Filmsupply Editfest returns for its Fall Edition, giving editors the chance to push their creativity and put their craft on display.
Built on Filmsupply’s belief that moving images can tell powerful stories about the human experience, this 30-day short film competition challenges participants to bring their strongest ideas to life.
Editors will compete for more than $70K in prizes and the opportunity to receive feedback from respected creatives across the industry.
Put your editing skills to work, and may the best cuts win!
The Judges
A panel of 12 industry-leading judges will score submissions based on the following criteria: creativity, craft, storytelling, and song use.
Learn more about this year’s Editfest judges here.
The Categories
TITLE SEQUENCE
Title sequences are an art form. They set the tone and tease the journey. They can suck a viewer into a story before it even begins.
Ultimately, to win this category, you’ll need to meet one simple goal: Create a title sequence that’s impossible to skip.
Summer 2026’s Best Title Sequence Winner: “OBVERSE”
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An effective ad has a hook. That hook is a solution to a customer’s problem, presented in a way that compels action.
Whether it’s lipstick, a sports car, or a bag of dog food—everybody’s looking for something. Show them you have what they need.
Summer 2026’s Best Advertisement Winner: “An Elephant Never Forgets”
TRAILER
Cutting a superior movie trailer requires restraint and balance. You have to draw the audience in, but you can’t give everything away. How will you reveal an entire world filled with conflict and resolution in only 60 seconds?
Summer 2026’s Best Trailer Winner: “47 SECONDS (Or: The Final Report of the Department of Lunar Verification)”
The Prizes
Fall 2026’s Editfest winners—Best Title Sequence, Best Advertisement, Best Narrative, and People’s Choice—will split over $70K in film grants, high-end filmmaking tools, and creative assets.
Title Sequence
- $15,000 Filmsupply Grant
- $2,500 Filmsupply Credit
- Musicbed Small Business Subscription with Sounds™
- $500 Abelcine Credit
- 3-Month Dehancer Subscription
- aescripts + aeplugins bundle including Thicc Pro, Tracery 2, Pushr, Amalgam, and Save Objects 3
- FilmConvert Nitrate + Hazy
- Knights of the Editing Table Excalibur Package
- Complete ACIDBITE Collection
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- $15,000 Filmsupply Grant
- $2,500 Filmsupply Credit
- Musicbed Small Business Subscription with Sounds™
- $500 Abelcine Credit
- 3-Month Dehancer Subscription
- aescripts + aeplugins bundle including Thicc Pro, Tracery 2, Pushr, Amalgam, and Save Objects 3
- FilmConvert Nitrate + CineMatch
- Knights of the Editing Table Excalibur Package
- Complete ACIDBITE Collection
Trailer
- $15,000 Filmsupply Grant
- $2,500 Filmsupply Credit
- Musicbed Small Business Subscription with Sounds™
- $500 Abelcine Credit
- 3-Month Dehancer Subscription
- aescripts + aeplugins bundle including Thicc Pro, Tracery 2, Pushr, Amalgam, and Save Objects 3
- FilmConvert Nitrate + CineMatch
- Knights of the Editing Table Excalibur Package
- Complete ACIDBITE Collection
People’s Choice
- $2,000 Filmsupply Credit
- Musicbed Small Business Subscription with Sounds™
- $500 Abelcine Credit
- 3-Month Dehancer Subscription
- aescripts + aeplugins bundle including Thicc Pro, Tracery 2, Pushr, Amalgam, and Save Objects 3
- FilmConvert Hazy + Halation
- Knights of the Editing Table Quiver Package
- Complete ACIDBITE Collection
Submissions open on September 9 and close on October 9 at 12 PM noon CDT. Download the Starter Kit for everything you need to know. Good luck!
