Snapchat and Watch Weekend Sexcapades (2014)the Tribeca Film Festival are joining forces for a second year in a row.
Tribeca Film Festival announced Thursday that it is bringing back Tribeca Snapchat Shorts, a contest where filmmakers submit short films (two minutes or less) created on the social app.
Eva Longoria, Andy Cohen, Jason Biggs, Serena Williams and DJ Dillon Francis have been tapped as judges.
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Tribeca @Snapchat Shorts will be an official category at #Tribeca2017. Interested in social storytelling? Enter now: https://t.co/JPFJQGVUpb pic.twitter.com/QfgjAseZqe
— Tribeca (@Tribeca) December 15, 2016
The Tribeca Film Festival, which is going into its 16th year, has long been known to filmmakers for embracing innovation.
SEE ALSO: Your Snapchat story could be your ticket to the Tribeca Film FestivalIn 2005, before YouTube launched, Tribeca partnered with Amazon on a digital film contest. The first film shot on a cell phone premiered at the festival in 2007.
This is also not the first time Tribeca has partnered with an app. In 2013, the Film Festival introduced the #6SecFilm contest with Vine.
This year, up to 10 films will be selected by Tribeca to be a part of the Festival’s Shapchat Shorts program.
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