Sherwood Players is a community driven entertainment collective based in Los Angeles, CA. Starting summer of 2024, we will be accepting short films for our 4th annual international film festival with strong visions from any part of the world. Open to any country, any genre, any year, just as long as it is 20 minutes or less!
All WINNERS are promoted through our social media and website. For this purpose, we require that projects are fully entered on FilmFreeway, including synopsis, and downloadable poster, and trailer.
All NOMINATED films will receive the Sherwood Players International Film Festival official laurel and the custom certificate of achievement according to their final status in the competition.
All FINALISTS will be invited to have their film screened at our LIVE in-person festival and awards ceremony happening in Hollywood, CA mid December.
2023 WINNERS
BEST TRAILER OR SIZZLE-REEL -- "Trayizon" [US]
BEST MUSIC VIDEO -- "Recall" [Slovakia]
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT -- "Sarnevesht" [Iran]
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY -- Mahsa Talebi, Amirhossein Hatami "Somewhere to Stay" [Iran]
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY -- Akin Bagcilar "Resurrection Under the Ocean" [Turkey]
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS -- Keoni Maemori, Jess Bryden "Mando Merc Five-0" [US]
BEST EDITING -- Joseph Comar, Mona-Lise Lanfant "Fatih the Conqueror" [Turkey]
BEST ENSEMBLE -- Mahendra Shrivas, Poonam Khandare, Varsha Rathore, Priyansi Palav "I Am Not Down" [India]
BEST LEAD ACTOR -- Jaemes Peter Churchward "Undertow" [New Zealand]
BEST LEAD ACTRESS -- Daphne Lianaki "Porfyri Lemonia" [Greece]
BEST DIRECTOR -- Kiarash Bokaeyan "Varanus" [Iran]
BEST COMEDY SHORT -- "Good Business Sense" [US]
BEST DRAMA SHORT -- "Varanus" [Iran]
BEST US SHORT FILM -- "Terms and Conditions" [US]
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT -- "Fatih the Conqueror" [Turkey]
AUDIENCE AWARD RUNNER UP -- "Terms and Conditions" [US]
AUDIENCE AWARD RUNNER UP -- "Sarnevesht" [Iran]
AUDIENCE AWARD -- "To the Moon" [US]