The Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine announces the Cinema Challenge Hackathon, dedicated to finding IT solutions that will help popularize high-quality Ukrainian-made content.
According to the ministry’s website, the online hackathon will be held on November 14-22 with the support of the Ministry of Digital Transformation and the Ukrainian Cinema Foundation. The organizers are national online cinema sweet.tv and the We_Challenge team.
The goal of the hackathon is to accelerate the development of domestic technologies for online cinemas.
During the Cinema Challenge, IT specialists will develop new Ukrainian solutions to popularize national content: cinema, TV programs, TV series, and dubbing.
Data scientists, developers, managers, designers, marketers can take part in the hackathon. Participation is possible both individually and as a team, depending on the chosen direction.
The prize fund is $50,000 ($10,000 for first place in each challenge, $5,000 for second place in each challenge, and $10,000 for the winner among projects).
Areas of the hackathon are the following: Challenge 1 (Data scientists) – participants and teams are working on a recommendation system for films, Challenge 2 (Data scientists) – participants and teams are working on a recommendation system for TV programs, Projects Contest (Teams) – teams are working on projects with topics: gamification/referral system or Your Idea – suggest your version within the general theme of the Hackathon.
“The main goal of hackathons is to create effective IT solutions that will provide the viewer with the most valuable content and contribute to the development of a culture of consumption of high-quality Ukrainian video content. For the first time, the event is being held for the development of cinema tech in Ukraine. Of course, top platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, Apple TV + and others are already known in this segment. But I am sure: we also have great potential, Ukrainian developers have everything they need to create a world-class streaming platform,” the press service said, citing Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation for IT Development Oleksandr Borniakov.
