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Sony Future Filmmaker Awards 2026
Competition opportunity. Deadline: 2026-12-15
- Type
- Award
- Organizer
- Sony Future Filmmaker Awards
- Deadline
- 15 December 2026
- Where
- Worldwide
- Compensation
- $5,000 USD + Sony camera equipment + Meta VR device (category winners); return flights and accommodation + industry programme (shortlisted)
- Disciplines
- Film, Cinema, Video Art, Immersive Media, Animation, Documentary
About this opportunity
The Sony Future Filmmaker Awards 2026 is a global competition celebrating innovative short films across six categories: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Animation, Immersive, Student, and Future Format. Winners receive cash prizes, professional equipment, and a fully funded trip to Los Angeles for an immersive industry programme. The competition is free to enter and open to filmmakers worldwide.
Who can apply
- Open to the public worldwide, except employees and professionally connected suppliers/agents of the promoter.
- Student category for students enrolled in a higher-education film course or those who graduated in the same year they enter.
- Entries must be completed short films released between 01/01/25 and 15/12/26.
- Must own rights to submitted film.
How to apply
The application link and the full call are available to members, together with every other open opportunity ranked around your practice.
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