We’re excited to announce our Automotive Short Film Competition. With the growing strength of the creator community online, there’s a remarkable level of quality being achieved by passionate filmmakers all over the world who love cars. Our Festival will be the first to celebrate this burgeoning shift in the sector.
We’ve partnered with renowned creator Ant Anstead, who shares the same passion for great films. Anstead has hosted over 25 TV shows with more than a decade in the industry. As an expert within the automotive space, he has written, produced, and directed content that inspires fellow enthusiasts.
“We are thrilled to partner with Ant (Anstead),” said Gregg Schwenk, CEO and Executive Director of our Festival. “His vast array of knowledge and expertise of the automotive landscape is a great addition to this segment of the Festival.”
“Cars remain a mainstay in great films, and it’s no coincidence that a consistent number of car movies are made,” said Anstead. “Films with iconic car scenes are ones you just never forget.”
Together with Anstead, we challenge filmmakers to create and submit their short films using the inspiration “For The Love Of Driving.” The rules are designed for creativity; your film can take any direction you wish. It can be documentary style or scripted, shot on film or phone. Each film must be at least one minute long but no longer than six minutes.
Exclusively for the automotive competition, content that has been previously shared can also be submitted. All content must be royalty-free for usage, including music.
The deadline for submissions is July 14, 2024, and a reduced submission fee has been applied to this category for $25.00*. All content submitted is done so in the knowledge it may be used in a television show and online to help share and promote the artists. The ten finalists must be able to attend the Film Festival in person on October 18, 2024, where we will showcase those ten films along with a Q&A session with each creator and a panel of notable judges.
Automotive short films “For the Love of Driving” can be submitted HERE. Look for the right-hand column and click on ‘short – automotive’ at the bottom.
Our Judges
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Sung Kang
Ant Anstead
Emelia Hartford
Dan Mace
Guidelines:
The film can take any direction you wish, drawing reference “For the Love of Driving”. It can be docu-style or scripted, shot on film or phone. Each film must be at least one minute long but no longer than six minutes. Exclusively for the automotive competition, content that has been previously shared, can be also submitted. All content must be royalty free for usage, including for music. We encourage original scripting and scoring and our judges will pay particular attention to creators that do multiple elements of the film themselves. All content submitted is done so in the knowledge it may be used in a television show and online to help share and promote the artists. The ten finalists must be able to attend the Film Festival in person on October 18, 2024, where the Festival will showcase those ten films along with a Q&A session with each creator and our panel of notable judges.
Submission Deadline: July 14th, 2024