Cascade Launches Global Filmmaking Competition
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14 October 2026
Mollyroe Plc
("Mollyroe" or the "Company")
Cascade Partners with world leaders, BytePlus and Seedance to Launch
Global Film Making Competition
Mollyroe plc (AQSE: MOY), which owns Cascade, the AI-native production platform built for filmmakers, creators, agencies and brands, is pleased to announce that Cascade has entered into a partnership arrangement with BytePlus and Seedance, to launch its global Greenlight Film Competition.
BytePlus is the enterprise technology division of ByteDance, providing businesses with cloud infrastructure and AI solutions and Seedance is ByteDance’s generative AI video technology, enabling the creation of video content from text and images. Partnering with BytePlus and Seedance allows Cascade to skip years of foundational R&D. By plugging directly into ByteDance’s AI stack, Cascade users can leverage field-tested, consumer-grade technology-boosting efficiency in digital marketing, real-time personalization, e-commerce conversion, and synthetic media creation.
The Competition, launched on 13 October 2026, invites filmmakers and creators to pitch a teaser for a story, using Cascade’s filmmaking platform to develop their ideas. Under the theme “Great stories deserve a shot”, the initiative is designed to support emerging creative projects and demonstrate the capabilities of Cascade’s AI-native production platform.
The Competition will select four winners, who will share a US$100,000 cash prize pool, funded jointly by Cascade, BytePlus and Seedance. In addition, the winning projects will receive a production greenlight and a package of platform credits to support production, with BytePlus providing credit support. It will be judged by a jury of award-winning filmmakers, whose identities will be announced during the competition. Submissions close on 4 December 2026, with the official selection and winners expected to be announced in the new year.
The launch represents Cascade's first major initiative following the launch of its platform and the Company's recent fundraise. The competition aims to showcase the capabilities of Cascade, attract new users and convert participants into paying customers.
Further information, including details on how to register interest and participate are available on Cascade’s website: https://cascadestudio.ai/competition.
Simon Windsor, Chief Executive Officer of Cascade Studios, commented: “Cascade gives filmmakers the platform and tools to produce Hollywood-grade work without the traditional barriers of cost and scale. We’re proud to partner with BytePlus and Seedance to launch the Greenlight Film Competition, an opportunity to discover bold new storytellers and back the projects they deserve to make.”
Darren Hopkins, Mollyroe CEO and a founder of Cascade, added: “This is a very exciting first step since we acquired Cascade, showing the strength and depth of its offering, its traction within the titans of the industry and its ability to partner with them.”
ENDS
For further information, please contact:
Mollyroe plc
Darren Hopkins, Chief Executive Officer
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Ed Downes
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About Cascade
Cascade is an all-in-one production platform built to scale professional-grade productions. It takes projects from first idea to finished film, series or micro-drama - in one place, with one subscription. Write the script, develop storyboards, create the assets, generate video and audio, and polish the final edit without switching between apps or losing the thread of a project.
Built by a multi-award-winning team with deep roots in filmmaking, VFX and virtual production, Cascade connects every stage of the creative process through a single environment. Proprietary AI and asset-management technology keep characters, worlds and creative decisions consistent from scene to scene - delivering the control and quality of a professional production, without the cost or complexity.
One platform. Every stage. Total creative control.
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