Statement postponement TUFF
After careful consideration of the health and safety of everyone involved and taking into account the postponement of Security Analyst Summit 2020 (#TheSAS20), we have made the difficult decision to move the Tomorrow Unlocked Film Festival (TUFF). Due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak and the risks associated with international travel, we won’t be able to offer filmmakers, our jury and visitors, the film festival that we are aiming for.
TUFF and #TheSAS20 will be held in the timeframe of September-November 2020. The finalists’ films that were submitted in this competition will still be publicly screened. Currently we are finalizing the review of shortlisted films and we will inform the ten finalists as soon as the decision by the jury has been made. Information about the postponed event can be found here: www.tomorrowunlocked.com/tuff.
Tomorrow Unlocked Film Festival (TUFF) is the first international film festival with an aim to tell engaging stories about how technology influences our lives now, and in the future , and engage with a broad audience of innovators, artists, technologists, thinkers, scientists, hackers and entrepreneurs.
The event – organized by Kaspersky’s online magazine Tomorrow Unlocked – is looking for filmmakers to create compelling short films exploring how technology shapes our world. It’s important that creative pieces should be both impactful and human by transforming complex technical information into easy to understand stories. Organizers highlight that topics should include, but not be limited to, privacy, the future and communities.
The TUFF’s jury will select ten best short films that will all be publicly screened in Barcelona on April 5th, 2020, where grand prize winner will be announced and awarded with US$10,000. In addition, three runners-up will win US$3,000 each and six finalists will receive US$1,000 each.