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The Lannore Awards

Five awards.
One of them is
yours to give.

An award is only worth the difficulty of winning it. Four categories go to an independent, published jury. The fifth belongs to the audience — and is protected accordingly.

  1. 01

    Grand Jury Award

    Decided by jury

    The film the jury would defend in an argument. One award, one year, no runners-up.

  2. 02

    Audience Choice

    Decided by viewers

    Decided entirely by verified viewers. One account, one vote per category, minimum watch requirement enforced.

  3. 03

    Best Director

    Decided by jury

    For control of the whole thing — the performances, the frame, the rhythm and the nerve to hold a shot.

  4. 04

    Best Debut

    Decided by jury

    First films only. The category most likely to be the reason someone gets a second one made.

  5. 05

    Best Short Film

    Decided by jury

    The format the platform was built around, judged on its own terms rather than as a rehearsal.

Voting

A vote that costs nothing is worth nothing.

Every open online award eventually meets someone with a script and a spare afternoon. The defences are dull, and they are the entire reason the result means anything.

  • One verified account per person, one vote per category.
  • A minimum watch requirement of around 50% of the film before a vote counts.
  • Anomaly, bot and duplicate-account detection before results are counted.
  • Participation and exclusion rules published in advance.
  • A documented appeals process, with decisions that can be challenged.

On prize money

We are not announcing a prize fund we do not have.

It would be easy to promise a percentage of platform revenue to the winners. Plenty of places do. It is also a promise that quietly depends on a good year, and one that gets withdrawn in a bad one — usually from the people least able to absorb it.

So the award fund is built from money that already exists: sponsorship received in advance, a budget explicitly released for it, and — only where there is an audited annual profit — a share of that. Award money is held separately from operating money and from money owed to filmmakers. In the founding season there is no prize money that is not already covered.

An award you can trust is worth more to a filmmaker than a headline number that might not arrive.

The first season is
being prepared.

No award season or submission window is open yet. It will open only after the prize fund, rules and independent reviews are fully in place.

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