Show us that She is Electable!

Filmmakers (and candidates and those supporting candidates) from across the US are invited to create and submit a 1- 2-minute video (give or take 30 seconds) that spotlights a woman running for local elected office in her community. You can create a short about a woman running for office, a woman who ran for office in the past, or a woman planning to run for office. 

Maybe she is a longtime community activist who was motivated to throw her hat in the ring after watching her city’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Perhaps, she is a well-known business leader tired of watching intractable community problems remain unsolved. She might be fired up by the misogyny and incompetence that she sees in the Oval Office and has finally decided that her goal to “one day” run for office can’t wait. Whatever her story is, we want to hear it because we believe she is electable. Feel free to submit your candidate campaign ad! In the event of a candidate winning, cash prizes will be campaign finance compliant.

Candidates themselves are encouraged to submit entries as well. Candidates and/or filmmakers can employ smartphones and/or DSLR cameras, animation, lighting, camera equipment, and editing tools to ensure COVID-safe production. Turn that phone horizontal and tell us your why!

How It Works: Filmmakers and candidates have until October 22, 2020, to create and submit their films/videos. Acceptance into the film challenge is based on the quality of content and adherence to the assignment. Your film must be accepted into the challenge in order to compete. Audience voting is open to all. Electable's celebrity jurors will choose the winners of this challenge. 

Film submissions are evaluated based on the following judging criteria:

• Creativity 

• Technical Merit 

• Fresh, Diverse Perspective

• Adherence to the Assignment

Prizes for the Winners: 

Grand Prize: $2,000 

3 additional honorable mentions: $1,000 each 

Winners will be announced during the Electable webinar on October 26, 2020, at 5 pm MT. Sign-up for the webinar here. Winners will post to AudPop at 6 pm on Oct. 26.

The top films will also stream on FlipboardTV.

Meet the Jurors

Ari Afsar is a singer/songwriter with placements on ABC, Disney, and Amazon. She is a graduate of the UCLA School of Music as an Ethnomusicology Jazz major. Afsar co-wrote Jeannette, a new musical which brings the true life story of suffrage activist, social worker, and first woman elected to Congress, Jeannette Rankin. The associated concept album, WE WON’T SLEEP: SONGS FROM THE MUSICAL JEANNETTE, produced by Sony Masterworks Broadway, will be available through all digital retailers on Friday, October 16. This musical was developed at the O'Neill NMTC where Afsar won the Lyricist Award. Last fall, She composed a piece, Allegory produced by the La Jolla Playhouse. She has opened for Michelle Obama, performed in the U.S. Institute of Peace, presented before Gloria Steinhem, highlighted by Jane Fonda and opened at the ACLU national conference. She was the original Eliza in Chicago's Hamilton, Miss California 2010, top 10 at Miss America 2011, and a top 36 American Idol Alum. She is the co-founder of "Until We Do It" providing masks to communities disproportionately affected by Covid-19.

Annise Parker is the Victory Fund and Victory Institute President & CEO. She is the first former elected official to lead the organizations, has served six years as a Houston City Council member, six years as City Controller, and six years as Mayor of the city. She is one of only two women to have been elected mayor, and is the first openly LGBTQ mayor of a major American city.

In 2010 Time magazine named Mayor Parker one of the 100 most influential people in the world. In addition to her duties as mayor, Mayor Parker was a member of President Obama’s Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience.  Mayor Parker graduated from Rice University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. In the private sector, she spent 20 years working in the oil and gas industry, including 18 years with Mosbacher Energy Company. She also co-owned Inklings, a lesbian/feminist bookstore for 10 years.

Mayor Parker and her wife Kathy Hubbard have been together for more than 28 years and are advocates for adoption, with three daughters, a son, and a grandson. Learn more: https://victoryfund.org/team/annise-parker/

About Electable

Electable is an online membership community that helps people who identify as women run, win, and lead in local public office, particularly in flyover states. Learn more at www.electablewomen.com.

About AudPop

AudPop is a premium video entertainment platform that connects our network of 75,000+ diverse and talented filmmakers with brands and audiences around the world. Through creation, curation, and promotion, our mission is to facilitate collaboration and change with authentic storytelling content.

SUBMISSIONS DUE BY

Submissions Closed

VOTING OPENS

Oct 22, 2020 at 12:00pm MDT (America/Denver)

VOTING CLOSES

Oct 26, 2020 at 5:30pm MDT (America/Denver)