2023 DIGITAL SERIES COMPETITION WILL OPEN DECEMBER 7^th

Scripted Digital Series

Early Bird Deadline: March 23
Regular Deadline: April 18
Late Deadline: May 25
Extended Deadline: July 7

Produced Digital Series

Early Bird Deadline: March 23
Regular Deadline: May 17
Late Deadline: June 22
Extended Deadline: July 7

The climate of storytelling is changing. Scripts are no longer bound to the confines of a feature length movie or 42 minute television episode. With the emergence of online content platforms, digital series, webisodes, and everything else you can find on the world wide web, barriers have been broken and the doors are wide open for new media and innovative formats. And with more opportunity comes more talent and more stories ready to be celebrated.

This competition accepts both filmed and written submissions in an effort to find talented voices who can adapt their vision to emerging digital platforms. AFF will select a winner in both the written and produced categories that display the strongest voice and greatest potential for establishing a digital series.

Entrants that advance to the Semifinalist level will be asked to provide a treatment of their vision for the series and how subsequent episodes will unfold. The winners of the Digital Series Competition will receive a $1000 cash prize, AFF’s bronze typewriter statue, and reimbursement for travel and lodging. Additionally, all filmed series finalists will screen publicly as part of the 2023 Festival.

Priya Domfeh and Philipp Yaw accept their Jury Award for Produced Digital Series “Cary in Retrograde” — October 23, 2021