Lights, Camera, Liberty Film Festival Award

Lights, Camera, Liberty Film Festival Award

Questions? Contact Grauben.Lara@AtlasNetwork.org.

This award recognizes the most successful videos released in the last year. Strong candidates will be able to articulate the strategic impact of their video and most typically will have:

Reached significant and strategic audiences
Utilized effective messaging or storytelling
Demonstrated capable production and editing techniques

The 3 selected finalists will have their videos presented before an audience of international donors, peers, and allies. Each finalist will receive a unique award based on their film’s impact, along with a $3,000 prize. Awards may include but are not limited to:

Most Impactful Film
Best Advocacy Film
Best Online Influence
Social Media Impact Award
Best Interactive Film
Digital Innovation Award
Outstanding Community Engagement
Best Owned Audience Strategy
Audience Growth Achievement

Applications for the 2024 Lights, Camera, Liberty Film Festival open on July 1, 2024 and close October 1, 2024.

This opportunity is limited to current and past Lights, Camera, Liberty participants. If you have not participated in Lights, Camera, Liberty, visit our grants page to learn about the next opportunity to apply.

The winner of the 2023 Lights, Camera, Liberty Film Festival Award:

Liberty Sparks: The Winners

Finalists:

Fundación Libertad y Progreso: The Dream of Making a Decent Income in Argentina
John Locke Foundation: In the Pines

The winner of the 2022 Lights, Camera, Liberty Film Festival Award:

Institute for Justice: Anatomy of a Forfeiture

Finalists:

Libera Bolivia: Sabemos Vender Bien
The Federalist Society: Image of an American

The winner of the 2021 Lights, Camera, Liberty Film Festival Award:

Property and Environment Research Center: Elk in Paradise: Rancher, Ecologist, Hunter

Finalists:

Free the People: All We Have
Fundación para el Progreso: The Myth of the Autonomous Central Bank

The winner of the 2020 Lights, Camera, Liberty Film Festival Award:

Free the People: How to Love Your Enemy: A Restorative Justice Story

Finalists:

Bikalpa, an Alternative: Motorbike License
Center for Anti-Authoritarian Studies: Right to Work
Fundación Libertad y Progreso: Fables for Liberty
Pacific Legal Foundation: Seize This House

The winner of the 2019 Lights, Camera, Liberty Film Festival Award:

Pacific Legal Foundation: Quota

Finalists:

Free Market Foundation and Paradigm Institute: Pizza VAT
Georgia Center for Opportunity: The Success Sequence

The winner of the 2018 Lights, Camera, Liberty Film Festival Award:

Becket: Why There Aren't More Sikhs in the Military

Finalists:

Canadian Taxpayers Foundation: Beer in the U.S.A
Libertad y Desarrollo: 3 Razones para Apoyar Ana Inmigración Sustentable y Regulada

The winner of the 2017 Lights, Camera, Liberty Film Festival Award:

Libertad y Progreso: Why Argentina Fails

Finalists:

Bikalpa, an Alternative: Why is Nepal Poor?
Idaho Freedom Foundation: Hope Vetoed

The winner of the 2016 Lights, Camera, Liberty Film Festival Award:

Foundation for Economic Education: Friedman vs. Sanders: Democratic Socialism Debunked

Finalists:

Australian Taxpayers' Alliance: All Obsolete Industries Deserve the Taxi Bailout!
Institute for Justice: Everything