JUMPSTART YOUR FILMMAKING CAREER

Found-Footage Contest

Found Footage Contest is now open for early-bird submissions!

Launch your filmmaking career today. Contest winners receive guaranteed distribution and more.

Why you should submit

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Jump start your filmmaking career

Many filmmakers shot their first films “found-footage” style, using the inherent advantages of the format as a launching pad to successful careers. You can be next! Selected films will be guaranteed a worldwide audience.¹

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Get Paid! Win Cash $$$ Prizes

Winners will a receive cash-advance on their films against a 50/50 split on all revenue lifetime. Get paid upfront and every quarter, on-time. Other than the one-time entry fee, there is never any cost.¹

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Guaranteed Worldwide Distribution

Selected films with be guaranteed to have their films seen worldwide on POV Horror, the #1 found footage Video-On-Demand Channel available on Roku, Amazon Fire, AppleTV and more. Additionally, films will have the opportunity to be shown on iTunes, Amazon Prime, Google Play, RedBox, and more!¹

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Guaranteed Film Festival Entry

Our selection committee includes the directors of found footage film festivals in the United States (San Francisco) and France (Lyon). Selected films will have an opportunity for guaranteed entry into at least one festival for award consideration and will be eligible for a live screening.¹

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we accept shorts films & features

No matter the length of your film, we want to see your found-footage movie. Selected shorts will be packaged into a full-length feature anthology, while feature-length films will be distributed as separate, individual films. Plus, we’ll help you along the process of writing, directing and more.¹

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Feature in Found Footage Critic

Selected films will be highlighted in a feature article and/or banner ads in Found Footage Critic, the official found footage film database and industry leading website for found footage news and reviews.¹

¹Contest awards are governed by the foundfootagecontest.com rules descibed here: Contest Rules

How It Works

Easy as 1, 2, 3…

Enter The Contest

First, simply fill out our entry form, pay the small entry fee. For a limited-time, we have a reduced entry fee, Click here to enter.

Expert Found Footage Filmmakers Will Guide You

Even if you’ve never picked up a camera, we’ll help you! The Filmmakers of The Dark Tapes and along with the owner of FoundFootageCritic.com have provided us with an exclusive guide to found-footage filmmaking that includes advise on: Script, Casting, Producing, Directing, Editing, Effects and more!

Shoot Your Film

Finally, shoot your film or submit your short of feature film you’ve already shot. It’s that simple.

Selection Committee

Our team includes the directors of two found footage film festivals (France and United States), two of today’s leading independent found-footage filmmakers, and the founder and owner of the #1 found footage film movie database, news, and review website.

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MICHAEL MCQUOWN

Michael McQuown is the writer and director of The Dark Tapes. The film won or was nominated for 61 awards, was picked up for distribution by Epic Pictures and is on many top-ten best-of lists. He is also a co-owner of POV Horror.

STEPHEN COGNETTI

Stephen Cognetti is the writer and director of Hell House LLC, a critically acclaimed Halloween-themed found footage film that took the horror film community by storm.

MICHAEL STEINBERG

Michael Steinberg is the owner of Found Footage Critic, co-host of the Found Footage Files podcast, and co-owner of POV Horror the top Found Footage VOD channel on Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, and Chromecast.

NICOLAS SEBASTIEN LANDAIS

Nicolas Sébastien Landais is the co-creator and director of On Vous Ment, the first film festival in France dedicated to mockumentary and found footage Films. The festival is going into its third year.

He is also a filmmaker, founder and president of Langue Pendue association, writes for Boskop magazine, and is a selector for the Les Intergalactiques Sci-fy festival.

MADELEINE KOESTNER

Madeleine Koestner is the co-founder of the Unnamed Footage Festival, a found footage film festival established in collaboration with the Bay Area’s Overlook Theatre focused on bringing found footage horror to San Francisco in March of 2018.

She is also the founder of the Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival and has worked as a writer and editor for Fangoria, Diabolique Magazine, and Famous Monsters of Filmland.

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