Show us what music means to you

In his book Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life, Steve Almond writes, “The only thing wrong with music, as far as I’m concerned, is that you cannot eat it.” The good news - ever since The Beatles started bringing visuals to their music in the mid ‘60s - is that we can see it.  

If you’ve made a film, 30 minutes or under, which makes music observable, give it the chance to be seen worldwide.

From rockumentary to musical, if your short demonstrates how powerful music is, how profound its effects can be on the world, this is the contest for you.

Filmmakers from around the world are invited to submit to the Audience Awards 2017 Music Shorts Film Festival. By submitting to an Audience Awards festival, you give your film a chance to be viewed and voted on by over 150,000 film fans. Films chosen will also be judged by an elite panel of jurors who are experts in the music 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 FILMSTRO PRIZE: FilmStro offers the world’s first soundtrack creation studio. Score your film and make it a masterpiece. Winners receive a unique promo code to redeem their prize on the filmstro.com licensing page: https://filmstro.com/licensing

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 May 31st, 2017!

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SUBMISSIONS DUE BY

Submissions Closed

VOTING OPENS

May 16, 2017 at 12:00pm MDT (America/Denver)

VOTING CLOSES

May 23, 2017 at 12:00pm MDT (America/Denver)

WINNERS ANNOUNCED

May 31, 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:

May 15, 2017 12:00pm (America/Denver)

Entry Fee: $35