Submissions Open For The 2025 Operators Awards

Dear Member or Patron,We are pleased to announce that submissions are now OPEN for The Operators Award 2025.Please sign up for an account on the OperatorsAward.com website by clicking here. This only has to be done once. 

SUBMISSIONS

Anyone can make a submission. You do not need to sign up for an account for this.

TV DRAMA SUBMISSIONS

Please go here to submit TV dramas for the competition.

Submissions close December 20th 2025 at noon

If you are submitting on behalf of an operator they will be informed and invited to sign up for an account where they will be guided in the creation of a clip to accompany the submission.

FEATURE FILM SUBMISSIONS

There is no need to submit to the Features Award.

The Operators Award admin team and committee view and compile a 'long list' (minimum of 30 films) from productions taken from the FDA (Film Distribution Association) list.

If there is a production that you would like to be considered that fulfills the criteria but may not be on the FDA list, please let us know at enquiries@theoperatorsaward.com or submit using this form.

On behalf of the Operators Award Committee we thank you for your participation . 

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