Submit your animated short films for the world to love

Animation (according to Wikipedia) creates the illusion of motion and change with a quick show of a sequence of static images, each slightly different from the one that came before. Pretty dry explanation for an art that spans the Disney to Norshteyn spectrum. Audience Awards recognizes that animated films can be as fun as Pixar’s For the Birds or as achingly beautiful as Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson’s Anomalisa.

If you’ve made a film, 30 minutes or under, which shows the many iterations of animation, give your short the chance to be seen worldwide.

Filmmakers from around the world are invited to submit to the Audience Awards 2017 Animation Shorts festival and give over 150,000 film fans the chance to view and vote for your film. Films chosen will also be judged by an elite panel of jurors who are experts in the animation and film industries. 

The top three final jury winners will screen at the 2018 Audience Awards Film Festival in Los Angeles and compete for the Best of Fest Audience Award.

ABOUT THE CINEMATIQ PRIZE: Cinematiq - gives the winner gives the top jury selected film a free lifetime license to DCP Transfer Software by Cinematiq + a 50% discount on DCP creation. Worth up to $550. 

ABOUT AUDIENCE AWARDS: Audience Awards provides a unique stage for short films. Created by filmmakers, for filmmakers, we are invested in helping you grow and fund your dreams.

HOW THE WINNERS ARE DETERMINED: From the first round, the top three audience-voted and the top three in-house jury-selected entries will move on to the finals round to be judged by an esteemed panel of industry jurors. Along with other prizes listed below, the top three final jury winners will screen at the 2018 Audience Awards Film Festival and compete there for the audience award. Winners will be announced on Aug 2nd, 2017!

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SUBMISSIONS DUE BY

Submissions Closed

VOTING OPENS

Jul 18, 2017 at 12:00pm MDT (America/Denver)

VOTING CLOSES

Jul 25, 2017 at 12:00pm MDT (America/Denver)

WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Aug 02, 2017 at 12:00pm MDT (America/Denver)

FINAL TEAM AWARDS

1st Place Jury Award: $300 + 1 FilmStro soundtrack license for movies with up to a $1M budget worth $1,999 + a free lifetime license to DCP Transfer Software by Cinematiq + a 50% discount on DCP creation. Worth up to $550 (and don't forget about AudFest!)

2nd Place Jury Award: You're going to AudFest!

3rd Place Jury Award: You're going to AudFest!

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Late Deadline:

Jul 17, 2017 12:00pm (America/Denver)

Entry Fee: $35