Voices With Impact is proud to present the Serious Mental Illness Short Film Competition.
This is an open call to submit film projects, up to 5 minutes in in length, of any genre, using Serious Mental Illness as the point of interest. Film topics may either be interpretive of Serious Mental Illness, or address it directly. We are looking for films on Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder, Psychosis, Bipolar Disorder, and films that take a wider view of serious mental illness - we define this as any a mental illness that significantly impairs daily life.
We do not place any formal restrictions on submissions, and will consider all genres and types of short films, including submissions utilizing original footage, shared footage, photo stills, music, essays, screenplays, original art work and more. The film must however be your own original work and you must have the correct license for any materials used within the film. There is no fee for submissions.
The submission window opens on November 10 2023 and closes on March 17 2023. Entries will be juried by our advisory board of filmmakers, students and mental health professionals. Applicants will be notified of outcomes in late May 2024. Winning films will be announced at the Voices With Impact festival June 2024.
To watch films from our library visit www.voiceswithimpact.com/archive
This should give you a good idea of the films that we accept.
This competition is supported by The Sidney R. Baer Jr. Foundation.
We will award prizes to 3 winning entries.
Each winner will receive a cash prize of $2000 USD and have their film inducted into our film library for Distribution in our educational programming across the US & Canada.
Winning films will be announced at the Voices With Impact festival, June 2024.