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Guide
Every week, one film goes up for a full bracket tournament. The community submits slates, seeds a Round of 8, votes down to a champion by Sunday, and the cycle restarts. Here's how it works from end to end.
A new tournament opens every Monday. The week follows a strict phase schedule, with each phase ending at local midnight:
Submission Window
Anyone can submit a new slate for the featured film in either Timeless or Current mode. Existing slates can also enter themselves for seeding.
Round of 8
The top 8 slates in each track are seeded into a bracket. Voting begins — each matchup pits two slates head-to-head.
Semifinal
4 slates per track. Round of 8 winners advance.
Final
2 slates per track. Championship match.
Results
Champions crowned. Badges distributed. The tournament page archives and next week's featured film is announced.
Track 1
8 slates in Timeless mode. Any actor, any era. This track tends to reward bold historical picks and dead-legend casts.
Track 2
8 slates in Current mode. Living actors, age-appropriate today. This track rewards practical picks that could actually go into production.
The tracks are scored separately and each crowns its own champion. You can enter both, or just the one that matches your casting style.
The 8 bracket spots per track fill up with two kinds of entries:
This week's submissions
Any slate newly submitted during the Monday–Wednesday submission window is eligible for seeding. The six with the highest quality scores at submission close make the bracket.
Wildcards
Two slots are reserved for high-performing pre-existing slates — the algorithm picks the two most-Bravo'd slates for the featured film from the entire historical library. These appear with a WC badge in the bracket.
Click any matchup card to open the full comparison
Clicking the negative space on any bracket matchup card opens the Face Off page — a side-by-side comparison of the two competing slates with a VS divider, every pick clickable, and a dedicated Cast Tournament Vote button on each side. The losing column dims, the winning column glows with an accent ring.
It's built for making informed tournament votes — you can compare cast choices row-by-row instead of cramming everything into the bracket card.
This is the most important rule to understand:
Tournament vote
Single choice per matchup
Pick one of the two slates in each matchup. Your vote only counts toward the bracket result. Persists across reloads so you can come back and finish voting later.
Slate vote
Bravo or Boo (the ensemble)
Separate judgment about whether the whole ensemble works. This is the same Bravo/Boo you see on every slate card outside the tournament — tournament participation does not affect it.
After casting a tournament vote for a slate, Cast Away shows an inline "Also Bravo this slate?" chip under the entry row. One click lets you do both — but they're recorded separately. No modal, no forced prompt, totally skippable.
A handful of badges are earned exclusively through tournament play:
Tournament Winner
EpicWin the championship match in either track.
Tournament Qualifier
UncommonGet your slate seeded into any Round of 8.
Cinderella Story
LegendaryWin the championship while seeded #6 or worse.
Bracketologist
RareCast correct tournament votes for all 4 Round of 8 winners in the same tournament.
Perfect Bracket
LegendaryCall every single matchup correctly across an entire tournament.
Underdog Slayer
UncommonCast a tournament vote for the eventual champion when they were seeded #6 or worse.
Dynasty
LegendaryWin 5 weekly tournaments all-time in either track.
Every past tournament is archived at /tournament/{id}. Voting is closed, but the champions, bracket, and your previous selections (if you participated) are all preserved. The sidebar on the main Tournament page lists the last 5 weeks with one-click access to each archive.
Timeless, Current & Legacy
How the two modes work and what happens when Current becomes Legacy.
Crew & Following
Build your circle of fellow casters. Affinity, activity, Like Minds.
Your Profile
Stage name, avatar, bio, links, theaters, subscriptions, and badges.
Watch Widget
Where to stream, rent, buy, or catch a film in theaters.
Weekly Tournament
The bracket format, seeding, tracks, and how to win.