Got a short film just waiting to be discovered?

The IMDb New Filmmaker Award is designed to promote emerging talent and is open to anyone who has a short film between 1 and 10 minutes and with no previous distribution.

The winner receives £2,000 to go towards their next film as well as £1,000 worth of hire kit from Visual Impact (UK filmmakers only).

Submissions will also be considered for the selection of shorts that will be shown throughout the festival ahead of the features.

The IMDb New Filmmaker Award final is one of the highlights of FilmBath’s year. We screen a shortlist of the best four films in front of a panel of superb industry judges – some of our previous judges include:

• Col Needham – CEO of IMDb (always!)
• Philippa Lowethorpe – director, Misbehaviour, Three Girls, The Crown, Swallows & Amazons etc
• James Bobin – director, The Muppets, Dora and the Lost City of Gold etc
• Elizabeth Karlsen – producer, Carol, Colette, Made in Dagenham etc
• Otto Bathurst – director, His Dark Materials, Black Mirror, Peaky Blinders, Robin Hood etc
• Rebecca O’Brien, producer, Sorry We Missed You, I, Daniel Blake, You Were Never Really Here etc
• Jonathan Hyde – actor, Titanic, The Mummy, Jumanji etc

Find out more and enter now via Film Freeway

Previous winners