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🌟 Relationships First Award 🌟

Submissions are open for 2025

 If you have a knack for capturing the essence of family connections and relationships, this is your chance to shine! 🎬❤️

 

About the Award 🏆

Sponsored by the Foundation for the Contemporary Family, the Relationships First Award celebrates short films that explore and illuminate the powerful and poignant connections within any type of contemporary family relationship. 💖👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

 

Why You Should Apply 🚀

Celebrate Connections: Share the depth and diversity of family relationships through your unique lens.

Innovative Storytelling: Use your creativity to depict family dynamics in fresh and engaging ways.

Gain Recognition: Get noticed for your storytelling skills and contribute to a meaningful conversation about contemporary families.

 

How to Enter 🎥

Create Your Film: Focus on innovative portrayals of contemporary family relationships.

Submit Your Entry: Follow the guidelines available on our website.

Meet the Deadline: Ensure your submission is in by September 1st!

Download the call for entries flyer here.

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 2023 Relationships First Winner

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2022 Relationships First WINNERS

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2021 Relationships First Winner

I Have Four Parents by Daniel Roy

2020 Relationships First Award - Youth Winner 

Cries of the Children by Miracle Espericueta | In Progress

2020 Relationships First Award Winner 

Inseparable: The Story of Elly and Lya | The Righteous Conversations Project

VIEW ALL THE 2020 FINALISTS!

2019 Winner: The Brainwashing of my Dad [excerpt]

2019 Winner: The Aged

2018 Winner: The Toothmans by Hansen Bursic

View the 2018 Relationships First Award Finalists

2017 Winner: G.I José by Alejandro Marques Vela

2016 relationships winner 1

2016 relationships winner 2

 2015 relationships award

2014 relationships award