"Champs-Élysées Film Awards" is a monthly film & screenplay competition.

Each month, our jury will award the best films through private screenings.

Films entered in multiple categories may win multiple awards.

Awards & Prizes

All winners in each monthly round receive the official laurel and the custom certificate of achievement according to their final status in the competition.

The monthly awards by category:
Best Narrative Feature
Best Narrative Short
Best Documentary
Best Experimental
Best Animation
Best Drama
Best Comedy
Best Romantic
Best Dark Comedy
Best Thriller
Best Film Noir
Best Mystery
Best Action
Best Crime
Best Fantasy
Best Horror
Best Sci-Fi
Best Western
Best Parody
Best Children
Best LGBTQ
Best Web Series/TV Pilot/New Media
Best Microfilm
Best Music Video
Best Mobile Short
Best Trailer/Teaser
Best Poster/Photography
Best Producer
Best Director (Female)
Best Director (Male)
Best First Time Director (Female)
Best First Time Director (Male)
Best Student Director (Female)
Best Student Director (Male)
Best Young Filmmaker (Female - Under 18)
Best Young Filmmaker (Male - Under 18)
Best Lead Actress
Best Lead Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Child/Young Actress
Best Child/Young Actor
Best Acting Duo
Best Acting Ensemble
Best Cinematography
Best Production Design
Best Costume Design
Best Special FX
Best Make-Up and Hair
Best Editing
Best Visual FX
Best Sound Design
Best Sound Mixing
Best Sound Editing
Best Original Score
Best Original Song
Best Original Screenplay

Rules & Terms

"Champs-Élysées Film Awards" accepts all forms and genres.
All films must be in English, French, Spanish or Italian or have English, French, Spanish or Italian subtitles.
Multiple entries are allowed for each filmmaker and each entry may be entered in multiple categories separately.
"Champs-Élysées Film Awards" reserves the right, at any time, without notice and without limiting any and all other rights we may have under these Rules & Regulations, at law or in equity, to remove and delete your entry to the festival.

Submissions must be an original work of the applicant’s team and not based, in whole or part, on another author’s work (unless underlying material is in public domain).
You agree that you will not submit any content that is libellous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, sexually, racially, culturally, or ethnically offensive, harassing, intimidating, threatening, hateful, discriminatory or abusive.

Entry does not guarantee acceptance into the festival. No premiere status is required. Rough cuts and incomplete projects are not accepted.

Entry fees are non-refundable.
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  • Soegimitro BOOM

    Honored to be an AI Film Winner at Champs-Élysées Film Awards with BEHIND THE MASK: JERRY 🏆✨
    Thank you for the recognition and support for independent AI filmmaking.

    From Indonesia 🇮🇩 to the global stage 🌍

    May 2026
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  • StudioX School of Animation and Vfx

    It is a great honor for our team to receive this recognition from your festival. We are sincerely grateful for your support and appreciation of our work.

    Thank you again for this meaningful encouragement and for giving our film the opportunity to be part of your festival. It truly means a lot to all of us.

    May 2026
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  • Rosie Malek-Yonan

    It was an honor to be part of this wonderful festival. Thank you for recognizing my work.

    April 2026
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  • Matty Mahoney

    Very pleased with our experience with this festival. Communication was great, all notifications happened on time, and we were very honoured to pick up a couple of awards for our film 'Your Flower Is Closing'. Thank you!

    April 2026
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  • Pablo Alejandro

    It was an honor being part of this amazing awards.

    April 2026
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