SWF 2024
CATEGORIES &
FESTIVAL DETAILS
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: January 10th 2024
Regular Deadline: July 10th 2024
Late Deadline: August 10th 2024
Festival Date: October 12-13th 2024
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 Technical Director's 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: October 12-13th 2024
WHERE: The University of Technology, Sydney (UTS)
Building, 6/702 Harris St, Ultimo NSW 2007
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
SWF 2024
OFFICIAL
SELECTIONS
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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2024 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS:
A Dispute Between Friends About Chips
Actual Play
ADHD + Me
Algor Mortis
Alina
Alpha 8
Anywhere But Now
Arcane Corps
Auto Aficionado
Bad Heroes
Behind ADHD + Me
Bernice
Beyond the Brook
Camlann
Candy Claus, Private Eye
Carpe Mia
Chance Encounter
Chockablock
Clear Skies: Perseverance
Compulsory Entertainment
Covering Their Tracks
Creatures of the Noise
Curse of Amity Island, Fables of Eyrde
Dark Arcadia
Dark Dice
Dating Unlocked
Diversity Work
Divorce Ranch
Eva: Connected Through Time
Fanny Scat Investigates
Felix: Space Pirate
Forgive Me!
From The Hideout
Geezer Bird
Get Up, Aisha
Godkiller: Oblivion
Greystanes
Hannahpocalypse
Harlem Hellfighters Never Die
Heartless Romantics
History's First Draft
Hogtown
I Hate People, People Hate Me
I WIll Bury You
I'm Here
Ignorant
J'adore le jus
Joan Kendrick and the Realms of Lahr
Josie's Lonely Hearts Club
Kill Every Monster
La Dernière Communion
La Terre Appelle Mathilde
La Vie en Rouze
Less Than Kosher
Life Of Kea
Listening Pond
Let’s Talk About Race
Lu von Loser
About People and About War
Mekong
My First Dungeon
My Girlfriend is a Worm
Near or Far
No Tone Unturned
Nomads
Outcast & Outclassed
Peasantries
Places, Please!
Plausible Deniability
Pleasant Avenue
Poison
Quest Friends!
Rampions
Re Rol: The Sprout of Fire
Replay
Sayang
Katherine Grace (Self Tape)
Taylor Musa (Self Tape)
Slightly Cracked: Ghosts of the Past
SOS Humanity: Earth's Last Distress Signal
StakeOuts
STILL...?!
Stone
Stories from the Other Side of the Sea
SugarHope Records
The All Night Society
The All-American Ruins Podcast
The Care-Breakers
The Case Within
The Cellar
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Fades of Papineau
The Heart is a Dungeon Podcast
The Invicta Collective
The Mysteries of Ravenswood
The Pallidura
The Party
The TMI Project Story Hour
The White Vault: Goshawk
This Game is Cursed
Two Brothers
Unerased
UnMascing Beauty
Unpalatable
We're Alive: Scout's Honor
Well, Well, Wellness
You're the Last One
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.
2024 marks SWF's sixth year, with the valued support from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), 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.
The Sydney Web Fest team is excited to welcome you to the sixth Sydney Web Fest!
#SydneyWebFest2024 #SWF24
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