$28,998
Audience Awards Presents
REELPITCH
Submit your crowdfunding video or trailer to fund your film
Life of making a film? Blood, sweat, tears & fundraising!
The Audience Awards is here to help. Filmmakers from around the globe are invited to submit a pitch video of your film or web series and an industry jury + the global audience will select their favorites to award a share of $28,998 to four deserving film projects.
Whether you are in pre-production, production, post-production or distribution & outreach with your film, you are invited to submit your crowdfunding video, trailer or film pitch to one of the four categories in REELPITCH to compete for the total of $28,998 in cash and prizes.
The audience and jury winners will screen at AudFest at the El Portal Theater in North Hollywood, April 6 - 9, 2017.
All of the filmmakers who are a part of our festivals gain invaluable exposure including press and social media engagement. Anyone may submit to this film festival, but videos are judged for admittance into the festival before audience & jury voting opens.
Anyone may submit to this contest, but videos will be judged for admittance into the contest before audience & jury voting opens. Preliminary judging will be based on the quality of content and adherence to the assignment. Videos will be initially judged on a score of 1-3. Videos that score a 1 will not be allowed to compete in the challenge. The 3 top most voted videos and the top 2 jury selections from each category will move on the the final rounds to compete for $28,998 total in prizes. The audience and the jury choice from the final round each win $10,000 and the FilmStro prize. Second place audience choice and honorable mention jury choice each win $2500.
The Audience Awards provides a stage for short films and engaging stories. Our platform is dedicated to celebrating the power of storytelling and building an audience for short films and filmmakers. Created by filmmakers, for filmmakers, we are here to help you grow your career and fund your film dreams.
MEET THE JURY:
Caterina Fake, co-founder of Flickr and Hunch and Sundance Institute Board Member.
Darrien Gipson, Executive Director, SAGindie
Sascha Rice, Global Marketing Director Motion Picture, Eastman Kodak Company
Harry Vaughn, Associate Programmer, Documentary and Catalyst Narratives Reader, Sundance Institute
Adnaan Wasey, an Emmy- and Webby-nominated executive producer of innovative media, Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism and head of POV Digital, the new media production division of the long-running PBS documentary series POV.
ABOUT THE FILMSTRO PRIZE:
FilmStro offers the world's first soundtrack creation studio. Score your film and make a masterpiece! In addition to the prize money for your film, the first place audience award & jury selection each will win a Filmstro soundtrack license worth $1999 for movies with a $1M budget or less. Winners will receive an email with license details.
SUBMISSIONS DUE BY
Submissions Closed
VOTING OPENS
Aug 09, 2016 at 9:00am MDT (America/Denver)
VOTING CLOSES
Aug 18, 2016 at 9:00pm MDT (America/Denver)
FINAL ROUND VOTING OPENS
Aug 23, 2016 at 12:00pm MDT (America/Denver)
FINAL ROUND VOTING CLOSES
Aug 29, 2016 at 12:00pm MDT (America/Denver)
FINAL TEAM AWARDS
1st Place Jury Award: $10,000 + a Filmstro soundtrack license for movie up to $1M budget worth $1999
2nd Place Jury Award: $2,500
FINAL AudPop
1st Place Audience Award: $10,000 + a Filmstro soundtrack license for movie up to $1M budget worth $1999
2nd Place Audience Award: $2,500
ENTRY FEE
$20 (or enter for FREE when you upgrade to pro. Learn More!)
CATEGORIES IN CAMPAIGN
Preproduction
Video pitches for films or series in the PREPRODUCTION STAGE of filming are invited to submit. Videos must be 10 minutes or less.
Production
Video pitches for films or series in the PRODUCTION STAGE of filming are invited to submit. Your video must be 10 minutes or under.
Post Production
Video pitches for films or series in the POST PRODUCTION STAGE of filming are invited to submit. Your video must be 10 minutes or under.
Distribution & Outreach
Video pitches for films or series in the DISTRIBUTION & OUTREACH STAGE of filming are invited to submit. Your video must be 10 minutes or under.
