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ACTION/CUT 2009
SHORT FILM COMPETITION


Action/Cut Filmmaking Seminars launches its sixth annual International Short Film Competition in 2009. 


"Action/Cut: Top 10 Shorts Festival in the World - 
for filmmakers looking to showcase their talent!" 

MovieMaker Magazine

OVER 125 ONE-OF-A-KIND PRIZES
VALUED AT $50,000 INCLUDING 
THE PANAVISION PRIZE!

CONGRATS...you've gone from idea to page to shoot 
to finished film!  
Now what?

Now enter your work in this unique competition that provides all indie filmmakers worldwide the opportunity to show their work at this industry-driven Action/Cut Short Film Competition...and celebrates talented filmmakers by opening Hollywood doors and offering
invaluable prizes of career access meetings including over 125 Cash and Sponsored Prizes to the 
winners valued at over $50,000 including the
Panavision Prize...the most prizes of any shorts 
festival or competition in the world!


"The Action/Cut Short Film Competition is sure to become one of the premier contests 
worldwide to discover the next generation of great filmmakers." 

Scott Billups - Digital Guru & Author of
DIGITAL MOVIEMAKING I & 2                      

This unique, industry-based, Los Angeles competition will showcase filmmakers from across the world,
recognize the most talented with over 125 multiple Career Access Meetings and Cash and Sponsor Prizes
valued at over $50,000, and honor their work by bringing them to the attention of the Hollywood film industry.


ACTION/CUT GRAND PRIZE SHORT FILM AWARD WINNER

“WHEN JESSE
WAS BORN"


Directed by
Christopher Petry
Vancouver, Canada
"I highly recommend entering this competition as it offers the most extensive prize package of any other festival…not even Sundance offers what Action/Cut provides its shorts winners.  Winning the Action/Cut Grand Prize changed a part of my life…between actual meetings with agents, producers, lawyers, pro filmmakers, and the cash awards, and all the software and so many other prizes which are all geared towards furthering your career.  

This is a major shorts competition and it gave such great recognition to everyone who worked on this film to win such an important competition in this country that it put our film in a completely different light, and we immediately received distribution offers.  It is an awesome feeling to win Action/Cut!"


FIVE
CATEGORIES: 
FICTION LIVE ACTION - DOCUMENTARY - ANIMATION
STUDENT FILMS - MUSIC VIDEOS
AWARDS: THE ACTION/CUT GRAND PRIZE SHORT FILM AWARD WINNER
AND
FIRST PLACE - BEST OF EACH CATEGORY SHORT FILM AWARD WINNERS

Additional SPECIAL AWARDS OF MERIT may be granted by the Juries as they
were in previous years including Special Jury, Best Foreign, and Youth Awards.
PRIZES: $50,000 in Hollywood Career Access Meetings, Cash, and Sponsor Valued Prizes
Over 125 Prizes to the Winners including the Panavision Prize 
The most prizes awarded of any
shorts film festival or competition in the world.
GRAND PRIZE - ONE WINNER
OVER 30 PRIZES AWARDED TO THE 2009 GRAND PRIZE SHORT FILM AWARD WINNER
FIRST PLACE - BEST OF EACH CATEGORY WINNER
OVER 100 TOTAL PRIZES - MULTIPLE PRIZES TO EACH OF THE BEST OF CATEGORY 2009 SHORT FILM WINNERS
PLUS
ADDITIONAL SPECIAL AWARDS OF MERIT AS GRANTED BY OUR INDUSTRY JURIES IN EACH CATEGORY
FOR SPECIAL JURY AWARDS, BEST FOREIGN FILM AWARDS, AND YOUTH AWARDS

NEXT CALL FOR ENTRIES: JANUARY 15, 2009
Early Deadline: March 15 - Late Deadline: May 15


To submit directly to The Action/Cut Short Film Competition

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS FILL-IN & PRINT ENTRY FORM
and send it by mail with your film entry.

You may also submit electronically through our partner Withoutabox.com below.

CALL FOR ENTRIES: The International Film Festival Submission System
Withoutabox provides cost-saving, online entry to major film festivals throughout the U.S. and in Europe with one master entry form, allowing you and us to enter your film more quickly and with greater accuracy. Withoutabox users enjoy the advantages of Extended Deadlines and Online Press Kit submissions and filmmakers with an upgraded project on Withoutabox receive $5.00 off their Entry Fees.  Click to Withoutabox, then follow instructions to apply online: CLICK HERE

Good Luck To All Entrants
If you wish to read Film Festival Today's Interview with Guy Magar about the founding of
the Action/Cut Short Film Competition and its intentions for filmmakers and their work CLICK HERE. Back to Top

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