AudFest Music Shorts seeks films which demonstrate how powerful music is and how profound its effects can be on the world

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

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

HOW THE WINNERS ARE DETERMINED: 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 a finals round. The finalist films are then judged by an esteemed panel of industry jurors. The top three final jury winners from the finals round will screen at Audfest 2019 in Los Angeles and compete for our prestigious Best of Fest Audience Award where we award over $100K in cash and prizes.

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 AUDFEST: 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

May 17, 2018 at 12:00pm MDT (America/Denver)

VOTING CLOSES

May 24, 2018 at 12:00pm MDT (America/Denver)

WINNERS ANNOUNCED

May 31, 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: AudFest Screening and All Access Pass and ChromaColor color correction 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!)