Cash prizes and adulation await the top three original shorts of five minutes or less centered around Jane Austen. The contest is open to all amateur filmmakers in North America under the age of 30. Submissions from Jane Austen enthusiasts in high school, college, and graduate school are especially welcome. The deadline for entries is October 30, 2020. https://jasnasw.com/young-filmmakers-contest/
This year’s panel of judges for the JASNA Southwest Region's Young Filmmakers Contest is stupendous! Entrants will receive comments and commendations from the likes of:
- Ashley Clements, star of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and a writer/producer, including an upcoming modern adaptation of Macbeth
- Laurie Viera Rigler, author of Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict and its sequel and creator of the Babelgum Original web series Sex and the Austen Girl
- Thomas Rigler, Emmy-winning director, executive producer, and nonfiction showrunner
- Robin Swicord, director and screenwriter of the film based on The Jane Austen Book Club (among other credits)
- Kenneth Turan, longtime (recently retired) film critic for the Los Angeles Times
- Aydrea Walden, writer/producer/actor and creator of the Webby-nominated Black Girl in a Big Dress
