2024 UASIAFF Call 4 Entries
March 4 - August 3 

Cash, Prizes & Distribution Opportunities!

The Urban Action Showcase International Action Film Festival proudly accepts entries via FilmFreeway, the world's #1 submission platform. FilmFreeway offers free HD screeners, unlimited video storage, filmmaker profiles, and more.

​The Urban Action Showcase International Action Film Festival accepts Live Action and Animation Films of the Blockbuster Action genre. Winners will receive trophies and be eligible for *Funding and Distribution Opportunities on various platforms including Amazon, Urban Action Showcase Cinema, Vimeo, Netflix, Hulu and more! 
Please view all eligibility requirements and specific guidelines below for each contest.


Submission Deadlines:
Early: March 4 - July 14
​Late: July 15  - August 3, 2024
​*Funding and Distribution Opportunities subject to third party decisions and regulations.

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​Seeking the following Action categories: ​

• Action 
• Adventure
• Action Comedy
• Action Crime
• ​Action Drama
  
• Fantasy

• ​Martial Arts
• Military Action
• Sci-Fi
  
• Super Hero
• Supernatural
• Inner City Action

UASIAFF Catagories

Short Films

Feature Films

New Media​

Web Series/TV Pilots

​​Includes Short Film Showdown, Urban Action Animation & the Blood Sweat n Bones No Budget Contests.
Shorts must be a minimum of 5 minutes and maximum 30 minutes.

​Includes Feature Narrative & the Blood Sweat n Bones No Budget Contests..Features must be a minimum of 60 minutes and maximum of 120 minutes.

​New Media Series must be 30 to 60 min long

​​Web Series: All episodes must be a minimum of 3 minutes and maximum 30 minutes. ​​TV Pilots must be a minimum of 30 minutes and maximum 60 minutes.

Featured Contests

2 Minute Warning Aciton Sequence Championships!

This contest is specifically for Fight Scenes:

• Hand 2 Hand
• Weapons
• Firearms

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1. Submit a unique Fight Scene under 3 minutes.
2. ​Winners will be selected live by a panel of industry professionals: Action Stars, Directors, and Stunt Coordinators.
3. The winning Filmmaker will receive a Championship Belt and the 2 main fighters will receive a Championship Medallion. See Below!

2023 Winner of the 2-Min Warning Champions: Ghetto Kung Fu & Ghetto Kung Fu 2 (Branden C Arnold)

​Angels of Action Cinema Contest

​Action Script Contest

Fan Film Contest​​

​This category is open to the best Action Films that feature female Principle or Supporting character actors in a Feature, Short, New Media, Web Series or 2 Minute Warning Action Sequence categories.  

​Submit any Script in the Action, Adventure, Martial Arts, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, or Supernatural genre for a Feature Film or TV Pilot (45 pages to 120 pages). The Script must be written by a person of color or have characters of color in principle roles. The winners will receive the Award for their category. Other prizes to be announced.

​This category is for the Fans of the Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy and Supernatural films that we all love. Submit your Fan Film for the chance to be screened at AMC Theaters Times Sq. NYC!

2 Min. Warning: Action Sequence Contests

​​Submit your Action Sequences under 3 minutes!

• Stunt Reel or Action Trailer
• Fight Sequence (Hand 2 Hand)
• Shoot Out
• Chase
• Weapons Fight Sequence
• Free Running​

FEATURE FILM SHOWCASE

Enter the Urban Action Showcase Feature Film Showcase by submitting your Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Martial Arts, or Sci-Fi feature film.
We are looking for the Best of the Best to debut at our word renowned Action Film Festival screening in NYC Times Square theaters! We will only be choosing a maximum of 3 Feature Films. 
This opportunity is most suitable for Production Companies and Studios who want to expose their film to our eclectic Action/Pop Culture demographic in a major market or receive test market feedback from our audience. 
Note: There are marketing and conversion fees associated with this opportunity that will be discussed if chosen.

UASIAFF Eligibility Requirements & Submission Fees

Eligibility Requirements

Official Selection Screenings

Submission Fees

1. ​​Content must have been directed, written, and or star persons of color (Asian, Black, Latino, Women, Others).
2. Filmmaker/Content Creator must be 18 years of age or older or have parental consent to enter.
3. Content must meet the specific contest requirements for the Contest or Category that it is submitted to.
4. ​All content submissions must be Full HD 1920 x 1080 or Higher.
5. Content must be in English or have English Subtitles.
6. The Urban Action Showcase International Action Film Competitions are open worldwide!
7. The film must have been completed no earlier than January 2019.
8. The Blood Sweat n Bones Feature Film Contest budget must be under $10,000.00.
9. The Blood Sweat n Bones Short Film Contest budget must be under $2500.00.
10. All Late Submissions must be received by August 3rd, 2024.
11. All Official Selections Notification Date: August 5th, 2024.
12. All Official Selections must sign the Screening Waiver document by Sept. 5 to keep their status.
13. *If Selected you must provide a link to a DCP download of your film by September 5, 2024!
14. *If you don't have a DCP of your content it will not be eligible to Screen. We can make a DCP for $70 Features and $50 Shorts

All Screenings will take place at AMC Empire 25 Theaters Times Square on November 9, 2024 from 10:30 AM to Midnight!

Regular Submission Deadlines are: March 4 to July 14th  2024

1. Feature Film: $30.00
2. Feature Film: Blood Sweat and Bones No Budget: $30.00
3. Short Film Showdown: $15.00
4. Short Film; Blood Sweat and Bones No Budget: $15.00
5. Urban Action Animation Short Film Competition: $15.00
6. TV Pilot: $20.00
7. TV Pilot; Blood Sweat and Bones No Budget: $20.00
8. New Media: $20.00
9. Web Series: $15.00
10. Urban Acton Script Contest: $10.00
11. 2 Min. Warning Contest: $15.00
12. 2 Min Warning Action Sequence Championships: $30.00
13. Angels of Action Contest: $15.00 - $30.00
14. Fan Film Short Contest: $15

*Late Submission Deadlines are: July 15 to August 3, 2024: $10 Late Fee for each category accept 2 Min Warning.