Photo Credit: Steph Schumann Photography

Best Short Performance

Eligibility

  • Must be a Lead Role in the production
  • Performance must have first aired or been screened in Canada or internationally between June 2, 2025, and June 1, 2026.
  • The performance must be on a domestic or international UBCP/ACTRA or ACTRA signatory production. 
  • The submitted performer must be a UBCP/ACTRA (BC branch) member in good standing. Suspended, Resigned, and/or Withdrawn members are not eligible to apply.
  • All short content must be under 22 minutes.
  • The clip can be one scene or multiple scenes edited together, but not exceed three (3) minutes in duration.
  • The  full episode and full production must be submitted along with the clip compilation. 
  • If you are submitting a web series, ONLY A SINGLE EPISODE is eligible. Do not submit a body of work or the complete series.
  • The submitted performance should be integral to the storyline and not a one-off isolated scene.

  • The character should play a substantial role in multiple key scenes within the production, not just a single moment. 

How to Submit

  • Complete the submission form below.
  • Check your email for your unique video submission number. 
  • To submit a clip and production, send the file directly via a file sharing program (WeTransfer, Hightail, Dropbox etc.) or have your file hosted on a website with the download capability enabled.
  • Send video clip and full production to [email protected]. The file must be labeled using the following format: #[submission number]_[full name]_[union number]_[production title]. For example: #4567_John Smith_1245_Production_Title_FULL and #4567_John Smith_1245_Production_Title_CLIP
  • If you are providing a link for the submission, it MUST be downloadable.

What to Submit

Form

Clip

Full Production

Please Note: UBCP/ACTRA reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to remove any submission from the adjudication process where such submission is entered in an incorrect category or is determined not to meet one or more of the applicable eligibility criteria.

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