Silk Road Film Awards

Cannes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, Europe

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Feature, Short

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Silk Road Film Awards

Cannes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, Europe

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Cannes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur 06400 France

--406400

srca.cannes@gmail.com

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About the festival

The Silk Road Film Awards is a monthly competition with annual screenings open to independent filmmakers worldwide, and short-form as well as feature-length works are being considered for entry.

The montly award winners, 5 films will receive an official selection for a live screening at the Theatre Alexandre III, Cannes, French Riviera, at the end of the year. Our judges evaluate the quality of filmmaking, creativity and the ability to tell stories. Our mission is to discover talented independent filmmakers, and be another step in their career.

The award-winning film screening event "Silk Road Film Awards-Cannes", on the online agenda on the City Hall of Cannes website: http://www.cannes.com/fr/evenements/annee-2020/novembre/projection-des-films-primes-silk-road-film-awards-cannes.html

Season 1 is now live.

Monthly Awards:

Best Feature Film
Best Short Film
Best Animation
Best Documentary
Best Music Video
Best Mini Short Film
Best Student Film
Best Dance Film
Best Ecological Film
Best TV/Web Series
Best Biographical Film
Best Musical Film
Best Comedy Film
Best Drama Film
Best Horror film
Best Crime Film
Best Thriller
Best Family Film
Best Fantasy Film
Best Narrative Film
Best Nature Film
Best Sci-Fi Film
Best Social Justice Film
Best Silent Film
Best Experimental Film
Best Indie Film
Best Adventure Film
Best Inspirational Film
Best Mystical Film
Best Travel Film

Best Short Script
Best Feature Script

Best Director
Best Producer
Best Cinematography
Best Composer
Best Editor
Best First Time Director
Best First Time Producer
Best Sound
Best Story
Best Actress
Best Actor
Best Young Actor / Actress

About

The Silk Road Film Awards is a monthly competition with annual screenings open to independent filmmakers worldwide, and short-form as well as feature-length works are being considered for entry.

The montly award winners, 5 films will receive an official selection for a live screening at the Theatre Alexandre III, Cannes, French Riviera, at the end of the year. Our judges evaluate the quality of filmmaking, creativity and the ability to tell stories. Our mission is to discover talented independent filmmakers, and be another step in their career.

The award-winning film screening event "Silk Road Film Awards-Cannes", on the online agenda on the City Hall of Cannes website: http://www.cannes.com/fr/evenements/annee-2020/novembre/projection-des-films-primes-silk-road-film-awards-cannes.html

Season 1 is now live.

Monthly Awards:

Best Feature Film
Best Short Film
Best Animation
Best Documentary
Best Music Video
Best Mini Short Film
Best Student Film
Best Dance Film
Best Ecological Film
Best TV/Web Series
Best Biographical Film
Best Musical Film
Best Comedy Film
Best Drama Film
Best Horror film
Best Crime Film
Best Thriller
Best Family Film
Best Fantasy Film
Best Narrative Film
Best Nature Film
Best Sci-Fi Film
Best Social Justice Film
Best Silent Film
Best Experimental Film
Best Indie Film
Best Adventure Film
Best Inspirational Film
Best Mystical Film
Best Travel Film

Best Short Script
Best Feature Script

Best Director
Best Producer
Best Cinematography
Best Composer
Best Editor
Best First Time Director
Best First Time Producer
Best Sound
Best Story
Best Actress
Best Actor
Best Young Actor / Actress

Awards & Winners

There are no winners yet for this festival

Terms and rules

We do not accept:

1. Amateur videos
2. Films with a poor production quality: bad sound, bad montage, lack of subtitles for non-English films, video resolution less than 720p HD.
3. Extremist or propaganda content from religious or political organizations

For all Categories:

1) Attending this competition implies acceptance of its rules and its decision, which is final, and the waiver of any claims;
2) Entry fees are non-refundable;
3) The organization of Silk Road Film Awards accepts no legal responsibility for the films in competition and its contents;
4) The winners of the monthly competition are not guaranteed live screening. The annual program is selected from among the winners of the month.
5) Films require English subtitles to be submitted.
6) Any genre and format is accepted (from 2 minutes films to 120 minutes);
7) No premiere status is required.
8) Multiple entries are allowed for each filmmaker and each entry may be entered in multiple categories. Films entered in multiple categories may win multiple awards. We reserve right to re-assign films to the appropriate category.
9) The film submitted to the SRFA for a particular month can be re-submitted at any time for a second chance;
10) All films must have been made after January 1, 2016 for competition 2020.
11) To participate in the Silk Road Film Awards, submitted scripts and films must comply with current legislation regarding copyright and the right to privacy of individuals. Therefore, participants guarantee that the films submitted to the festival do not violate current legislation regarding exploitation rights, rights to honour, privacy or image or intellectual property rights and / or industrial and / or any other third party rights.
12) The submiters confirm that they have the right to publicly display the film, including images, music, texts, art and all that is in the copyright law.

Ratings & Reviews

Categories and fees

Best Feature Film
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €30
Regular (27th October, 2020) €30
Late (1st November, 2020) €30

You can add one or more additional categories.

Best Short Film
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €30
Regular (27th October, 2020) €30
Late (1st November, 2020) €30

You can add one or more additional categories.

Best Animation
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €30
Regular (27th October, 2020) €30
Late (1st November, 2020) €30

You can add one or more additional categories.

Best Documentary
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €30
Regular (27th October, 2020) €30
Late (1st November, 2020) €30

You can add one or more additional categories.

Best Music Video
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €30
Regular (27th October, 2020) €30
Late (1st November, 2020) €30

You can add one or more additional categories.

Best Student Film
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €30
Regular (27th October, 2020) €30
Late (1st November, 2020) €30

You can add one or more additional categories.

Best Mini Short Film
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €30
Regular (27th October, 2020) €30
Late (1st November, 2020) €30

You can add one or more additional categories.

Best Dance Film
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €30
Regular (27th October, 2020) €30
Late (1st November, 2020) €30

You can add one or more additional categories.

Best Ecological Film
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €30
Regular (27th October, 2020) €30
Late (1st November, 2020) €30

You can add one or more additional categories.

Best TV/Web Series
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €30
Regular (27th October, 2020) €30
Late (1st November, 2020) €30

You can add one or more additional categories.

Best Biographical Film
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €30
Regular (27th October, 2020) €30
Late (1st November, 2020) €30

You can add one or more additional categories.

Best Musical Film
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €30
Regular (27th October, 2020) €30
Late (1st November, 2020) €30

You can add one or more additional categories.

Best Experimental Film
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €30
Regular (27th October, 2020) €30
Late (1st November, 2020) €30

You can add one or more additional categories.

Best Indie Film
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €30
Regular (27th October, 2020) €30
Late (1st November, 2020) €30

You can add one or more additional categories.

Best Comedy Film
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €30
Regular (27th October, 2020) €30
Late (1st November, 2020) €30

You can add one or more additional categories.

Best Drama Film
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €30
Regular (27th October, 2020) €30
Late (1st November, 2020) €30

You can add one or more additional categories.

Best Horror film
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €30
Regular (27th October, 2020) €30
Late (1st November, 2020) €30

You can add one or more additional categories.

Best Crime Film
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €30
Regular (27th October, 2020) €30
Late (1st November, 2020) €30

You can add one or more additional categories.

Best Thriller
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €30
Regular (27th October, 2020) €30
Late (1st November, 2020) €30

You can add one or more additional categories.

Best Family Film
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €30
Regular (27th October, 2020) €30
Late (1st November, 2020) €30

You can add one or more additional categories.

Best Fantasy Film
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €30
Regular (27th October, 2020) €30
Late (1st November, 2020) €30

You can add one or more additional categories.

Best Narrative Film
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €30
Regular (27th October, 2020) €30
Late (1st November, 2020) €30

You can add one or more additional categories.

Best Nature Film
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €30
Regular (27th October, 2020) €30
Late (1st November, 2020) €30

You can add one or more additional categories.

Best Sci-Fi Film
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €30
Regular (27th October, 2020) €30
Late (1st November, 2020) €30

You can add one or more additional categories.

Best Social Justice Film
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €30
Regular (27th October, 2020) €30
Late (1st November, 2020) €30

You can add one or more additional categories.

Best Travel Film
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €30
Regular (27th October, 2020) €30
Late (1st November, 2020) €30

You can add one or more additional categories.

Best Silent Film
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €30
Regular (27th October, 2020) €30
Late (1st November, 2020) €30

You can add one or more additional categories.

Best Adventure Film
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €30
Regular (27th October, 2020) €30
Late (1st November, 2020) €30

You can add one or more additional categories.

Best Inspirational Film
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €30
Regular (27th October, 2020) €30
Late (1st November, 2020) €30

You can add one or more additional categories.

Best Mystical Film
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €30
Regular (27th October, 2020) €30
Late (1st November, 2020) €30

You can add one or more additional categories.

Best Travel Film
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €30
Regular (27th October, 2020) €30
Late (1st November, 2020) €30

You can add one or more additional categories.

Best Feature Script
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €30
Regular (27th October, 2020) €30
Late (1st November, 2020) €30

Best Short Script
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €15
Regular (27th October, 2020) €15
Late (1st November, 2020) €15

Best Producer
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €15
Regular (27th October, 2020) €15
Late (1st November, 2020) €15

This is an additional category. You must choose a main category first.

Best Director
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €15
Regular (27th October, 2020) €15
Late (1st November, 2020) €15

This is an additional category. You must choose a main category first.

Best First Time Producer
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €15
Regular (27th October, 2020) €15
Late (1st November, 2020) €15

This is an additional category. You must choose a main category first.

Best First Time Director
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €15
Regular (27th October, 2020) €15
Late (1st November, 2020) €15

This is an additional category. You must choose a main category first.

Best Cinematography
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €15
Regular (27th October, 2020) €15
Late (1st November, 2020) €15

This is an additional category. You must choose a main category first.

Best Composer
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €15
Regular (27th October, 2020) €15
Late (1st November, 2020) €15

This is an additional category. You must choose a main category first.

Best Story
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €15
Regular (27th October, 2020) €15
Late (1st November, 2020) €15

This is an additional category. You must choose a main category first.

Best Editor
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €15
Regular (27th October, 2020) €15
Late (1st November, 2020) €15

This is an additional category. You must choose a main category first.

Best Sound
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €15
Regular (27th October, 2020) €15
Late (1st November, 2020) €15

This is an additional category. You must choose a main category first.

Best Actress
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €15
Regular (27th October, 2020) €15
Late (1st November, 2020) €15

This is an additional category. You must choose a main category first.

Best Actor
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €15
Regular (27th October, 2020) €15
Late (1st November, 2020) €15

This is an additional category. You must choose a main category first.

Best Young Actor / Actress
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €15
Regular (27th October, 2020) €15
Late (1st November, 2020) €15

This is an additional category. You must choose a main category first.

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