★ Live Screenings ★

★ IMDb Qualifying Festival ★

Paris Film Awards is an International Monthly Film Festival with live screenings in the heart of Paris, at the L'Epée de Bois Cinema.

Paris is considered one of the most beautiful city of the world, our mission is to promote films, and be another step up in the filmmakers' careers.

We had important movie stars among the films in competition, as Eric Roberts, Jeremy Irons, Malcolm McDowell, Terrence Howard, Jeremy Piven, Bill Nighy, Kevin McNally and many more actors and directors from all around the world.

A selection of short films will be screened every month in Paris.

Awards & Prizes

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

Best Feature Film
Best Indie Feature Film
Best Feature Documentary
Best Short Film
Best Indie Short Film
Best Short Documentary
Best Super Short Film
Best Web/Tv Series
Best Music Video
Best Experimental
Best Animation
Best Student Film
Best Drama
Best Comedy
Best Horror
Best Thriller
Best Action
Best Sci-Fi
Best Fantasy
Best LGBTQ
Best Director
Best First Time Director
Best Producer
Best Actress
Best Actor
Best Original Screenplay
Best Original Score
Best Original Song
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Sound Design
Best Short Script
Best Feature Script

Gold Awards
Silver Awards
Honorable Mentions

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

Rules & Terms

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.
Only a selection of winning films will be screened.
You agree to receive promotional email from us and our festival partners
Multiple entries are allowed for each filmmaker and each entry may be entered in multiple categories.
You can submit again your work for the following months.
The films must include English or Italian subtitles (unless the spoken language is English or Italian)
The scripts must be in English or Italian.

We do not accept:

Amateur videos
Extremist or propaganda content from religious or political organizations
Films involving politics / films promoting political agenda
Films with a poor production standard (bad sound, lack of subtitles/captions for non-English films, video resolution less than 720p HD.

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  • Alexander Senicki

    Thank you Paris Film Awards Team for your invitation! I highly recommend this monthly festival. Our crew appreciates PFA's presentation, hospitality and communication. No doubt, we will submit more projects in the future.

    April 2024
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  • Lois Banks

    Thank you for selecting my film, Walking With God, for your film festival. My experience was good and I appreciate my work on film that was recognized.

    Lois Banks

    April 2024
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  • Samantha Casella

    All cast of "Santa Guerra" and I are deeply honored for the award. Thanks and congrats to all the Festival Team and all participants and winners!

    April 2024
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  • Jonas Grimas

    Paris - forever in my heart :) Thank you for hosting me and my film, I will be back again and again.

    April 2024
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  • Hector Eduardo Rivera

    Thank you very much for having granted the Gold Award: Animation to our animated musical film People Power. We are honored to have been selected among so many great films that participated. Also thank you for your clear communications and prompt replies to our questions. We wish the best success for future iterations of your prestigious Festival.

    April 2024
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