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Venice Film Awards - Monthly Competition

Venice, Italy, Europe

Category

Short, Feature

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Venice Film Awards - Monthly Competition

Venice, Italy, Europe

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About the festival

IMDb qualifier’s Venice Film Awards is a monthly international film festival with live screenings.
Venice is considered the most beautiful city of the world, our mission is to promote films, and be another step up in the filmmakers' careers.
A selection of winners short films will be screened every month in Venice.

MONTHLY COMPETITION (38 categories):

Best Picture (feature film or short film, any genre)

MAIN CATEGORIES

Best Feature Film
Best Feature Documentary
Best Short Film
Best Short Documentary
Best Super Short Film
Best Web/Tv Series
Best Music Video
Best Experimental
Best Animation
Best Student Film
Best Inspirational Film
Best Drama
Best Comedy
Best Horror
Best Thriller
Best Action
Best Sci-Fi
Best Fantasy
Best LGBTQ
Best Short Script
Best Feature Script

SUB-CATEGORIES
The following awards can be assigned for short or feature films, any genre:

Best Director Feature Film
Best Director Short Film
Best Director Super Short Film
Best First Time Director
Best Actress
Best Actor
Best Original Screenplay
Best Original Story
Best Original Score
Best Original Song
Best Cinematography
Best Production Design
Best Costume Design
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Best Editing
Best Sound Design
Best VFX

Every month we'll assign two awards (Best and Honorable Mention) for each category, for example:
Best Comedy
Honorable Mention for Comedy

All winners receive a free certificate (pdf/jpg file).

About

IMDb qualifier’s Venice Film Awards is a monthly international film festival with live screenings.
Venice is considered the most beautiful city of the world, our mission is to promote films, and be another step up in the filmmakers' careers.
A selection of winners short films will be screened every month in Venice.

MONTHLY COMPETITION (38 categories):

Best Picture (feature film or short film, any genre)

MAIN CATEGORIES

Best Feature Film
Best Feature Documentary
Best Short Film
Best Short Documentary
Best Super Short Film
Best Web/Tv Series
Best Music Video
Best Experimental
Best Animation
Best Student Film
Best Inspirational Film
Best Drama
Best Comedy
Best Horror
Best Thriller
Best Action
Best Sci-Fi
Best Fantasy
Best LGBTQ
Best Short Script
Best Feature Script

SUB-CATEGORIES
The following awards can be assigned for short or feature films, any genre:

Best Director Feature Film
Best Director Short Film
Best Director Super Short Film
Best First Time Director
Best Actress
Best Actor
Best Original Screenplay
Best Original Story
Best Original Score
Best Original Song
Best Cinematography
Best Production Design
Best Costume Design
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Best Editing
Best Sound Design
Best VFX

Every month we'll assign two awards (Best and Honorable Mention) for each category, for example:
Best Comedy
Honorable Mention for Comedy

All winners receive a free certificate (pdf/jpg file).

Awards & Winners

There are no winners yet for this festival

Terms and rules

We accept:
- Short and feature films, in the form of narrative (fiction), documentary (non fiction), experimental or animated film.
- Music Videos
- Web/TV Series (also pilot)
- Feature Scripts, Short Scripts

By submitting your film, take note that:
- You agree to use parts of your film (including trailer/teaser/film poster/stills) for promotional purpose.
- Entry fees are non-refundable.
- Multiple entries are allowed for each filmmaker and each entry may be entered in multiple categories.
- The films must include English subtitles (unless the spoken language is English or Italian)
- The scripts must be in English or Italian or French

We do not accept:
1. Amateur videos
2. Extremist or propaganda content from religious or political organizations
3. Films involving politics / films promoting political agenda
4. Films with a poor production standard (bad sound, lack of subtitles/captions for non-English films, video resolution less than 720p HD

Ratings & Reviews

Categories and fees

All Categories
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €180
Regular (27th October, 2020) €190
Late (5th November, 2020) €180
Description

This category grants admission to all categories. For feature and short films. For feature films (up to 15 categories) you can save up to €115, for short films (up to 25 categories) you can save up to €333.

Feature Film
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €55
Regular (27th October, 2020) €60
Late (5th November, 2020) €55
Description

Over 40 minutes: narrative (fiction). Any film genre.

Feature Documentary
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €55
Regular (27th October, 2020) €60
Late (5th November, 2020) €55
Description

over 40 minutes

Short Film
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €35
Regular (27th October, 2020) €40
Late (5th November, 2020) €35
Description

Under 40 minutes: narrative (fiction) short films. Any film genre. Competition for the best narrative short film of the month.

Short Documentary
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €35
Regular (27th October, 2020) €40
Late (5th November, 2020) €35
Description

under 40 minutes

Super Short Film
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €30
Regular (27th October, 2020) €35
Late (5th November, 2020) €30
Description

Under 5 minutes: narrative (fiction) short films. Any film genre. Competition for the best narrative super short film of the month.

Animated Film
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €35
Regular (27th October, 2020) €40
Late (5th November, 2020) €35
Description

any length animated films.

Experimental Film
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €35
Regular (27th October, 2020) €40
Late (5th November, 2020) €35
Description

any length experimental films.

Web/TV Series
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €35
Regular (27th October, 2020) €40
Late (5th November, 2020) €35
Description

any Web/TV Series (also pilot)

Music Video
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €30
Regular (27th October, 2020) €35
Late (5th November, 2020) €30
Description

any music video

Student Film
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €35
Regular (27th October, 2020) €40
Late (5th November, 2020) €35
Description

Under 40 minutes: narrative, documentary, experimental, animation.

Inspirational Film
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €35
Regular (27th October, 2020) €40
Late (5th November, 2020) €35
Description

Under 40 minutes: narrative (fiction) short films.

Drama Short Film
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €35
Regular (27th October, 2020) €40
Late (5th November, 2020) €35
Description

Under 40 minutes: narrative (fiction) short films.

Comedy Short Film
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €35
Regular (27th October, 2020) €40
Late (5th November, 2020) €35
Description

Under 40 minutes: narrative (fiction) short films.

Horror Short Film
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €35
Regular (27th October, 2020) €40
Late (5th November, 2020) €35
Description

Under 40 minutes: narrative (fiction) short films.

Thriller Short Film
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €35
Regular (27th October, 2020) €40
Late (5th November, 2020) €35
Description

Under 40 minutes: narrative (fiction) short films.

Action Short Film
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €35
Regular (27th October, 2020) €40
Late (5th November, 2020) €35
Description

Under 40 minutes: narrative (fiction) short films.

Sci-Fi Short Film
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €35
Regular (27th October, 2020) €40
Late (5th November, 2020) €35
Description

Under 40 minutes: narrative (fiction) short films.

Fantasy Short Film
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €35
Regular (27th October, 2020) €40
Late (5th November, 2020) €35
Description

Under 40 minutes: narrative (fiction) short films.

LGBTQ Short Film
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €35
Regular (27th October, 2020) €40
Late (5th November, 2020) €35
Description

Under 40 minutes: narrative (fiction) short films.

First Time Director
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €15
Regular (27th October, 2020) €18
Late (5th November, 2020) €15
Description

Under 40 minutes: narrative, documentary, experimental, animation. You can submit to this category only if you submit also to any other main category: short film, short documentary, super short, student film, web/tv series, music video, experimental, animation, drama, comedy, horror, thriller, action, sci-fi, fantasy, inspirational, LGBTQ

Best Director Feature Film
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €15
Regular (27th October, 2020) €18
Late (5th November, 2020) €15
Description

Feature Film: narrative film or animated film. Any film genre. You can submit to this category only if you submit also to any other main category: feature film, feature documentary, web/tv series, experimental, animation.

Best Director Short Film
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €15
Regular (27th October, 2020) €18
Late (5th November, 2020) €15
Description

Short Film: narrative film, animated film, documentary. Any film genre. You can submit to this category only if you submit also to any other main category: short film, short documentary, web/tv series, music video, experimental, animation, drama, comedy, horror, thriller, action, sci-fi, fantasy, inspirational, LGBTQ, student film

Best Director Super Short Film
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €15
Regular (27th October, 2020) €18
Late (5th November, 2020) €15
Description

Super Short Film: narrative film, animated film, documentary. Any film genre. You can submit to this category only if you submit also to any other main category: short film, super short film, web/tv series, music video, experimental, animation, drama, comedy, horror, thriller, action, sci-fi, fantasy, inspirational, LGBTQ, student film

Best Actress
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €18
Regular (27th October, 2020) €22
Late (5th November, 2020) €18
Description

You can submit to this category only if you submit also to any other main category: short film, feature film, super short film, web/tv series, music video, experimental, animation, drama, comedy, horror, thriller, action, sci-fi, fantasy, inspirational, LGBTQ, student film

Best Actor
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €18
Regular (27th October, 2020) €22
Late (5th November, 2020) €18
Description

You can submit to this category only if you submit also to any other main category: short film, feature film, super short film, web/tv series, music video, experimental, animation, drama, comedy, horror, thriller, action, sci-fi, fantasy, inspirational, LGBTQ, student film

Best Cinematography
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €10
Regular (27th October, 2020) €12
Late (5th November, 2020) €10
Description

You can submit to this category only if you submit also to any other main category: short film, feature film, short documentary, feature documentary, super short film, web/tv series, music video, experimental, drama, comedy, horror, thriller, action, sci-fi, fantasy, inspirational, LGBTQ, student film

Best Original Screenplay
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €10
Regular (27th October, 2020) €12
Late (5th November, 2020) €10
Description

Produced short film, super short film, feature film, tv/web series. You can submit to this category only if you submit also to any other main category: short film, feature film, super short film, web/tv series, music video, experimental, animation, drama, comedy, horror, thriller, action, sci-fi, fantasy, inspirational, LGBTQ, student film

Best Original Story
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €10
Regular (27th October, 2020) €12
Late (5th November, 2020) €10
Description

Produced short film, super short film, feature film, tv/web series. You can submit to this category only if you submit also to any other main category: short film, feature film, super short film, web/tv series, music video, experimental, animation, drama, comedy, horror, thriller, action, sci-fi, fantasy, inspirational, LGBTQ, student film

Best Original Score
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €18
Regular (27th October, 2020) €22
Late (5th November, 2020) €18
Description

You can submit to this category only if you submit also to any other main category: short film, feature film, short documentary, feature documentary, super short film, web/tv series, music video, experimental, animation, drama, comedy, horror, thriller, action, sci-fi, fantasy, inspirational, LGBTQ, student film

Best Original Song
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €10
Regular (27th October, 2020) €12
Late (5th November, 2020) €10
Description

You can submit to this category only if you submit also to any other main category: short film, feature film, short documentary, feature documentary, super short film, web/tv series, music video, experimental, animation, drama, comedy, horror, thriller, action, sci-fi, fantasy, inspirational, LGBTQ, student film

Best Production Design
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €10
Regular (27th October, 2020) €12
Late (5th November, 2020) €10
Description

You can submit to this category only if you submit also to any other main category: short film, feature film, short documentary, feature documentary, super short film, web/tv series, music video, experimental, drama, comedy, horror, thriller, action, sci-fi, fantasy, inspirational, LGBTQ, student film

Best Costume Design
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €10
Regular (27th October, 2020) €12
Late (5th November, 2020) €10
Description

You can submit to this category only if you submit also to any other main category: short film, feature film, short documentary, feature documentary, super short film, web/tv series, music video, experimental, drama, comedy, horror, thriller, action, sci-fi, fantasy, inspirational, LGBTQ, student film

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €10
Regular (27th October, 2020) €12
Late (5th November, 2020) €10
Description

You can submit to this category only if you submit also to any other main category: short film, feature film, short documentary, feature documentary, super short film, web/tv series, music video, experimental, drama, comedy, horror, thriller, action, sci-fi, fantasy, inspirational, LGBTQ, student film

Best Editing
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €10
Regular (27th October, 2020) €12
Late (5th November, 2020) €10
Description

You can submit to this category only if you submit also to any other main category: short film, feature film, short documentary, feature documentary, super short film, web/tv series, music video, experimental, animation, drama, comedy, horror, thriller, action, sci-fi, fantasy, inspirational, LGBTQ, student film

Best Sound Design
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €10
Regular (27th October, 2020) €12
Late (5th November, 2020) €10
Description

You can submit to this category only if you submit also to any other main category: short film, feature film, short documentary, feature documentary, super short film, web/tv series, music video, experimental, animation, drama, comedy, horror, thriller, action, sci-fi, fantasy, inspirational, LGBTQ, student film

Best VFX
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €10
Regular (27th October, 2020) €12
Late (5th November, 2020) €10
Description

You can submit to this category only if you submit also to any other main category: short film, feature film, short documentary, feature documentary, super short film, web/tv series, music video, experimental, animation, drama, comedy, horror, thriller, action, sci-fi, fantasy, inspirational, LGBTQ, student film

Feature Script
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €85
Regular (27th October, 2020) €90
Late (5th November, 2020) €85
Description

unproduced screenplay up to 150 pages

Short Script
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €40
Regular (27th October, 2020) €45
Late (5th November, 2020) €40
Description

unproduced screenplays under 30 pages

*** NEW *** Interview
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €120
Regular (27th October, 2020) €120
Late (5th November, 2020) €120
Description

A special interview with the director/actor/writer (or any other crew member), on our website. We'll also add your photos and social media links.

*** NEW *** Short Film/Screenplay Review
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €100
Regular (27th October, 2020) €100
Late (5th November, 2020) €100
Description

A review of your short film or screenplay, on our website. We'll also add film's trailer and 2 photos.

*** NEW *** Feature Film/Screenplay Review
Entry fees
Early Bird (1st October, 2020) €200
Regular (27th October, 2020) €200
Late (5th November, 2020) €200
Description

A review of your feature film or screenplay, on our website. We'll also add film's trailer and 2 photos.

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