Films That Inspire acknowledges filmmakers who are making a difference. We offer a platform to showcase your work, educate and inspire a large audience, and congratulate winning filmmakers with awards for the best and most inspiring films.

We are looking for a range of films, animations, music videos, and documentaries that are educational, empowering, inspirational, uplifting, true, or unique.

Film is one of the most powerful ways to inspire, educate and enlighten. Our aim is to empower filmmakers to create great films that have an impact on the world. We showcase selected films live and online to a wide range of industry leaders, filmmakers, and producers. Winning films will receive global recognition as well as trophies, and visa cash prizes for the main awards.

Films that Inspire is having a global impact inspiring young minds through visual media to expand, develop and change the planet, for the better.

All selected filmmakers will receive a loreal of recognition for being in the top films of the year!

Awards & Prizes

Most Inspiring Film Award 2022 - Trophy + Cash Visa Card

Most Creative Award 2022 - TBC

People Choice Award 2022 - TBC

Best Short Documentary

Best Short film

Best short animation

Best Music Video

Rules & Terms

By submitting your film to Films That Inspire you must have full permission, copyright, or ownership of the material you submit.

You agree to allow Films That Inspire to showcase your film as part of the 2022 Films That Inspire program both live and online via secure third-party websites.

Selected films will be notified and must produce 1920 by 1080 h264 or MP4 version of their film to Films That Inspire within 14 days.

Winners will be notified on the night and if eligible for an award they must claim their prize within 30 days or it may be forfeited.

Films That Inspire have continuous rights to use and showcase the event which will include all selected films. Films That Inspire, has the right to charge ticket fees and sell the event without limitations.

If the Films That Inspire event is sold or hired to a third-party program, filmmakers will be notified and given the option to remove their film from the program. Eligible filmmakers will receive a 3 percent payment for having their film included.

Films That Inspire takes action to ensure all films are as secure as possible in all of our screenings and does not take responsibility for piracy, or copying offenses through third-party websites or outside of their own team and handling.

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  • Joshua Francesco Hoareau

    Films That Inspire is a fantastic festival that showcases an amazing array of films. The team behind the festival has been a pleasure to work with and I look forward to the next one!

    May 2023
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  • Matthew Brdlik

    Great festival run by great people! Highly recommend it.

    November 2022
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  • Radheya Jegatheva

    Really brilliant festival! Highly recommended

    November 2022
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  • Mahatma Putra

    We submitted our fiction film last year and it was selected. Thank you so much!
    The team was warm and helpful. We wish you all the best of luck for the upcoming event.

    November 2022
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  • Erwin Darmali

    This film festival will always have a special place in my heart. It is my first experience having my film played in a film festival, and to eventually win it in the end was something else. Throughout the process Sean and his team was awesome, communicated very well in every stage and was very clear about everything. Thank you so much Sean! All the best!

    August 2021
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