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It's not surprising that – with the world's biggest network of independent Filmmakers – Shooting People is frequently approached by organisations looking for support with their Film Competitions.
This page is our pick of the best: the ones with whom we work the most closely and those that we think offer filmmakers the juiciest prizes, the sexiest juries, the loveliest staff... and, of course, we run our own: Film of the Month.
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Every month, three top rated members' films are sent to our patrons for review and to decide: Which is Shooting People's Film of the Month?
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Make a short film and win up to $8,000 per entry, and an amazing expenses paid trip for you and a friend to Barcelona. Creative briefs feature electric cars, Ipad apps and social media, thinking caps on! Deadline - 6 February 2012
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The reed.co.uk Short Film Competition is back and this year they've taken 'The Boss' as their theme. Show them your stuff in no more than three minutes and you can be in with a chance of winning some priceless industry exposure and top cash prizes. Find out more. Deadline - 25 March 2012
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Do you have a short film or trailer you could adapt into a feature film? Submit it to Openfilm's 'Get It Made' competition when submissions open for a chance to win $50,000 in cash and $450,000 in production financing to get your film made with Openfilm Studios. Deadline to be announced here soon!
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So you think you're funny? 2dayslaughter want filmmakers and comedians to tickle the audience's funny bone with short films or sketches, stand-up or improvisation routines, of no more than five minutes in length. Deadline - 1 March 2012.
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Be part of the London 2010 Olympics and Paralympics by making a three minute film inspired by the games' values of Respect, Excellence, Friendship, Courage, Determination, Inspiration, Equality and Truce. Deadline 2 April 2012.
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A Global short film competition - put a human face to the challenges facing the world. Choose from one of seven themes including Poverty and breaking the circle of inequality, Empowerment and progress of women and girls and Urbanization-planning for growth. Deadline -15 February 2012.
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Win the chance to be part of a global Olympic TV advert and a trip to the London 2012 Olympic Games. How? By filming your best and sharing it with the world! Deadline - 15 September 2012
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DepicT! is the 90 second film competition that forms part of the Encounters Short Film Festival in November. Every year they award the Shooting People Audience Favourite.
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We asked filmmakers to submit shorts inspired by Werner Herzog's distinct and ambition filmmaking style, focussing on man's relation to nature. We had a great
shortlist and top winner.
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Shooting People and Optimum joined forces to run an upload competition in conjunction with the film's release. Rob Munday's film Mechanically Recovered Chicken won, landing him a screening of his short before the feature at a top London cinema.
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7 Second Movies - competition closed
The BFI recently paired up with Windows 7 to run a campaign entitled '7 Second Movies'. The campaign encouraged filmmakers to submit an abridged (7 second) version of any movie, to be shown in conjunction 54th BFI London FIlm Festival. To check out some of the best entries on youtube, click here .
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Animatron, from our friends at Babelgum, was the world's first online and mobile competition for Animation and Anime. Five Shooters won cash prizes, with Simon Robson winning the Grand Prize. You can watch all the shortlisted films on the site.
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Divine Chocolate is joining forces with the Birds Eye View Film Festival to promote a wonderful opportunity for women filmmakers (professionals and amateurs) to create a short film about Divine. The winner will get 2000UKP to produce the film plus a year's membership to Shooting People
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Virgin Media Shorts is back for its 4th year and, as ever, they return with one of the most sought after prizes offered to shorts filmmakers in the UK. The winner of the competition, as chosen by their panel of judges, will win £30,000 to make their next film. Find out more.
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There were 6.5k entries for Vimeo's inaugral upload competition - that's pretty impressive. Nine Shooters were shortlisted and Gabriel Bisset-Smith won Best Film in the Narrative category for his film Thrush.
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Jameson is back with its 'Done in Sixty Seconds' competition, which asks you to remake your favourite film into mere minute. This novel idea creates some amusing and thoughtful responses.
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EuroparlTV is hosting a viral video competition open to any and all filmmakers. The theme for the short videos is Diversity in Europe. Prizes include a trip for two to three European cities, an iPad, and Leica Camera.
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The IUOW Film Competition is seeking the help of Filmmakers to open minds and change the way people think about water usage. They are looking for people to make 10 minute films that say something unique about proper outdoor water usage. Winners receive $6000.
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40 Seconds Straight is a film competition all about making complicated situations straightforward, and is a collaboration between Direct Line, Raindance Film Festival and the British Independent Film awards. Prizes include a trip to Cannes film festival, a screening at Raindance and promotion from Direct Line.
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Reelshow International is putting on a great competition for film students. It calls students currently enrolled in a film school or university to create a 30 second commercial on any subject of your choosing.
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Red Hot has been fighting against HIV/AIDS since the crisis emerged over 2 decades ago. Now they want filmmakers to help their cause by taking a new look at HIV/AIDS issues through a contemporary lens. Winners will receive $2,500 and a trip to NYC where their film will be screened.
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Headlong Theatre company (ENRON) is inviting short film submissions in conjunction with their next production DECADE which explores our responses to 9/11.
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Ikan is calling for submissions for their 2011 Short Film Competition. The chosen theme for this year is 'Where's the missing piece?' The top 3 entries will win film production prize packages worth $2,000, $5,000 and $10,000.
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What can you say in 5, 10 or 20 seconds of film? That's what the folks over at The Ultra Short Film Competition are trying to find out. The theme of this year's competition is 'Surprise!'. Sounds like a fun challenge to us.
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"The British Association for Adoption & Fostering are running a short film competition on the theme of what adoption means to you. Your film can be animation, documentary, experimental or fiction. The aim of the competition to to encourage and inspire others to adopt.
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2 Days Later Short Film Competition is looking for 10 minute horror shorts and will host a screening of entries on 29 October. This established competition seeks out new talent on the independent filmmaking scene, and helps them to network and showcase their work for industry professionals.
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LMFAO and Tuborg want someone from the UK public to co-direct a 50,000UKP music video in Las Vegas. Please note that due to alcohol advertising codes you must be over 25 to enter.
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Do your bit and help Greenpeace turn the cameras on Volkswagen for their International film competition.
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Celebrate WWF's 50th anniversary by making an inspiration 2 min film. Top prize is 10,000USD and a trip to India. Remember, the focus is pandas, not wrestlers.
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Collabor8te aims to seek out the best scriptwriter's from the UK and Ireland. Unique filmmaking teams will be created and 8 films will be produced and then travel the international film festival circuit.
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Make a short film based on our 1 page award winning screenplay and enter our unique fourteen day film competition. Win great prizes and have your film judged by some huge names including 'Bourne' trilogy director Paul Greengrass, DSLR Guru Philp Bloom and X-Men editor Eddie Hamilton.
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One especially for the composers out there from South West Screen. Check out clips from the film '8 Minutes Idle' on their site, then create a piece of original music to soundtrack a house party scene in the film.
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Create a comedy film consisting of 4 shots, which are each 4 seconds long - that's just 16 seconds of film content to make the judges laugh (excluding title/credits).The competition is open to anyone 18-25 and the funniest film will win a cash prize of £1,000.
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The RSA & Nominet Trust invite you to choose an audio excerpt from their site, and create an animation to go with it; traditional, stop-motion, moving collage, or maybe even a combination of media. Winning entries get 2,000UKP and are featured on the RSA's hit YouTube site.
