
Second City Shorts is a monthly short film competition hosted by The Second City. Each month students and filmmakers submit an original short film based on a suggestion.
This month’s event:
Date: May 28th
Theatre: Second City de Maat
1608 N. Wells St., 4th floor
Chicago, IL 60614
DEADLINE: May 24th
Rules:
1. Open submissions based on last month’s suggestion.
2. Films must be two minutes or less.
3. Five films will be selected to screen by a panel of judges.
4. One film will be declared the winner based on audience vote.
5. Winner will be featured on thesecondcitynetwork.com and YouTube.
6. Winner will be guaranteed a spot in next month’s competition.
7. Winner will be entered into the year-end, best-of competition and be eligible for a $1000 grand prize.
Hey, just a few more things.
1 – You must own the content (including the music!)
2 – Content must fit the submission guidelines. (don’t send us your student film from last year)
3 – You must agree to the legal stuff below.
By submitting your video, you grant The Second City Inc. permission to publish/upload your video, name, photographs and any language contained therein, in any manner it deems appropriate without consideration or compensation. You also agree that you are within your full legal rights to submit your content including but not limited to the rights of copyright holders and the likenesses of your actors
All though all submissions are welcome The Second City Inc. reserves the right to reject, remove or disallow inclusion of any and all submissions.
(please send questions and comments to shorts@secondcity.com)









