SWF 2023
THE RESERVOIR
SURRY HILLS
CATEGORIES
SUBMISSION DEADLINES
Best Comedy Series
Best Drama Series
Best Documentary Series
Best Student Series
Best Kids Series
Best Animated Series
Best Pilot
Best Short Film
Best Self Tape
Best Podcast (Fiction & Non-Fiction)
Best Actual Play Podcast
Best Actual Play Video
Best Audio Fiction Standalone
Early bird Deadline: April 1st 2023
Regular Deadline: July 23rd 2023
Late Deadline: August 13th 2023
Notification Date: August 20th 2023
For all submission Rules & Terms, click here.
AWARDS
FESTIVAL DETAILS
SWF Award for Best Series*
SWF Award for Diversity**
SWF Michael Ajakwe Award for Innovation***
SWF RØDE Award for Development****
Best Comedy Series
Best Drama Series
Best Documentary Series
Best Student Series
Best Kids Series
Best Animated Series
Best Pilot
Best Short Film
Best Self Tape
Best Podcast (Fiction & Non-Fiction)
Best Actual Play Podcast
Best Actual Play Video
Best Audio Fiction Standalone
Best Director
Best Screenplay - Comedy
Best Screenplay - Drama
Best Editing
Best Actor (x2)
Best Supporting Actor (x2)
Best Ensemble
Best Original Score
Best Sound Design
Best Visual/Special Effects
WHEN: Saturday September 30th 2023
WHERE: The Reservoir Cinema, Surry Hills
TICKETS: Details coming soon!
* Qualifying series must have women in at least three key creative roles (Lead Female Actor, Director, Producer, Writer, Cinematographer, Composer, Editor)
** Qualifying series must have an LGBTQIA+ focus and/or pass the Vito Russo test.
*** This award is in honour of the creator of web series festivals as we know them. As the founder of LA Web Fest, Michael paved the way for festivals like ours, and this award celebrates innovation and courage in filmmaking.
**** This major award is presented by our Technical Director to a project from any category. The prize aims to further a project's technical development
ABOUT
THE
FESTIVAL
Sydney's home for
digital short-form storytelling
Celebrating creators, women, diversity, & brilliant web work
Sydney Web Fest is Sydney's international web series festival, dedicated to the celebration of online content, and the talents of those who make it happen. Sydney Web Fest is committed to celebrating outstanding digital content creators, and, in particular, the creative accomplishments of women - along with honouring diversity across all spectrums. No matter how you identify, we look forward to your submission.
2023 marks SWF's fifth year, with the valued support from LA Web Fest, the eternally brilliant Michael Ajakwe, our partners Melbourne Web Fest, NZ Web Fest, Montreal Web Fest, New Jersey Web Fest, and other industry heavyweights. SWF will be packed with screenings, panels, networking opportunities, and our awards ceremony.
Our 2023 festival will be held at The Reservoir Cinema, inside the Rydges Hotel, on Albion Street Surry Hills. Join us for screenings, panels, and our pink carpeted awards ceremony. It's going to be a good one!
The Sydney Web Fest team is excited to welcome you to the fifth Sydney Web Fest!
#SydneyWebFest2023 #SWF23
SWF 2023
SATURDAY
SEPTEMBER 30TH
SWF 2023
OFFICIAL
SELECTIONS
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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2023 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS:
A Good Mind To
Adult-erers
After Roe Falls
Ain't Slayed Nobody
All-Bastards
Angel Cecil (Self Tape)
Bad Asians
Bogan Moths
Brutal Lives - Mo'ui Faingata'a
Chaotic Symphony
Chateau Laurier
Closure
Crisis Control
Curious Matter
Dark Dice
Death and Margaret
Don't Mind: Cruxmont
Echoes (In) Between
ELDR:TV
Fawx & Stallion
Finding Yeezus
Fire Pockets
Flats
Flawsome: Sex, Drugs & Recipes
Fragments
Gay Mean Girls
Grovely and the Big Fish
How to be Wellness
Hurt
iBible
Idiot-Proof
Jemima Smallbones (Self Tape)
Kill Every Monster
Kite
Lady Priest
Liars & Leeches
Manny
Marcellus Hall: An Artist in New York City
Marseille Mon Amour
Middle West: A Midwestern Horror Show
Mine Mine Mine
Monologue
Muckey Landing
No One Around
Nurse (Self Tape)
Odd Units
Once Upon a Wasteland
One of a Kind
Overcaterers Anonymous
Party Of One
Polyamorous
Quest Friends: Cryptid Cryptids
Re: Dracula
Ruben Guthrie (Self Tape)
Rupelli Griffin (Self Tape)
Savage Waking: Obliteration
Skettel
Sky Tower
Starship Q Star
Streams Flow From A River
Succession (Self Tape)
Suka
Summer Camp
Sword of Symphonies
Tales from Three Corners
The 100 Project
The All Night Society
The Boy Who Was Afraid of Everything
The Detention Diaries
The Dirty Twenty
The Drop
The Followed
The Followers
The Iron Anthology
The Naughty List
The Something
The Unsung Tales
The Valkyrie Cycle
The White Vault
Tobias and Syd
Tokens
Touch the Sky
TransGenerations
Unravelling Anxiety
Vanlife
Walking Shadows
We are Shellharbour
We're Alive: Descendants
Where the Stars Fell
Wipe Me Away
Wispy
Womb Envy
Zombie Therapy
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