$35,000 in Prizes
Audience Awards Presents
2018 Womens Film Challenge
Elevating female filmmakers worldwide
"Audience Awards and all the panels and connections you provided are phenomenal and the support you show for burgeoning filmmakers and female ones at that is simply brilliant." Sarah Clift, 2017 WFC Grand Jury Prize
The Call for Entries: Female filmmakers are invited to submit short fiction or nonfiction films, 7 minutes or under, to gain exposure and prizes to accelerate your careers. The top films are juried by industry professionals and premiere at Audience Awards Film Festival in LA.
The Women’s Film Challenge Mission:
- To exalt female-driven stories and the work of women in film
- To promote and engage audiences to support female filmmakers
- To encourage emerging talent to continue to create
- To provide a platform for female filmmakers to find and become role models
- To build awareness worldwide of the abundance of talented female directors, writers,
editors and producers in this industry - To connect female filmmakers to brands and brand opportunities
- To contribute to the revolution that is just beginning
- To show the #femalelens – behind and in front of the camera
The films will be juried by an industry panel and the top 10 films are deemed the finalists films. The Women's Film Challenge Premiere is the Audience Awards Film Festival Saturday Night Headline Red Carpet Event! The global audience will vote for the finalist films the week leading up to the premiere at AudFest 2018.
MENTORSHIP: WFC winning filmmakers will be matched with top-tier women in the film industry at a mentorship brunch during the Audience Awards Film Festival. Finalists get to network and receive mentorship from top executives, many of whom are searching for talent and projects.
MEET THE MENTORS
Carol Trussell, Head of Production, APPLE
Moira Griffin, Executive Director, Production & Creative Labs, 21st Century FOX
Janeika James, Writer, Empire, 21st Century FOX
JaSheika James, Writer, Empire, 21st Century FOX
Alison Emilio, Sundance & Women In Film, Head of Systematic Change Project
Ellen Pittleman, Hybrid Entertainment
Maja Zimmermann, Film Producer
Debbie Vandermeulen, Film Producer
Kimberly Browning, Hollywood Shorts Festival Director
MEET THE JURY: https://theaudienceawards.com/the-audience-awards/2018womensfilmchallenge/jurors
Following the premiere, awards will be announced for:
- Best Narrative Film
- Best Documentary Film
- Honorable Mention (Jury)
- Honorable Mention (Documentary)
- Best Film: Audience Choice
- Honorable Mention (Audience Choice)
- Best Score
- Best in Cinematography
- Best in Sound
- Best in Editing
Entries will be evaluated based on the following judging criteria:
- Creativity (45%)
- Technical Merit (30%)
- Adherence to the Assignment (25%)
The finalist films in this challenge may be used across additional multiple distribution channels.
PRIZE BREAKDOWN:
Best Narrative Film: wins a $15,000 Panavision camera rental package to help make your next film and 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/
Best Documentary Film: wins a Canon C100 w/24-105 camera kit and 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/
Best Film in Competition: Audience Choice wins $500
All 10 finalist filmmakers win: All-access passes to attend AudFest; a year-long pro membership to Audience Awards, year-long promotion to agents, distributors and studios as a finalist in the prestigious Women’s Film Challenge. We will take your films to several distributors to shop them for distribution.
ABOUT AUDIENCE AWARDS: Audience Awards provides filmmakers the opportunity get discovered, win prizes and build an audience. Films are judged by the audience as well as top-level industry professionals. We are committed to providing a stage for diverse, emerging talent and their creative work and helping them get discovered. 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 (like studio deals). 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/
The Women's Film Challenge thanks our supporting partners: Ellevest, Samy's Camera, ChromaColor, POV and Panavision.
PLEASE USE THE DISCUSSION TAB FOR QUESTIONS
2017 WOMEN’S FILM CHALLENGE IMPACT
Audience Awards' inaugural Women’s Film Challenge finalist films premiered at AudFest 2017 in Spring in LA. The ten female filmmaker finalists were mentored by female industry leaders at AudFest and awarded $80K in prizes.
"Audience Awards and all the panels and connections you and your team provided are phenomenal and the support you show for burgeoning filmmakers and female ones at that is simply brilliant. Thank you so so much … It feels like there is so much support going forward and I am so excited about the opportunity and possibility this can bring." Sarah Clift, WFC Grand Jury Prize, Tangerine Entertainment’s Juice Award, MT Film Office Prize winner
"This was such an AMAZING, life-changing weekend!! I especially loved the women’s film challenge roundtable session. I received fantastic and practical advice that I’m already starting to implement." Allison Otto, GOOD DOCS WFC winner
"It’s festivals like these that help us women filmmakers break through the set archetypes of what ‘directors’ look and sound like. Because we’re such a small percentage, this type of exposure is so meaningful. But most importantly, it’s these opportunities that elevate us to make more work. That’s the goal, creating more, writing more, sharing more, telling these stories that haven’t been told from our perspectives, from our lenses." Cali Bondad, WFC Honorable Mention, ChromaColor Prize, POV Prize
SUBMISSIONS DUE BY
Submissions Closed
WINNERS ANNOUNCED
May 22, 2018 at 12:00pm MDT (America/Denver)
FINAL ROUND PRIZE DESCRIPTION
The top 10 jury selected films move on to the Finals Round.
FINAL TEAM AWARDS
11 Jury Selection: Moves to Finals Round
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Extended Deadline:
May 08, 2018 11:59am (America/Denver)Entry Fee: $40
CATEGORIES IN CAMPAIGN
Documentary
The Call for Entries: Female filmmakers are invited to submit short fiction or nonfiction films, 7 minutes or under, to gain exposure and prizes to accelerate your careers. The top films are juried by industry professionals and premiere at Audience Awards Film Festival in LA.
PRIZE DESCRIPTION
The top 20 preliminary jury selected films move on to the Semi-Finals Round.
NARRATIVE
Submit your short fiction film, 7 minutes or under.
PRIZE DESCRIPTION
The top 20 preliminary jury selected films move on to the Semi-Finals Round.
Women's Film Challenge Finalists
"Audience Awards and all the panels and connections you provided are phenomenal and the support you show for burgeoning filmmakers and female ones at that is simply brilliant." Sarah Clift, 2017 WFC Grand Jury Prize
The Call for Entries: Female filmmakers are invited to submit short fiction or nonfiction films, 7 minutes or under, to gain exposure and prizes to accelerate your careers. The top films are juried by industry professionals and premiere at Audience Awards Film Festival in LA.
The Women’s Film Challenge Mission:
- To exalt female-driven stories and the work of women in film
- To promote and engage audiences to support female filmmakers
- To encourage emerging talent to continue to create
- To provide a platform for female filmmakers to find and become role models
- To build awareness worldwide of the abundance of talented female directors, writers,
editors and producers in this industry - To connect female filmmakers to brands and brand opportunities
- To contribute to the revolution that is just beginning
- To show the #femalelens – behind and in front of the camera
The films will be juried by an industry panel and the top 10 films are deemed the finalists films. The Women's Film Challenge Premiere is the Audience Awards Film Festival Saturday Night Headline Red Carpet Event! The global audience will vote for the finalist films the week leading up to the premiere at AudFest 2018.
MENTORSHIP: WFC winning filmmakers will be matched with top-tier women in the film industry at a mentorship brunch during the Audience Awards Film Festival. Finalists get to network and receive mentorship from top executives, many of whom are searching for talent and projects.
MEET THE MENTORS
Carol Trussell, Head of Production, APPLE
Moira Griffin, Executive Director, Production & Creative Labs, 21st Century FOX
Janeika James, Writer, Empire, 21st Century FOX
JaSheika James, Writer, Empire, 21st Century FOX
Alison Emilio, Sundance & Women In Film, Head of Systematic Change Project
Ellen Pittleman, Hybrid Entertainment
Maja Zimmermann, Film Producer
Debbie Vandermeulen, Film Producer
Kimberly Browning, Hollywood Shorts Festival Director
MEET THE JURY: https://theaudienceawards.com/the-audience-awards/2018womensfilmchallenge/jurors
Following the premiere, awards will be announced for:
- Best Narrative Film
- Best Documentary Film
- Honorable Mention (Jury)
- Honorable Mention (Documentary)
- Best Film: Audience Choice
- Honorable Mention (Audience Choice)
- Best Score
- Best in Cinematography
- Best in Sound
- Best in Editing
Entries will be evaluated based on the following judging criteria:
- Creativity (45%)
- Technical Merit (30%)
- Adherence to the Assignment (25%)
The finalist films in this challenge may be used across additional multiple distribution channels.
PRIZE BREAKDOWN:
Best Narrative Film: wins a $15,000 Panavision camera rental package to help make your next film and 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/
Best Documentary Film: wins a Canon C100 w/24-105 camera kit and 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/
Best Film in Competition: Audience Choice wins $500
All 10 finalist filmmakers win: All-access passes to attend AudFest; a year-long pro membership to Audience Awards, year-long promotion to agents, distributors and studios as a finalist in the prestigious Women’s Film Challenge. We will take your films to several distributors to shop them for distribution.
ABOUT AUDIENCE AWARDS: Audience Awards provides filmmakers the opportunity get discovered, win prizes and build an audience. Films are judged by the audience as well as top-level industry professionals. We are committed to providing a stage for diverse, emerging talent and their creative work and helping them get discovered. 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 (like studio deals). 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/
PLEASE USE THE DISCUSSION TAB FOR QUESTIONS
2017 WOMEN’S FILM CHALLENGE IMPACT
Audience Awards' inaugural Women’s Film Challenge finalist films premiered at AudFest 2017 in Spring in LA. The ten female filmmaker finalists were mentored by female industry leaders at AudFest and awarded $80K in prizes.
"Audience Awards and all the panels and connections you and your team provided are phenomenal and the support you show for burgeoning filmmakers and female ones at that is simply brilliant. Thank you so so much … It feels like there is so much support going forward and I am so excited about the opportunity and possibility this can bring." Sarah Clift, WFC Grand Jury Prize, Tangerine Entertainment’s Juice Award, MT Film Office Prize winner
"This was such an AMAZING, life-changing weekend!! I especially loved the women’s film challenge roundtable session. I received fantastic and practical advice that I’m already starting to implement." Allison Otto, GOOD DOCS WFC winner
"It’s festivals like these that help us women filmmakers break through the set archetypes of what ‘directors’ look and sound like. Because we’re such a small percentage, this type of exposure is so meaningful. But most importantly, it’s these opportunities that elevate us to make more work. That’s the goal, creating more, writing more, sharing more, telling these stories that haven’t been told from our perspectives, from our lenses." Cali Bondad, WFC Honorable Mention, ChromaColor Prize, POV Prize
