If you have any questions, feel free to get in touch and ask. Very open to guiding people through the process and helping them find the right categories and way to submit that gets them noticed in the way that helps them most.
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What started as a celebration of short film grew into a community of film lovers and filmmakers. Sunday Shorts began in 2019. We put things on pause for the pandemic and now, are looking forward to returning to celebrate a brand new batch of filmmakers in 2022. A short film celebration that hopes to shine a light on a lot of a few new up and comers and help them garner the attention they deserve.
Sunday Shorts is an IMDB-Qualifying fest, meaning your awards will go up on IMDB as part of your film page. We have a few thousand in cash prizes and $2500 in film equipment/rentals and a streaming/licensing deal to give away.
Sunday At The Park with Shorts is what we call our live in person screening at The Park Theatre. A light, fun Sunday afternoon vibe of an event. Make connections with talent and judges and also build a network for future projects, all in a super relaxed no-pressure atmosphere in one of Vancouver's most historic theatres.
Our first round judges are all avid-movie goers and film lovers from all walks of life. They will narrow the choices and then our Industry Judges will make the final selections and award the prizes. Among our Industry Judges are weighted professionals in all departments of the film industry and we even boast an Oscar winner on the panel. Judges for each year will be announced when submission begin.
Best category winners are up for the Best Sunday Short Award of $1000
Union of BC Performers award of $500
William F. Whites International offering $2500 in film rental/equipment
for the WHITES Best Short Filmmaker Award
KC Talent sponsoring the Emerging Talent Award.
Passionflix Streaming Service 'True Romance Award', a licensing deal to the winning short/filmmaker
LGBT Films/Filmmakers will get coverage by sponsor Pink Media, with interview with the Winners/Official Selections being broadcast on OUT TV
PENDER PR firm will be giving a press and publicity package to winners as well.
Category Awards for:
Best Comedy Short
Best Dramatic Short
Best Action Short
Best Horror Short
Best Romantic Short
Best Documentary Short
Best Micro Short (under 5 minutes)
Best Indigenous Short
Best LGBT Short
Best Performer Award
Best Screenwriter Award
Best Director Award
JUDGES: We have First Round Judges from all walks of life but all avid-movie lovers. Each film will be judged independently twice and then our Official Selections will come from the highest ranked films.
Then our INDUSTRY PANEL will judge the Finalists and determine our winners and some of our special Jury Prizes.
Our Industry Panel includes:
Oscar Winner Angus Strathie (Costume Designer, Moulin Rouge, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina)
Top Talent Agent Kathy Carpenter (Owner KCTalent, Vancouver)
Cinematographer Stirling Bancroft csc (Kiri and The Girl, Monkey Beach, Freaks)
Gabriel Correa (Director and Producer, Riverdale)
Tahmoh Penikett (Battlestar Galactica, Man of Steel)
Tosca Musk, filmmaker and founder of Passionflix Streaming Service
Vancouver is Hollywood North and with the amount of films and television series shooting here, we are privy to connecting with top talent in all areas of the film industry. Your work will be seen by people who are connected and who know the business.