- All attendees must submit a film. Collaboration is strongly encouraged.
- Your film must not exceed 5 minutes in length (feel free to make it much shorter)
- Due to a longstanding exclusivity agreement with the Lerch Foundation, your film must credit Aileen Lerch as your film’s Goat Handler in the credits. Please include “No Goats Were Handled in the Making of This Film” if applicable.
- Submit your film to https://sindancefilmfestival.com/submit.html by 5pm March 29, 2024
- Best Film
- Worst Film
- Most average film
- Most medium film
- Most straightforward, regular old film
- Best Casting
- Teen Choice Award
- Best Kiss
- Best Goat Handling
- The Calvin Studebaker Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Television
- Best Product Placement
- Smoking Loon Award for Integrity in Film
- Boldest Artistic Leap
- Most Irreverent
- Best Documentary
- Best Crying Moment
- Best Animated Film
- Best Foreign Film
- Best Fight Scene
- Best Original Soundtrack
- Best Silent Film
- Best Twist Ending
- Best Musical
- Best Special Effects
- Best Regular Effects
- Best Family Film
- Best Adult Film
- Best Reality Series
- Best Villian
- Best Editing
- Best Sound Design
- Best Set Design
- Best Costume Design
- Best “Design Thinking”
- Rookie of the Year
- Most Upsetting Camera Angle
- Longest Short Film
- Shortest Long Film
- Best Sequel
- Best Prequel
- Best Regular Old Quel
- Most Likely to Become a Cult Classic
- Least Likely to Win an Award… Award
- Isadora Duncan Award for Excellence in Choreography
- Mattflix™ Award for Best Pirated Film
- Critics Quarterly™ Award for Most Creatively Bankrupt Film
- Best All-Female Reboot