Shoot a 2-minute short film in one day with an ARRI camera kit

If you are a film student registered at the 2021 EnergaCamerimage Festival, you are invited to enter the draw for ARRI Rental’s short film competition.

The concept
From all of the students who register to enter the competition, five will be selected at random to participate. Each will be given an ARRI camera and lens kit for one day during the festival, with which they must shoot all the footage they need for a short film of one to five minutes (no more, no less).

The theme
Your film must be on the theme of “COLLABORATION.” It’s up to you how you interpret that brief, but please keep it to a PG-15 rating. No gratuitous violence, nudity, etc. – we want to share the winning film on our social media channels.

Editing and submission
You will have until Christmas to edit and submit your film. A winner will be announced in January. Sound is up to you, but we are only supplying basic audio equipment, so this isn’t about great dialogue – we’ll be judging the films on their cinematography and visual storytelling. If you use any music, please make sure you're not infringing copyright.

The prize
The winner will get an expenses-paid trip to Munich, with a night in a hotel and a tour of ARRI’s headquarters, where the cameras are actually built. You’ll visit the ARRI museum, the production lines, all the different departments, and be treated to lunch with the ARRI team. The four runners-up will get a little something, too.

How to register
Email us at shortfilmcompetition@arrirental.de by November 13th to register your interest in taking part. After that date we will randomly draw the names of the five successful entrants and contact them with further details about the competition.

Photo: Pascal Boudet
DP: Jerome de Gerlach
Model: Lou Gala