A Festival For The Wild and Green

During 2016’s Project Earth Doc Challenge, we gave environmentalist filmmakers a chance to make their statement in only 120 hours and their shorts could only be 4 to 7 minutes in length. For our Wild and Green Shorts Film Festival, we seek submissions which speak to the same pressing issues - climate change, endangered species, sustainability, even meditation and its effects on our world. Only this time, you have a more substantial time in which to share your message.

If you’ve made a film, 30 minutes or under, which shows your passion as an environmentalist and a filmmaker, Wild and Green Shorts Film Festival is the contest for you.

Filmmakers from around the world are invited to submit to the Audience Awards 2017 Wild and Green Shorts Film Festival and give over 150,000 film fans the chance to view and vote. Films chosen will also be judged by an elite panel of jurors who are experts in the impact environmental shorts have in today’s film market.

Along with other prizes listed below, the top three final jury winners will screen at the 2018 Audience Awards Film Festival in Los Angeles and compete there 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 a masterpiece! In addition to the prize money for your film, the jury choice film wins a Filmstro soundtrack license worth $1,999 for movies with a $1M budget or less. Winners will receive an email with license details.

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. Winners will be announced on May 3rd, 2017!

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SUBMISSIONS DUE BY

Submissions Closed

VOTING OPENS

Apr 18, 2017 at 12:00pm MDT (America/Denver)

VOTING CLOSES

Apr 25, 2017 at 12:00pm MDT (America/Denver)

WINNERS ANNOUNCED

May 03, 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: $250 Site Credit (and don't forget about AudFest!)

3rd Place Jury Award: $150 Site Credit (and don't forget about AudFest!)

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Late Deadline:

Apr 17, 2017 12:00pm (America/Denver)

Entry Fee: $50