intellectual property such as music or characters from popular movies or video games.

Key Dates

  • Contest Kickoff: June 30th, 2025
  • Submissions Open: August 1st, 2025
  • Deadline: August 31st, 2025 at 11:59 PM EST
  • Winners Announced: September 26th, 2025

Sponsors

Meet Our Esteemed Judges

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Sam Gorski

Founder | Corridor Digital
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Austin Mackay

Director of Virtual Production | Copilot Co.
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Jonathan Winbush

Motion Graphics Artist
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Jean-Baptiste Cambier

CG Supervisor | Blur Studio
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David Stapp

Director of Virtual Production | Form Studios

Prizes

1st Place:

2nd Place:

3rd Place:

4th-10th place finalists:

*Winners outside of the U.S. may be subject to customs and import fees.