Categories & Awards

Choose your category

ADRA has three film categories. Choose the category that best fits the length and format of your film.

REEL SHORTS

Up to 2 minutes

Short, sharp and made to move. For films that get their idea across in two minutes or less.

SHORTS

Up to 10 minutes

Our main short film category, open to a wide range of styles and approaches.

OPEN

Up to 25 minutes

Please note: places in the Open category are limited.

Submission tiers

Each category has four submission tiers.

Choose the tier that best reflects who made your film.

INTERNATIONAL

For films made by creatives based anywhere in the world.

WALES

For films where the core creative team is based in Wales.

GRADUATE

For films where the core team are students or recent graduates.

YOUTH & COMMUNITY

For films where young people or community participants are core contributors to the work.

What happens after you submit?

Getting your film into ADRA isn't just about winning an award. Our selection process happens in stages:

SELECTOR

Our selection team watches all submitted films and selects the films that will be shown as part of the ADRA festival programme.

If your film is selected, it's in the festival.

FINALIST

Once the festival programme has been selected, our jury watches the films and chooses the finalists across the categories.

WINNER

The jury then selects the winners, with awards presented at ADRA.

There is also an Audience Award, chosen by the people watching the films at the festival.

ADRA AR DAITH

After the festival, a selection of films is handpicked to tour with ADRA Ar Daith - our touring programme bringing Screendance to communities and audiences across Wales and beyond.

Awards

BEST FILM

Our overall festival award for an outstanding Screendance film.

AUDIENCE AWARD

The audience decides. The film that gets the most votes from the people watching at ADRA takes the Audience Award.

CATEGORY AWARDS

Films in Reel Shorts and Shorts are eligible for recognition across:

International · Wales · Graduate · Youth & Community