Participants can send in their entries to contentfest@zee5.com which will be open for a month.
Zee5 Global, the OTT platform for South Asian content, has announced the launch of a global OTT Content Festival for independent filmmakers, students of cinema, and young content creators.
Zee5 Global is inviting entries for content created in any language across fiction and non-fiction TV shows, movies, documentaries, stories, short films, music videos and more.
The duration for music videos or albums can be between three to five minutes, and audio-visual content comprising of episodic content, film, web-series etc. must have a minimum duration of 30 minutes.
Participants can send in their entries to contentfest@zee5.com which will be open for a month. An expert panel of judges at Zee5 will shortlist the top 50 entries which will then be premiered exclusively on the platform.
Zee5 will also drive promotional efforts around the content globally on behalf of the filmmakers.
Commenting on the festival, Archana Anand, Chief Business Officer, Zee5 Global, said: “As a global platform, we’re often approached by people across markets for opportunities to showcase their content on Zee5. We’re thrilled therefore to be announcing the Zee5 Global Content Festival, a first of its kind initiative across global OTT platforms at this geo-scale, to give aspiring and budding content creators a chance for instant global recognition. An initiative like this will not only bring to the fore hidden gems from different countries but also add vastly to our already rich content library, and I eagerly look forward to watching the shortlisted entries.”
