Jameson has partnered with award-winning American actor Kevin Spacey and Trigger Street Productions to launch Jameson First Shot, a film competition that aims to give upcoming filmmakers a platform to showcase their talent. The competition opened on October 22nd 2015 and will close on January 4th 2016.
At the end of the competition three winners will be announced and they will get a chance to have their scripts turned into short films that will feature celebrated actress Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Here are some of the rules of the Jameson First Shot competition.
- Applicants must be at least 25 years old and living in Kenya, South Africa, Russia, the US, UK, Ireland, India, Australia, Canada and Bulgaria.
- Submissions should be no more than 7 A4 pages and the script story should be around the great and/or unexpected things that can happen when one fears less and invite life in.
- Scripts must in English and should not have more than seven cast members.
- References to drugs and scenes depicting drug-taking, drunk-driving, excessive violence or excessive drinking will not be accepted.
Go to jamesonfirstshot.com/terms to read the rest of the rules. Also, follow this link to enter the competition jamesonfirstshot.com/enter.
Winners of the competition will be announced in April 2016.