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Oniros Film Awards® - New York (8)

Deadlines

01 Feb 2025
Call for entries

31 Dec 2025
Final deadline

8
mths

02 Mar 2026
Notification date

01 Jan 2025
31 Dec 2025

Address

358 West 44th Street, 10036, New York, New York, United States

Festival description

Short film festival 35'<

Feature film festival >35'

Festival requirements

Film festival

Fiction

Documentary

Animation

Fantastic

Terror

Experimental

Music Video

Other

Any Genre

Any Theme

Has submission fees

International Festival

Online and Physical Location

Production date: Any

Production countries: Any

Shooting countries: Any

Director nationalities: Any

Debut Films

School projects

Short Films 35'<

Feature Films >35'

Any language

Subtitles
English

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Festival description (Edition: 8)

Festival start: 01 January 2025 Festival end: 31 December 2025

The Oniros Film Awards® is an International Monthly IMDb Qualifying competition with a public Screening Event held in New York City every three months, celebrating films and filmmakers from all around the world. Our mission is to discover high quality and ambitious films, to promote filmmakers’ works and to be the next step in their career. The Oniros Film Awards® is all about Dreams (ὄνειρος = oneiros, Dream in Ancient Greek) and is conceived by Dreamers for Dreamers. Dream Big, always!

(Oniros Film Awards® is a registered Trademark - All Rights Reserved 2017-2025)

Prizes and qualifications

Every month, our Jury will award the best films through private screenings. Every submitter can enter multiple categories to increase their probability to win an award. Every Quarter-Finalist, Semi-Finalist, Finalist and Winner will receive our Official Laurels. Award Winners will also receive our Official Certificate in HQ digital format, will be listed on our website and may upload their credits on IMDb.

Every three months, some of the Best Short films of every month will be chosen by the Jury to be screened during our public Screening Event at Producer’s Club, in the heart of Manhattan, in New York City. Filmmakers included in the screening are notified 4 weeks prior to the event.

* Next Public Screening Event: Spring 2025 (date to be decided) *

Rules

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR: Feature Films, Short Films, Documentaries, TV/Web-Series, Series Pilots, Student Films, Animations, Trailers, Music Videos, Commercials, Experimental Films and Scripts. We accept films of any genre, length and language. Non-English films must have English subtitles. We accept Scripts of any genre, length, and in English, Italian, French and Spanish.

WE DO NOT ACCEPT: 1. Amateur videos. 2. Extremist or propaganda content from religious or political organizations. 3. Pornography. 4. Films with a poor production standard (bad sound, lack of subtitles/captions for non-English films, video resolution lower than 720p HD). 5. We don't accept excerpts/scenes from films: you must submit the entire film.

BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR PROJECT PLEASE READ ALL RULES AND REGULATIONS.

By submitting your film/script, take note that: The Oniros Film Awards is hereby granted the rights to utilize an excerpt (trailer/teaser/poster/stills) from any film/script submitted for promotional purposes.

The film/script will not be available online.

Multiple entries are allowed for each filmmaker and each entry may be submitted to multiple categories. The winning categories vary every month depending on the submissions we receive. If we think the categories submitted are not to a standard of the Oniros Film Awards win, they will be removed. If you submit your film to the category ‘Best 1st time Director – Short’, it must be your first or second time directing a short film; If you submit your film to the category ‘Best 1st time Director – Feature’, it must be your first or second time directing a feature film; If you submit your film to the category ‘Best 1st time Producer’, it must be your first or
second time producing a film (any kind of film);

If you submit your film to the category ‘Best Acting Debut’, it must be your first or second time acting in a film (any kind of film): otherwise, your film will be disqualified from that specific category. Trophies are optional, are not included in the submission fee and all Winners may order the trophy by paying production costs and shipping costs. The Competition reserves the right to refuse entries and the Jury can remove a movie from the competition at any time. Entry fees are non-refundable. The individual or corporation submitting the film/script hereby warrants that it is authorized to commit the film for possible screening (private and/or public) and understands and accepts these requirements, rules and regulations. Only some of the Best Short Films of the month will be selected by the Jury for the Screening Event we host at Producer’s Club, in the heart of Manhattan, New York City, every three months. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Oniros Film Awards, from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney’s fees, and costs of the court) which may be incurred by reason of any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity, screening, and loss or damage of the screening videos entered. By submitting your film/script, you acknowledge you have read, understood and accepted all rules and regulations.

** This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Oniros Film Awards® 2017- 2025 All Rights Reserved **

Best Editing

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 35$
-8% 32.2$
PRO 18% 28.7$

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Best Song

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 35$
-8% 32.2$
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31 Dec 25

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Best Soundtrack

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 35$
-8% 32.2$
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Best Make-Up

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 35$
-8% 32.2$
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Best Cinematography

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Standard Fee 35$
-8% 32.2$
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Best Visual Effects

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 35$
-8% 32.2$
PRO 18% 28.7$

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Best Costumes

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 35$
-8% 32.2$
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Best Scenography

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 35$
-8% 32.2$
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Best Child Actor/Actress

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 35$
-8% 32.2$
PRO 18% 28.7$

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* ATTENTION: All submissions to this category require the name of the person you are registering to the category. You can send us the name via email. Thanks!

This Category is valid for one Child Actor OR one Child Actress only.

Best Acting Ensemble

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 35$
-8% 32.2$
PRO 18% 28.7$

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Best Supporting Actor/Actress

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 35$
-8% 32.2$
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Best Actress

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 35$
-8% 32.2$
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Best Actor

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 35$
-8% 32.2$
PRO 18% 28.7$

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Best Producer

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 35$
-8% 32.2$
PRO 18% 28.7$

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31 Dec 25

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Best Director

Short and Feature Films

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-8% 32.2$
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Best Comedy/Romance

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 35$
-8% 32.2$
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Best Horror/Drama

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 35$
-8% 32.2$
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Best Historical/War Film

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 35$
-8% 32.2$
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Best Fantasy/Sci-Fi

Short and Feature Films

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-8% 32.2$
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Best Thriller/Action Film

Short and Feature Films

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-8% 32.2$
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Best Music Video

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 35$
-8% 32.2$
PRO 18% 28.7$

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Best Experimental Film

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 35$
-8% 32.2$
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Best Student Film

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 35$
-8% 32.2$
PRO 18% 28.7$

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Best Documentary Short

Short Films 39'<

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-8% 32.2$
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Best Documentary Feature

Short and Feature Films >40'

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-8% 41.4$
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Best Animation

Short and Feature Films

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-8% 32.2$
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Best Indie Short

Short Films 39'<

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-8% 32.2$
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Best Indie Feature

Short Films >40'

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-8% 41.4$
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Best Web-Series/Series Pilot

Short and Feature Films

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-8% 32.2$
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Best Under 5 Minute Film

Short Films 5'<

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-8% 32.2$
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Best Short Film

Short Films 39'<

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-8% 32.2$
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Best Feature Film

Short and Feature Films >40'

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$
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