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ACTION/CUT 2013
SHORT FILM
COMPETITION



Action/Cut Filmmaking launches its tenth annual International Short Film Competition in 2013. 


"Action/Cut: Top 10 Shorts Festival 
in the World!" 
MovieMaker Magazine

OVER 100 ONE-OF-A-KIND PRIZES
VALUED AT $25,000!


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

Now enter your work in this unique Hollywood
competition that provides indie filmmakers 
worldwide the festival opportunity to show their work at 
this industry-driven Action/Cut Short Film Competition.



Action/Cut celebrates talented filmmakers by opening career doors
and offering invaluable prizes of networking access meetings including 
over 100 Cash and Sponsored Prizes to the winners valued at over $25,000
...the most 
number of prizes of any shorts festival in the world!


ENTER THE ACTION/CUT SHORT FILM COMPETITION
AND IGNITE YOUR CAREER!


             

This unique, industry-based, Los Angeles competition will showcase filmmakers
from across the world, recognize the most talented, and honor their work
by bringing them to the attention of the Hollywood film industry.
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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!"


ACTION/CUT GRAND PRIZE AWARD WINNERS

2013
“THESE THINGS I DO, THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE”
Directed by Austin Priester (Los Angeles, CA)

2012
 
“THRESHOLD”
Directed by Sam Ciurdar (Riverside, CA)

2011
“KILL BRASS”
Directed by Michel Kandinsky (Toronto, Canada)

2010
 
“PACK OF PAIN”
Directed by Pawel Regdosz (London, England)

2009
 
“realTIME - it's just a game"
Directed by
Steffen Mueller (Munich, Germany)

2008
 
“RABIA”
Directed by Muhammad Ali Hasan (Avon, CO)

2007
 
“ANIMAL DECAY”
Directed by Jeffrey Durkin (San Diego, CA)

2006
“LIVE FROM DEATH ROW”
Directed by Alexis Ferrebeuf (Marly le Roi, France)

2005 
“WHEN JESSE WAS BORN"

Directed by Christopher Petry (Vancouver, Canada)

2004 
“THE 17th MAN”
Directed by
Yimeng Jin (Tallahassee, FL)

 

FIVE
CATEGORIES: 
FICTION FILMS - DOCUMENTARY - ANIMATION
STUDENT FILMS - MUSIC VIDEOS
AWARDS: THE ACTION/CUT GRAND PRIZE SHORT FILM AWARD WINNER (1)
AND
FIRST PLACE - BEST OF EACH CATEGORY SHORT FILM AWARD WINNERS (5)

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: $25,000 in Hollywood Career Access Meetings, Cash, 
and Sponsor Valued Prizes Over 100 Total Prizes to the Winners
The most prizes awarded of any
shorts film festival or competition in the world.
GRAND PRIZE - ONE WINNER
AWARDED TO THE GRAND PRIZE SHORT FILM AWARD WINNER
FIRST PLACE - BEST OF EACH CATEGORY WINNERS (5)
MULTIPLE PRIZES TO EACH OF THE BEST OF CATEGORY 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 MOST PROMISING YOUTH AWARDS.

NEXT CALL FOR ENTRIES: JANUARY 15, 2013
Early Deadline: March 15 - Late Deadline: May 15
Final Deadline: June 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 THROUGH WAB:  
Action/Cut Short Film Competition prefers online entries submitted via Withoutabox.com
, which provides cost-saving, paperless submission to film festivals around the world. Withoutabox’s internet-only submission platform features online applications via one master entry form, online fee payments, press kits, and the option to use Secure Online Screeners, an economical, eco-friendly, and secure alternative to traditional hard-copy DVD submissions. 

Fill out one master entry form and take advantage of quick entry, extended deadlines, and powerful submission management tools. There’s no extra cost to you, and by submitting, you’ll join Withoutabox’s global filmmaker community and stay in the loop about international exhibition opportunities. Click to submit your film today!

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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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