Dota 2 Short Film Contest 2018 - Best Movies

The best short movies submitted for the Dota 2 Short Film Contest 2018. Have a look at the creations of the community and vote for your favorites.

Also this year, Valve announced the Dota 2 Short Film Contest to celebrate the content creators in our community, and reward the best ones with a monetary prize.

Each participant can submit only a single short, the video must be no longer than 90 seconds, and any form or combination of animation or live-action technique is allowed. The deadline is August 7th, 2018.

The top entries will be featured in The International 2018 Battle Pass and showcased during the tournament.

Prize distribution

• 1st - $25,000

• 2nd - $10,000

• 3rd - $5,000

• Top 10 - $500

Let’s have a look at the best entries of this edition.

Ursa Minor

Vote on Steam -- https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1469005364 created by Alexander Frey produced by Laura Messner music - Leonard Küßner & Volker Armbruster sound - Volker Armbruster concept art - Stefan Wacker texturing - ike_ike & Stefan Wacker sculpting - Benjamin Retter & Fynn Große-Bley mattepainting - Tobias Trebeljahr quill animation - Dan

Creator: Alexander Frey

Is this a trailer for a Disney Pixar movie? Visually stunning, great animations, sound, and feelings.

A simple but wonderful story. A bear cub must face one of the worst moments of his entire life: the death of his mother. Sylla, the Lone Druid, will bring peace to his mind and give him a new family.

On The Cliff

Vote Here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1468532607 __________________________________ Production Team: Keller Max - Director John R1se - Music Composer, Editor, Co-scriptwriter https://www.youtube.com/JohnRiseMusic/ https://vk.com/john_r1se NayRam - Animator https://www.youtube.com/user/Ificationer Evil - Models, Particles, Textures https://vk.com/utrer1 BOLT - Co-scriptwriter, sound design, supervisor https://www.youtube.com/user/naild100

Creator: Keller Max

A well-paced and entertaining short featuring an expert cliff-abuser Rubick. The dream of every player becomes reality as all chances to teleport away are denied, but Rubick forgot his worst enemy: his own team.

Viper is super cute :P.

GL HF

If you liked this video, vote please here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1468403448 Created by me and Septimus https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJMt4c6wsaMiFAoa-1ZNpcw Music by OctoSound: https://audiojungle.net/item/energetic-rock-beat/19692251 Used sounds from freesound.org (by stib, TheSubber13, kwahmah_02, Jace, InspectorJ) Contacts: 4funprod@gmail.com https://twitter.com/4funProd

Creators: 4fun and Septimus

A “typical” Dota game with open mics, non-english speakers, AFKers in base, spammers, tips traders, and more. Most of the submissions narrate a story, while this short condenses several memes in 90 seconds.

Kobold Blues

Vote On Steam! - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1468989888 It's me... Again. A propaganda video for you guys to finally pick the lil' Kobold creeps! Believe it or not, the original concept for this script was to bring awareness to that ugly lil Kobold creep in the small camp, considering I can't think of a more pathetic and ignored creep in the entire history of Dota.

Creator: Erick Wright

A little kobold is ignored by both Radiant and Dire heroes, while Crystal Maiden can’t grasp the basic gameplay concepts. They will form an alliance, train, become stronger, and finally claim victory.

The Final 88 Seconds Of An 8-Hour Game

Vote On Steam! - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1468327156 When the clock strikes 08:00:00, the game ends... So what ends it? - ...That's rhetorical, by the way. I'm not actually asking you. I already know. I wrote the script. Man oh man next year talk me out of split-screens.

Creator: Erick Wright

Anything can happen in an 8-hour long Dota game. The map is invaded by Techies’ mines, Chen created an army of creeps, and Crystal Maiden activated her Rambo-mode. Which will be the cause of the defeat?

Greed is Good?

Dazzle and Pudge get into a sticky situation while running away from the enemy team. If you liked it, please vote for it here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1469026315 This is my fourth year participating in the dota 2 short film contest. As some of you might notice, I had some trouble working through this project.

Creator: KDC

A parody about the support’s life and the Pudge pickers. Dazzle saves Pudge from a deadly situation, while the later decides to sacrifice his teammate to secure a Bounty Rune and guarantee his own safety.

Top 10 anime betrayals.

Wiles of the Wisp

▶ VOTE FOR THIS ENTRY ON STEAM: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1467323279 Years before the war of the Ancients, some of the soon-to-be heroes were already running into each other. One of them had made it its favorite pastime to play tricks on unsuspecting passersby, befitting the name its kind was given in fairytales: Wisp.

Creator: MaxOfS2D

Bristleback has been tricked by Io and pushed into a cave. He and a funny Ogre Magic will join forces to find the way back to the surface and get revenge on the culprit.

The Ballad of Lovelace

Vote Here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1468988807 __________________________________ Production Team: Aleksey Dmitriev aka BOLT - director, animator, sound editor https://www.youtube.com/user/naild100 Evgeniy Akimbaev aka John R1se - director, music composer, editor https://www.youtube.com/JohnRiseMusic/ https://vk.com/john_r1se Evgeniy Gorlatov aka Evil - animator, character setup, textures https://vk.com/utrer1 Eva Mussida aka EVA - 3D modeller https://vk.com/musidu Max Golub aka MAURLIM - character modeller https://vk.com/strange_pigeon Special thanks: Andrew Khrapov aka Hardrussian, Marjan Grnča aka NayRam, Nikita Dudenkov aka Panda, Maxim Keller aka Max Keller

Creator: BOLT

The romantic Pangolier is enjoying his time with a centaur lady, but Centaur Warrunner discovers them, and a chase breaks out through the streets of the city.

Note: Pangolier can’t be held responsible because Heartpiercer is a passive ability.

Blue Girl

Vote here! https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1466850250 Behind the Scenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTvEtXw5m60&t=15s Made with: Clip Studio Paint Adobe After Effects https://twitter.com/Mhu757 https://www.instagram.com/mhuang7557 Ariana George (Voice of Mortred): https://twitter.com/ariiniicolle Background artwork is based off of the popular volleyball anime and manga Haikyu!! Extra thanks to: David Paris Heather Cassano Miguel Peji 5 Easter Eggs - Can you find them all?

Creator: MH7557

An anime approach to the Dota universe based on a basketball match.

Note: The creator caused some confusion because Nevermore is Shadow Fiend’s name, while Lucifer is Doom’s one. “It's a mistake on my part. Nevermore is an awkward first name, so I thought of Lucifer, but I completely forgot that Doom's name is also Lucifer.”

Winners of the past editions

Maxime Lebled aka MaxOfS2D, creator of Wiles of the Wisp, won all the previous Dota 2 Short Film Contests. Below, you can watch all his creations.

TI7 - What does a hero truly fear?

Thanks for your support everyone! You've made us win for the third year in a row!!

TI6 - Lanaya is mine!

Jukes are no joke. ▶ Breakdown & behind the scenes video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=7wSmUYNQrUA ▶ Want more Dota SFM videos? Check out this playlist! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGFNwGMKqgex1B3lpBlshyeqzrYeq_5CS ▶ Social media stuff: http://twitter.com/MaxLebled & https://fb.me/maxlebledanim Hello everyone! This is my entry to this year's Short Film Contest! I was really busy since February, working on the System Shock 1 remake at Nightdive Studios.

TI5 - Enigma's Exasperation

▶ Enigma comes down to the battlefield, and meets his allies. ▶ Social media stuff: http://twitter.com/MaxLebled & http://facebook.com/MaxLebledAnim ▶ Check out the behind-the-scenes video here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=nFwJ7vFzgpk ▶ Want more Dota SFM videos? Check out this playlist!

Header image from Ursa Minor by Alexander Frey