We will be accepting entries for our Season Four as of November 11. We will have one window only through June 1. Screenings will happen the weekend of August 25-27 in Green Bay. See ticket info. Screenings will be from some of the nominees we will announce in early June. Best Scene voting segment will be Friday August 25. Good luck. Official selections will be announced in the last 10 days of May.
Be sure to submit to more than one category, to widen your nominee chances.
We accept scenes, shorts and features of many genres. We go by "Keep It Short, Memorable and Sweet" Some categories are judged at our in person Galas by the attending audience. Others are judged by our judging team on sceneawards.com
IMPORTANT FOR SCENE CATEGORIES: before you purchase the submission, please add a quick line using the Cover Letter button on the final screen explaining which scene you want us to look at and why. For example, the cover letter line would read = "1:24 to 4:20: pay attn to dialogues, camera..." One scene per purchased category. Multiple category submissions welcome. In that case, please expand on your cover letter accordingly.
The one aspect that is often underrated by film festivals, the memorable scene that makes you remember the film, be it because of the scenery, the powerful dialogues, speech, camera angle/motion, improvisation, etc. That's why we exist. We want to recognize the talent poured onto that scene you want us to look at.
We are grandfathered by our big sister competition, the MLC Awards (mlcawards.com).
Four or five nominees per category are picked after all Official Selections are announced in mid June 2023. Then we announce nominees. Nominees will qualify for the end of May MLC Scene Awards gala, for a chance to screen with us.
Audience in attendance at our in-person galas will vote for some of the categories (scenes, small shorts). Our judges will award the rest of the categories. Our new trophies are available on www.sceneawards.com at a very discounted price.