SINGAPORE — Creator platform Viddsee announced the eighth Juree Awards Asia to celebrate the region’s finest storytelling talents. The event allows Viddsee to discover young and promising talents, while supporting and growing the careers of creators on a global scale. The Juree Asia Awards invites all creators from Asia to submit their original short films across all genres from 1 January 2021 onwards.
For its second year running, the Vertical Storytelling Award is back and designed exclusively for creators under 35 years old. As an emerging storytelling format, vertical stories have become popular among young creators as it provides a captivating narrative for digital audiences. This category ignites an immersive experience between creators, judges, and audiences through conversations within the vibrant digital community.
Juree will honour the best short films through the Open Category where two winners will be selected across Asia. Audiences can also participate and cast votes for their favorite stories till 13 November 2023.
Key Dates for Juree Awards Asia 2023
- Submission Period: 21 August 2023 to 17 September 2023, entries close 2359 SGT
- Announcement of Finalist: 30 October 2023
- Audience Choice Voting Period: 30 October 2023 to 13 November 2023
- Awards Announcement: 4 December 2023
“We’re excited to launch Juree’s second Asia edition where we aim to honour and provide opportunities to storytellers around Asia, along with giving our community of young and aspiring creators a platform and ecosystem to showcase and develop their storytelling careers. It has always been Viddsee’s goal to empower storytellers and through Juree, we hope to discover diverse stories with fresh perspectives from all over Asia,” shared Kenny Tan, Vice President of Studios, Viddsee.
Winners of the Juree Asia Awards will receive cash prizes and an opportunity to develop their winning works into a series through Viddsee Labs IP-incubator. They will be selected by an international judging panel consisting of Jongsuk Thomas Nam of Bucheon International Fantastic Film, Vivian Idris from the Indonesia Film Board, Tim Redford of Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, and Singapore filmmaker Kenneth Cheong. For more information on Juree Awards Asia 2023, please visit https://jureeasia.viddsee.com.
