ConnectHER Film Festival Awards

The ConnectHER Film Festival Awards 2025 is now accepting applications! This festival celebrates films that spotlight issues impacting the lives of women and girls, with a special emphasis on amplifying BIPOC voices. If you are a female filmmaker aged 13 to 25, this is your chance to showcase your talent and make a difference.

🌟 About ConnectHER Film Festival Awards

The ConnectHER Film Festival focuses on films—animated, documentary, or narrative—that explore themes centered around women’s and girls’ issues, including but not limited to:

• Barriers to education
• Leadership and digital inclusion
• Gender inequality
• Maternal and mental health
• Economic inequality and empowerment
• Climate action and environmental issues
• Refugees and the impact of war and conflict

These themes align with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, reflecting a commitment to addressing global challenges through storytelling.

Key Details:

• Date Published: August 30, 2025
• Application Deadline: October 1, 2025
• Sponsor Organization: ConnectHER

🏆 Benefits of ConnectHER Film Festival Awards

Judges’ Choice

• Top recognition for exceptional storytelling, creativity, and cinematic achievement.
• Winner: $5,000
• 1st Runner-Up: $2,500

Best Documentary

• Recognizes impactful documentaries that highlight issues affecting women and girls.
• Winner: $2,500

Best Narrative

• Celebrates outstanding fictional storytelling in film.
• Winner: $2,500

Best Animation

• Acknowledges creative and skillful animated films addressing women’s and girls’ issues.
• Winner: $2,500

People’s Choice

• Selected by online audience votes from the top 10 films.
• Winner: $2,500

Global Impact

• Recognizes films that identify inequalities and innovative solutions for women and girls.
• Winner: $2,500

Stand Up Men

• Celebrates men who take a stand for women’s rights through filmmaking.
• Winner: $2,500

Women & Work

• Highlights workplace and livelihood issues faced by women.
• Winner: $2,500

Educating Girls

• Focuses on stories about educating girls and women.
• Winner: $2,500

Women & Health

• Spotlights global health issues affecting women and girls.
• Winner: $2,500

Women & the Environment

• Recognizes films addressing environmental issues impacting women and girls.
• Winner: $2,500

✅ Eligibility Criteria

1. Films must focus on one of the festival's topic areas.
2. Open to filmmakers aged 13 to 25 at the time of submission.
3. Films must be original works completed after January 1, 2025.
4. Film length: 3 to 6 minutes.
5. Accepted formats: .mov and .mp4 (HD resolution and optimized sound quality preferred).
6. Submissions must include:
   • A graphic highlighting two local/national organizations working on the issue addressed in the film.
   • English subtitles.
7. Films must adhere to the following naming conventions:
   • Portrait/Headshot File: FirstName_LastName (e.g., Jane_Doe.jpg)
   • Film File: Title_by_FilmmakersNames_Country (e.g., Sunrise_by_JaneDoe_UnitedKingdom.mp4)
8. Films must not contain nudity, profanity, violence, or sexually explicit content.
9. PowerPoints or non-cinematic submissions will not be accepted.

📅 Application Process and Deadline

• Application Deadline: October 1, 2025
• Submit your film via the ConnectHER Film Festival Submission Form.

🎬 Share Your Film!

Once your film is approved and added to the ConnectHER Film Festival gallery, share it widely! The People’s Choice Award will be selected from the top 10 films with the most votes.

🌐 Contact Information

For more details, visit the ConnectHER Film Festival Awards website.

Take this opportunity to inspire, uplift, and contribute to a brighter future through your storytelling!

• Judges’ Choice: $5,000 for the top film.
• Best Documentary: $2,500.
• Best Narrative: $2,500.
• Best Animation: $2,500.
• People’s Choice: $2,500.
• Global Impact: $2,500.
• Stand Up Men: $2,500.
• Women & Work: $2,500.
• Educating Girls: $2,500.
• Women & Health: $2,500.
• Women & the Environment: $2,500.