San Diego Movie Awards

01/16/2026

Congratulations to our Best of Fest winners for Fall 25-26 - Best Feature - "The Pick Up Artist" and Best Short "A Bottle's Echo! We had so many outstanding submissions -from local San Diego filmmakers and from around the U.S. as well as international submissions from the United Kingdom, Brazil, Italy, Indonesia, Switzerland, Canada, Australia, Taiwan, Turkey, Russian Federation, Morocco, Croatia, France, Germany, Austria, and United Arab Emirates. Now in our fifth year, we are gratified to see the level of work continue to expand and excite with compelling and innovative films and screenplays. Bravo all!

09/13/2025

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR BEST OF FEST WINNERS. - BEST FEATURE - "SWALLOWTALE AND DRAGONFLY "AND BEST SHORT "GEAR" - AND TO ALL THE OTHER EXCELLENT FILMS AND SCREENPLAY WINNERS OF SUMMER 2025!!

We are so gratified to see how SDMA has expanded in the past four years and for the growing number of international winners and submitters - in the Summer 2025 Quarter alone -in addition to excellent films and screenplays from the United States , we received submissions from the
United Kingdom
Japan
Italy
New Zealand
Germany
India
Australia
Russian Federation
China
United Arab Emirates
Ukraine
Ghana
Colombia
Thailand
Kazakhstan
Finland
Canada
Tanzania
Ireland

We are so grateful that filmmakers and screenwriters from around the world continue to chose SDMA!!

05/07/2025

CONGRATULATIONS to all the winners of the SDMA Spring Quarter!!! Each quarter the quality and number of submissions we receive grows - making our selection and judging process that much more difficult:). We applaud all the work we are privileged to view and read - and so pleased to see both our local, national and international submissions expand. This quarter we had winning projects from the San Diego area, states across the nation as well as from Italy, France, Ukraine, China, The Philippines, Germany, Switzerland, Portugal, and more!
Again, highest praise and congratulations all!!
All awards can be viewed at
https://sandiegomovieawards.com

12/15/2024

Heartiest congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Fall season of SDMA! We are increasingly impressed with the exceptional high quality of the submissions (which makes the selection process of the winners increasingly difficult!) We are so honored that SDMA is among the festivals chosen for your submission given the myriad number of festivals available!
Again, to the Fall 2024 Winners - BRAVO!!! And we wish you much continued success on your festival run!

https://sandiegomovieawards.com/quarterly-competition/fall-2024/

WINNERS Winners, Fall 2024 Season Best of fest Awards of Excellence Awards of Prestige Awards of Merit SUBMIT YOUR FILM NOW

08/13/2024

HUGE congratulations to our outstanding winners for Summer 2024! We continue to be impressed by the very high quality of projects which makes our decisions very difficult!! We applaud all the winners and submitters on pursuing their commitment and passion !

WINNERS Winners, SUMMER 2024 Season Best Of Fest Awards of Excellence Awards of Prestige Awards of Merit Honorable Mention SUBMIT YOUR FILM NOW

07/05/2024

Last day to submit your project for our late deadline!!! We welcome features and short films in all genres, web series/new media, music videos, and feature length and short scripts!! We give your project the attention and consideration it deserves! Over 100 5 star reviews and IMDb qualifying!!

06/14/2024

We're looking forward to receiving your projects!! One more day til the Regular Deadline for the Summer Quarter! With over 100 five star reviews we guarantee your project will be given the attention it deserves!

05/04/2024

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS OF THE SPRING 2024 SDMA AWARDS!!! WE WERE OVERWHELMED WITH THE NUMBER AND QUALITY OF SUBMISSIONS THIS SEASON AND SO IMPRESSED WITH THE WORK!!!! BRAVISSIMO!!!

WINNERS Winners, Spring 2024 Season Best Of Fest Awards of Excellence Awards of Prestige Awards of Merit Honorable Mention SUBMIT YOUR FILM NOW

02/01/2024

HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINTER 2024 WINNERS!!! Each quarter the submissions and quality of projects increases and the winners of this quarter are exemplary in every category!! BRAVO to all!!!!!

WINNERS Winners, Winter 2024 Season Best Of Fest Awards of Excellence Awards of Prestige Awards of Merit Honorable Mention SUBMIT YOUR FILM NOW

01/20/2024

Don't miss out on submitting to SDMA's January Awards! We accept a wide variety of genres as well as screenplays, trailers, web series and more!! With 100 5 star reviews, you can be assured your project will be given the 5 - star treatment!! Submit by January 23!

09/23/2023

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ALL THE FALL 2023 AWARD WINNERS!!!
What an outstanding display of talent in all categories!!!! With each award quarter the number and quality of the films submitted to SDMA continues to grow and we are so impressed with the amazing films, music videos, and screenplays we received!!!!
BRAVO!!!!

https://sandiegomovieawards.com/quarterly-competition/fall-2023/