PREVO Competitions
Every season, PREVO runs a film competition decided by the people who watch. Subscribers set the nominees; a panel of working professionals picks the winners, announced live. The Summer Showcase is in its final stretch now.
Summer Showcase Awards · Virtual ceremony
Sunday
Aug 30livestreamed on PREVO.
Voting closed August 16. Nominees announced this week; judges revealed soon. Watch all 30 selections before the ceremony.
2026 · Open competition
May 17
Submissions open
Jul 20
Entries close
Jul 26
Voting opens
Aug 16
Voting closes
This week
Nominees announced
NextSoon
Judges revealed
Aug 30
Awards ceremony
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Selected shorts premiere on PREVO and join the competition. Every film is screened by a person first.
02
Members watch and vote across five categories: Best Picture, Acting, Cinematography, Writing, and Music.
03
The most-voted film in each category earns an Audience Choice award and advances, with the four behind it, to the jury.
04
A panel of working professionals picks the winners and announces them at a livestreamed ceremony on PREVO.
Previous winners
Best Picture & Writing
Phil Gunderson Teaches Screenwriting
Nishanth Ramasubramanian
CSU Northridge
Best Acting
Femcel
Caroline Murray
Chapman
Best Cinematography
Wight
Jonathan Chen
UCLA
Best Music
Laid Bare
Morgen Ludwig
Indiana
Winners were chosen by Lucas Brawner (UTA), Geoffrey Yebra-Glenn (HarperCollins Productions), and Matt Powell (Media Talent Group). Past juries have included people from Miramax, Lionsgate, Buchwald, and LordMiller.
The four winners became PREVO's first Ambassador class, each with a laurel, editorial coverage in The Weekend Read, and their film in front of the judges who can hire them.
Watch the thirty selections, then see the winners revealed live on August 30, exclusively on PREVO.