Calling All Talented Storytellers & Creators,
This is your chance to use your imagination and creativity to celebrate some of the many ways we are connected as One Human Family in an animated or live action film in less than 90 seconds.
Let your creativity flow, your heart open, and your cleverness shine. Show us humanity’s essential goodness that is apparent, as well as the goodness that sometimes isn’t always immediately seen. Warm our hearts. Surprise us! Shine hope. Help us believe in ourselves, others, and the world! Bring us JOY in new ways and appeal to a wide audience of our extended Human Family!
Exhibition
Finalists will be exhibited at the in-person ILLUMINATE Film Festival in Santa Barbara on May 1-4, 2025, and in the virtual festival following it.
Sample Films
Some samples are listed below as a taste of what’s caught our eye, but we want a lot of variety and specialness. In other words, don’t copy but create your own vision!
*One Human Family, Food for All
*Imagine Animation
*Circle of Kindness
*The Power of Words
Note: the above examples are theme and style inspirations only; they may not reflect exact contest criteria.
Grand Prize for 1st: $10,000
Grand Prize for 2nd: $5,000
Grand Prize for 3rd: $2,500
People’s Choice Award: $2,500
Honorable Mention in Direction: $1,000
Honorable Mention in Cinematography: $1,000
Honorable Mention in Editing: $1,000
Honorable Mention in Original Music: $1,000