Film Award Regulation

The Film Awards rewards the best wedding photos of the round. 

The awards take place four times a year and the winners automatically compete for the Golden Lens award, the 20 most awarded filmmakers until the penultimate round of the year, will be nominated for the Golden Lens annual prize and the 3 most awarded of the year receive the Gold Lens award. 

By submitting your collections to this Inspiration Photographers’ official competition, you agree and affirm that you have read all the rules and can not claim ignorance of any irregularity under this regulation. 

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Failure to comply with any of the rules contained in this regulation implies disqualification of the entire collection and losses of nominations and awards related to this collection, and may, in case of recidivism, be deleted from the directory temporarily or even indefinitely. 

1 - Who can participate?

Only members of Inspiration Photographers, if you are not a member yet join us HERE

2 - How many movies can I send??

Each member has 01 free entry and can still send up to 09 extra movies, according to the amount determined in the submission form.

3 - Movies that can enter this competition?

We have 3 new categories the “Best Wedding Films“, “Best pre-wedding Films” and “Best Family Films” 

4 - NEW - You can now submit films that have won awards in other associations.

Yes, this rule has changed, and unlike before, you can now submit films that have won awards in other associations.

5 - The links must be unblocked on vimeo or youtube.!

Make sure the links from the movies you are uploading are unlocked on vimeo or youtube, blocked movies may be declassified. 

6 - Category Best Wedding Movie!

* The accepted images in this category are those of the wedding day and also of the couple’s wedding dresses made before or after the wedding day all this as long as they are referred to and related to a same royal wedding.  

* Movies can not exceed the maximum duration of 11 minutes each. 

7 - Category Best pre-wedding Movie!

* The images accepted in this category are any and all images related to a double session according to the author’s vision and creativity. 

* NO wedding pictures are allowed in this movie, being disqualified.  

* Movies can not exceed the maximum duration of 11 minutes each. 

8 - Category Best Family Movie!

* In this category can enter any movie that depicts the day to day or specific time of a family will be accepted, such as; family documentaries, childbirth films, newborn movies, pregnant films, stories, 15-year-old films, documentaries on this theme, authoring in this subject, etc … 

* NO wedding pictures are allowed in this movie, being disqualified.  

* Movies can not exceed the maximum duration of 11 minutes each. 

9 - Golden Lens Award

All filmmakers compete for the annual Goden Lens award, in the categories of:
Filmmaker of the year (Veterans compete in this category, or those who have already been nominated for the revelation of the year category in previous years)
Revelation filmmaker of the year (Filmmakers who are in their first year at Inspiration, or who have never competed in this category, compete for this category.
Wedding Film of the Year, Pre-Wedding Film of the Year, Family Film of the Year (All films that receive the highest score (10) in any round of the Inspiration Films Awards during the year compete for these categories)
Most awarded of the year (Receive the Golden Lens Awards trophy, the 3 most awarded of the year, until the last round)

10 - Who selects the winning collections and what criteria?

The curatorship, selection and choice will be made by a group of expert jurors and masters in wedding photography guests in each round.

The judging criteria observed by judges are the technical quality of the film, composition, audio, photography, history, cut, film editing, film coloring, camera movement, camera positioning, equipment use, language, style, impact, overall impression and innovation. 

11 - Terms of use for the author

As the author of the uploaded images, you agree and allow all uploaded images to be posted on the website inspirationphotographers.com, directory facebook, other media, and also in releases made by Inspiration Photographers, at any time.

As author and filmmaker, you agree and assume full responsibility for the content of the images uploaded here, releasing Inspiration Photographers from any third party claim.

You, the author and filmmaker, declare that you have permission from any persons who are on the images sent to have your images published and if any person who is in images sent by you requests that their images be removed from our site, awards loses validity. 

12 - What are the objectives of the award?

The objective of this award, organized and conducted by Inspiration Photographers, is to promote and value wedding and family films and its authors at the highest international level.