A festival for the many iterations of identity

Audience Awards LGBTQ Shorts seeks films which speak to identity, sexuality, and gender

If you’ve made a film, 30 minutes or under, that shows the many iterations of identity, we invite you to enter the Audience Awards LGBTQ Film Festival. Though an agenda isn’t necessary to submit, you may experience one of these barrier-breaking benefits by participating.

Accepted films may be invited to screen on Audience Awards OTT channel. Details sent at the time of invite.

HOW THE FINALISTS ARE DETERMINED: Your film will be publicly viewed, so make sure it’s the right time for your film to gain an online audience! If it's too early for the public to watch your film online, we invite you to come back next year and submit.

From the first round of live audience and jury voting on The Audience Awards platform, the top 3 films with the most votes and the top 4 jury-selected films advance to the prestigious finals round. The finalist films are judged by an esteemed panel of industry jurors. The top three final jury winners from the finals round are deemed the finalists and will screen live at Audience Awards Film Festival in 2019 where they will compete against all of the finalist films from the previous year for the Best of Fest award.

A note on audience voting: If you want your friends and family to vote for your film, share away.  Audience voting greatly increases your views & exposure for your film and career, but social sharing is not necessary to win. The jury ultimately chooses the finalists and winners of the festival.

ABOUT AUDIENCE AWARDS: Audience Awards provides filmmakers the opportunity to change the world through stories, win prizes and build an audience. Films are judged by the audience as well as industry professionals. Previous jurors represent Vice, YouTube, Variety, Sundance and the list goes on. We are committed to providing a stage for diverse, emerging talent and their creative work. Our platform is dedicated to celebrating the power of storytelling and building an audience. Created by filmmakers, for filmmakers, Audience Awards offers an invaluable platform for exposure. Our filmmakers don't just gain exposure - like press and social media engagement - but also opportunities to accelerate their careers. Learn More: https://theaudienceawards.com/filmmakers

ABOUT AUDIENCE AWARDS FILM FESTIVAL: Your days at AudFest will be filled with invaluable industry panels and workshops, your nights filled with screenings, networking parties and awards ceremonies. AudFest is the capstone of 365 days full of stellar filmmaking and an opportunity for us to provide opportunity and exposure to our filmmaker family. We play with cameras, gear, learn from industry experts, get mentored by industry execs. We award three pioneer filmmakers and screen your amazing films.

ABOUT THE CHROMACOLOR PRIZE: The first place jury winner will receive one ChromaColor color corrections in ACES (the motion picture academy's color space developed to best accommodate digital cinematography) and mastering to HDR of any project up to ten minutes in duration. $7,000 value. https://www.chromacolor.video/

SUBMISSIONS DUE BY

Submissions Closed

VOTING OPENS

Jun 12, 2018 at 12:00pm MDT (America/Denver)

VOTING CLOSES

Jun 19, 2018 at 12:00pm MDT (America/Denver)

WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Jun 26, 2018 at 12:00pm MDT (America/Denver)

FINAL ROUND PRIZE DESCRIPTION

Every accepted film into the festival receives an AudFest All Access pass. Top 3 films as determined by the jury in the finals round screen at AudFest. The first place jury winner will receive one ChromaColor color corrections in ACES (the motion picture academy's color space developed to best accommodate digital cinematography) and mastering to HDR of any project up to ten minutes in duration. https://www.chromacolor.video/.

FINAL TEAM AWARDS

1st Place Jury Award: All Acess Pass to AudFest and AudFest Screening and ChromaColor color corrections package

2nd Place Jury Award: AudFest Screening and All Access Pass

3rd Place Jury Award: AudFest Screening and All Access Pass

ENTRY FEE

$25 (or enter for FREE when you upgrade to pro. Learn More!)