NANLITE & NANLUX Launch Project Spark Season 2
Calling all aspiring filmmakers! Ignite your creative vision this spring with the return of NANLITE and NANLUX‘s phenomenal Project Spark. This year’s iteration presents an unparalleled opportunity to transform your short film dream into a reality.
Project Spark offers more than just a platform to showcase your talent. With a massive $20,000 funding pool and mentorship for each successful project, aspiring filmmakers have the resources and guidance to bring their cinematic visions to life.
Following on from last year’s successful Project Spark the competition returns with the continuing aim of supporting the next generation of filmmakers, not just with funds, but also advice and assistance in origination, shooting and post-production.
BTS of the 1st Project Spark Award-winning Films:
This year the theme is “Shining through” which can be interpreted however the creators wish. Submissions based on this theme can be either narrative or experimental. In the Global section (outside China) there will be four pitches selected in total for funding: two narrative shorts and two experimental shorts.
The contests in the Global section and Chinese section will run in parallel. Each of the four finalist teams in the Global section will receive a production budget of USD15,000 and additional equipment rental support of up to USD5,000, courtesy of NANLITE and NANLUX.
Resistration
February 28, 2024 – April 18, 2024
Selection for the project has several stages. The first stage is registration with a basic pitch outline. Once inspected by the Project Spark team, the submission progresses to the next stage where a proposal, full script, storyboard, budget and concept art must be submitted.
From these submissions, 5 shortlists will be selected from each of the two categories of narrative shorts and experimental shorts. Each shortlisted entrant will then be interviewed online by the judges, who will select the two narrative and two experimental winners who then have their chance to go on and make their funded project.
Each entrant needs to submit the following via the Project Spark webpage:
The full rules and requirements for entry can be read here:
For inspiration, contestants can look at last year’s successful Project Spark short films, a selection of which are shown below:
For NANLITE and NANLUX, this competition exemplifies their commitment to helping filmmakers and lighting professionals excel, and spurring them onwards to realise their dreams. Their state-of-the-art solutions, tailored for the worlds of film, television and photography, have put them at the forefront of the industry. Standing at the forefront of the lighting industry, NANLITE and NANLUX have pushed boundaries and set new standards so that others can move forwards too.
Their parent company, Nanguang, was established in 1992 by Lin Biguang, a photographer turned entrepreneur. It remains a family-run business with nearly 1000 employees in total and its own factory in Shantou, China.
