2024 HWC Short Film Festival
It’s Official!! The 3rd HWC Academy SHORT FILM 🎥 CHALLENGE is here!
It’s Official!!
The 3rd HWC Academy SHORT FILM 
CHALLENGE is here!
Deadline to Submit Sunday June 9.
Film Festival date: 
ALL films will be shown in the HWC Short Film Festival Sunday June 23 (online) 4PM PST
Filmmaker Instructions
- Pick other HWC actors to work with.
- Write a 3-8 minute script giving you all equal screentime. Everyone needs a meaty scene 🎬
- Get together and shoot live and in-person.
OR- Work with people who have different skill sets than you do so you don’t have to figure it all out yourself, but you can work together collaboratively as a team!
- Create a poster for the film (use Canva or Fiverr)
- Create a FB page for the film
- Create an IMDB PRO page for the film Here:
https://contribute.imdb.com/updates?update=title - Create EPK Press Kit
- Write Press Release
- Work with people who have different skill sets than you do so you don’t have to figure it all out yourself, but you can work together collaboratively as a team!
- Enter the film into free film festivals on FILMFREEWAY.COM
Congratulations !! You Are Now a Filmmaker!
Previous Films From HWC Short Film Challenges & HWC Short Film Festival
2021: https://hollywoodwinnerscircle.com/2021-hwc-film-festival/2023: https://hollywoodwinnerscircle.com/2023-hwc-film-festival/
Let the Creativity begin!
Industry Judges
Wendy Alane Wright
President HWC Academy
Lorna Rainey
Albert Bramante
Corey Ralston
Nancy Scanlon
Rob Margolies
Micheline Blais
Msaada Nia
Studio Casting
Sean Perez
Jim Dougherty
P David Miller
Maggie Shirk
Taissa Menna Barreto Zveiter
P David Miller
Maggie Shirk
2023 HWC Academy Short Films
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