Win a trip to the Cannes Film Festival and have your film screened at Raindance 2008

Are you a future Oscar winner? Dream of clutching a brace of BAFTAs? Well your first steps down the red carpet to Hollywood stardom could begin right here, with the inaugural Short Circuit Award.

Dailymotion and Raindance have joined forces to recognise independent shortform filmmakers around the world and bring you this fantastic prize.

Submit your film to the competition and you could win a trip to the Cannes Film Festival 2009. And that's not all...

Ten shortlisted films will receive:

• A pass to the Raindance Film Festival 2008
• A screening of their film at the Raindance Film Festival
• Membership to Raindance.tv for 12 months

Two runners-up will receive (in addtion to the above):

• A £500 gift certificate for Raindance Training

One winner will also receive:

• A one-week trip for two people to the Cannes Film Festival 2009, including accreditation, accommodation, flights and access to any Raindance and Dailymotion events

To enter:

• Shoot your film, which must be no longer than 60 seconds in duration.
• If you are not already a member of Dailymotion, become a Motionmaker (it's free)
• Submit the registration form and upload your film
• Submissions are open until September 23rd.
• As the 10 finalists get their film screened at Raindance - to be eligible for prizes, you must send a DVD of your entry (in high quality) by September 26 to:
  Short Circuit, Raindance.tv, 38 Langham Street, London W1W 7AR, UK

To find out more about Dailymotion and their MotionMaker program, please click here

Need inspiration? Check out the latest submissions: