Sony Future Filmmaker Awards 2027: Free Global Short Film Competition

Choose the Sony category that best matches your finished short film

Sony’s program covers fiction, nonfiction, animation, student work, immersive 3D/180/360 video, and a new vertical-video brief. Films must have been completed in 2025 or 2026, so creators should match runtime, format, and eligibility to a specific track before uploading.

Contest details

• Deadline: December 15, 2026 at 7:00 a.m. CST.
• Who can enter: Filmmakers worldwide; category-specific eligibility applies, including a student track.
• Entry fee: Free.
• Prize: Cash awards up to $5,000 in several categories, Sony imaging equipment, and travel for shortlisted creators to a four-day program at Sony Pictures Studios.
• Video format: Most categories accept 5–20 minute films; animation accepts 2–20 minutes and Future Format accepts 2–5 minute vertical films.

Before you submit

Read the organizer’s current rules, confirm music and footage rights, and keep original project files in case finalists are asked to verify their work. Requirements and dates can change after this listing is published.

Visit the official contest page and enter.

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